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 Nov 2026

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11/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 160

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:41:20

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
2	SAS: The Shadow War	The Independent / Aurra Studios	Society & Culture	8	Acast	69
3	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
4	METRO with Sarah Koenig	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	58
5	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	273	WideOrbit	48
6	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
7	The Binge: Free Shelley Jensen	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	161	Megaphone	48
8	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
9	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	237	Acast	43
10	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
11	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
14	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
15	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
16	Child on the Line	Natalie Dormer	Society & Culture	4	Libsyn	73
17	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
18	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
19	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
20	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
21	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
22	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	16	BBC	63
23	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
24	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
25	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	33	Libsyn	68
26	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
27	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
28	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
29	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	79
31	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
32	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
33	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
34	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
35	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
36	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
37	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
38	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
39	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
40	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
41	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
42	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	54	Acast	94
43	Famously	The Upshot	Society & Culture	1	Megaphone	48
44	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
45	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
46	Falling Tree	Falling Tree	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	63
47	No One Is Coming	Ten Cats Media	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
48	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
49	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
50	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	701	BBC	28
51	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
52	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
53	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
54	PSNI Beyond the Badge	Police Service of Northern Ireland	Society & Culture	4	Podbean	52
55	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
56	Theories of the Third Kind	Theories of the Third Kind	Society & Culture	306	WideOrbit	68
57	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
58	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
59	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
60	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
61	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	16	PRX	69
62	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
63	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
64	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
65	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
66	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
67	Still Life	Naomi Bloomstein and Chloe Turpin	Society & Culture	3	RSS.com	52
68	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
69	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
70	The Poet	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	73
71	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	327	Simplecast	53
72	WIDE SPIRIT, le podcast qui vous donne la parole sur vos expériences inexpliquées	Emmanuelle Chaumont Rey	Society & Culture	8	Acast	58
73	Question Everything	KCRW	Society & Culture	90	Omny Studio	63
74	Deep Secrets	Nothing To See Here, Inc.	Society & Culture	8	RedCircle	69
75	Behind The Story Show	Jelani Gonzalez	Society & Culture	71	Buzzsprout	59
76	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
77	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
78	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
79	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
80	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
81	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	677	Acast	69
82	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
83	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
84	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	355	Simplecast	78
85	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	88	Spotify for Podcasters	52
86	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
87	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
88	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
89	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
90	The Guild of Ghostly Grounds	The Guild of Ghostly Grounds	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	73
91	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
93	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
94	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
95	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
96	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
97	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
98	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	39	Omny Studio	83
99	The Reincarnation Records (The Telepathy Tapes Season 3)	TTT Media	Society & Culture	5	ART19	58
100	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73

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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