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 Apr 2026

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04/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 173

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:43:36

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

4. The Telegraph (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (15 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
2	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
3	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
4	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
5	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
7	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
9	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
11	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
15	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	216	Acast	79
16	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	379	Spreaker	84
17	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
18	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	527	ART19	68
19	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
20	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	48	Acast	94
21	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
22	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
24	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
25	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
26	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
27	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
29	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
31	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
32	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	64	Spreaker	43
33	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
34	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
35	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	366	Megaphone	43
36	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
37	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
38	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
39	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
40	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
41	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
42	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
43	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
44	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
45	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
46	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	228	PRX	79
47	Uncovering Roots	Uncovering Roots	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	58
48	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
49	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
50	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
51	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
52	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
53	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	100	PRX	64
54	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
55	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
56	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
57	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
58	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	975	Megaphone	52
59	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
60	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
61	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
62	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
63	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
64	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
65	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
66	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
67	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
68	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
69	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
70	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
71	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
72	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	62
73	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
74	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
75	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
76	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
77	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	110	Ximalaya	59
78	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
79	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
80	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
81	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
82	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
83	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
84	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
85	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
86	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
87	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
88	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
89	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
90	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	428	Audioboom	48
91	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
92	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
93	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
94	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	79
95	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
96	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
97	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
98	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
99	Adventures in Nutopia	David Bramwell	Society & Culture	27	Libsyn	73
100	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74

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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