Apple Podcast Rankings - Great Britain - Documentary

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Great Britain

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Great Britain. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 01 Aug 2025

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08/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 195

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:42:56

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (9 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (30 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
2	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
3	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
4	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
5	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
6	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
8	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
9	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
11	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
15	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
16	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
17	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
18	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
19	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
20	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
21	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
22	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
23	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
24	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
25	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
26	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
27	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
28	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
29	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
30	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
31	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
32	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
33	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
34	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
35	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
37	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
38	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
39	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
40	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
41	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
42	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
43	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
44	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
45	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
46	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
47	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
48	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	677	Acast	69
49	The Naked Truth	Estelle Keeber & Vicky Borman	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	43
50	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
51	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
52	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
53	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	49	Spotify for Podcasters	58
54	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
55	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
56	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	63	Libsyn	42
57	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
58	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	102	Acast	59
59	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
60	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
61	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
62	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
63	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
64	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
65	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
66	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
67	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
69	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
70	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
71	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
72	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
73	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
74	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
75	The All or Nothing Podcast with Billy Moore	Billy Moore	Society & Culture	99	Spotify for Podcasters	22
76	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
77	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
78	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
79	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
80	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
81	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
82	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
83	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
84	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
85	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	160	Libsyn	72
86	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	114	Spotify for Podcasters	42
87	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
88	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
89	Bitesized Folklore	Jodie Paterson	Society & Culture	31	Captivate	73
90	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
91	Antisocial Economics	Sarah Kerr	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	69
92	The Tim Ballard Podcast	Tim Ballard	Society & Culture	12	Buzzsprout	42
93	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
94	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
95	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
96	Trumped	BBC Radio Scotland	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
97	Disaster Hour	Ian Terbovich and Olivia Scarano	Society & Culture	89	Spotify for Podcasters	53
98	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
99	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	327	Simplecast	53
100	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

The podcast landscape in Great Britain is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in Great Britain.
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