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 02 Feb 2026

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02/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 224

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:41:58

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (9 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	158	Acast	73
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	200	BBC	38
4	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
5	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	831	Megaphone	53
6	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	502	Megaphone	63
8	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
9	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	467	Acast	74
10	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	78
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1016	Simplecast	38
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
14	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
15	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
16	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	537	ART19	68
17	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	381	Spreaker	84
18	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	104	BBC	53
19	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
20	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
21	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
22	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
23	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
24	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	54	Acast	94
25	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	44	BBC	58
26	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	79
27	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
28	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
29	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
30	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	234	Acast	79
31	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
32	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
33	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
34	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
35	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
36	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
37	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
38	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
39	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	377	Megaphone	43
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	272	Spreaker	69
41	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
42	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
43	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
44	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
45	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
46	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
47	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	108	PRX	74
48	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
49	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
50	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	266	Acast	69
51	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
52	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1107	Acast	69
53	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	67	Captivate	69
54	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
55	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
56	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
57	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
58	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
59	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	985	Megaphone	52
60	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
61	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
62	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
63	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
64	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
65	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
66	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
67	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
68	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
69	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	235	PRX	79
70	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
71	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
72	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
73	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	328	Simplecast	53
74	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
75	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	42
76	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
77	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	19	ART19	63
78	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
79	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
80	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
81	You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	53
82	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
83	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
84	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	11	ART19	63
85	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
86	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
87	Paranormal Files	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Religion & Spirituality	93	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
89	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
90	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
91	The All or Nothing Podcast with Billy Moore	Billy Moore	Society & Culture	99	Spotify for Podcasters	22
92	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	33	Libsyn	68
93	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
94	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
95	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
96	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
97	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	58
98	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	434	Audioboom	48
99	Occult Knowledge	Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
100	PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	6	Substack	79

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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