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 May 2026

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05/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 156

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:43:29

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (4 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. Forbidden Knowledge Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (24 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
2	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
5	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
6	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
7	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
9	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
11	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
12	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
13	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
14	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
17	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
18	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
19	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
20	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
21	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
22	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
23	The Jeff Stelling Show	The Jeff Stelling Show	Sports	14	Audioboom	58
24	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
25	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
26	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
27	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
28	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
29	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
31	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
32	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
33	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
34	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
35	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
36	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
37	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
38	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
39	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
40	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
41	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
42	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	54	Acast	94
43	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
44	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
45	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
46	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
47	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
48	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
49	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
50	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
51	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
52	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
53	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
54	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
55	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
56	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
57	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
58	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
59	Telephone Stories	Ninth Planet Audio	Society & Culture	15	Acast	63
60	Czarnobyl. Prawdziwa historia	Polskie Radio S.A.	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	43
61	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
62	Wilder Podcast	Grange Project	Society & Culture	59	Captivate	83
63	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
64	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
65	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
66	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
67	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
68	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
69	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
70	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
71	The Darkling Chronicles - Real life ghost stories	Becky	Society & Culture	45	Spotify for Podcasters	27
72	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
73	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
74	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
75	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
76	The Unsettled Dead	Deborah Davies	Society & Culture	8	Podbean	53
77	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
78	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
79	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
80	This Is America: Free Luigi	WDR & Undone für die ARD	Society & Culture	6	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
81	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
82	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
84	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
85	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
86	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
87	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
88	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
89	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
90	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
91	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
92	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
93	Adventures in Nutopia	David Bramwell	Society & Culture	28	Libsyn	58
94	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
95	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
96	Money Trauma	Miho Soon	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	43
97	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
98	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
99	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	88	Spotify for Podcasters	52
100	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	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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