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 Sep 2025

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09/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 194

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:41:51

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (28 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
3	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
4	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
5	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
6	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
7	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
8	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
9	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
10	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
11	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
13	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
14	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
17	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
18	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	676	Acast	69
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
20	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
21	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
22	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
23	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
24	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
25	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
26	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
27	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
28	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
29	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
30	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
31	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
32	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
33	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
34	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
35	Antisocial Economics	Sarah Kerr	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	69
36	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
37	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
38	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
39	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
40	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
41	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
42	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
43	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
44	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
45	Obscurata \| True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories	True Crime, Mysteries, Paranormal, Unexplained, True Scary Stories	Society & Culture	66	Acast	79
46	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
47	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
49	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
50	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
51	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
52	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
53	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
54	So Disappointed Details temporarily unavailable	So Disappointed	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
55	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
56	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
57	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
58	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
59	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
60	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
61	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
63	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
64	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
65	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
66	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
67	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
68	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	102	Acast	59
69	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
70	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
71	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
72	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
73	The Chunter Basha w/ Billy Billingham	Mark "Billy" Billingham	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
75	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
76	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	327	Simplecast	53
77	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
78	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
79	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
80	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
81	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
82	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
83	Bitesized Folklore	Jodie Paterson	Society & Culture	31	Captivate	73
84	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	53
85	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
86	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
87	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
88	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
89	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
90	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
91	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	701	BBC	28
92	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	583	Spreaker	74
93	Equipo de investigación	Onda Cero Podcast	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	73
94	Different with Nicky Campbell	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	69	BBC	28
95	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
96	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
97	Mothers of Invention	Doc Society	Society & Culture	39	PRX	69
98	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
99	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	434	Audioboom	48
100	What's Missing	Casefile Presents	Society & Culture	10	Acast	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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