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 Nov 2026

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11/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 166

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:42:10

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (4 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. The Guardian (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	133	BBC	38
2	SAS: The Shadow War	The Independent / Aurra Studios	Society & Culture	8	Acast	69
3	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
4	The Binge: Free Shelley Jensen	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	162	Megaphone	48
5	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
6	METRO with Sarah Koenig	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
7	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	273	WideOrbit	48
8	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
9	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	946	Simplecast	38
10	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	238	Acast	43
11	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	711	Megaphone	53
12	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
13	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
14	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	29	American Public Media	62
15	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	315	Megaphone	42
16	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	453	Acast	74
17	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
18	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
19	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
20	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
21	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
22	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
23	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1209	Acast	59
24	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	16	BBC	63
25	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
26	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
27	Child on the Line	Natalie Dormer	Society & Culture	4	Libsyn	73
28	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
29	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
31	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
32	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
33	Famously	The Upshot	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	48
34	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	417	BBC	28
35	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	33	Libsyn	68
36	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
37	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	59	PRX	74
38	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
39	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	701	BBC	28
40	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
41	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
42	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	518	BBC	28
43	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	56	Megaphone	48
44	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
45	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
46	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
47	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	273	Spreaker	69
49	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
50	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	153	N/A	N/A
51	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	356	Simplecast	78
52	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
53	No One Is Coming	Ten Cats Media	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
54	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	55	Acast	94
55	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	679	Acast	69
56	Theories of the Third Kind	Theories of the Third Kind	Society & Culture	306	WideOrbit	68
57	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
58	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
59	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	63
60	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	168	Acast	69
61	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
62	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
63	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
64	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
65	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
66	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
67	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
68	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
69	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
70	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
71	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	327	Simplecast	53
72	Falling Tree	Falling Tree	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	63
73	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
74	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
75	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	69
76	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
77	Still Life	Naomi Bloomstein and Chloe Turpin	Society & Culture	3	RSS.com	52
78	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	73
79	Question Everything	KCRW	Society & Culture	91	Omny Studio	63
80	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	95	Libsyn	62
81	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
82	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
83	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	24	Buzzsprout	42
84	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	215	Acast	79
85	WIDE SPIRIT, le podcast qui vous donne la parole sur vos expériences inexpliquées	Emmanuelle Chaumont Rey	Society & Culture	9	Acast	58
86	PSNI Beyond the Badge	Police Service of Northern Ireland	Society & Culture	5	Podbean	52
87	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	72	Acast	83
88	Harley Conversations	Guy Kiddey	Society & Culture	6	RSS.com	58
89	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	84	Acast	74
90	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	89	Spotify for Podcasters	52
92	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	16	PRX	69
93	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
94	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	49	Spotify for Podcasters	58
95	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
96	Behind The Story Show	Jelani Gonzalez	Society & Culture	71	Buzzsprout	59
97	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
98	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
99	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
100	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58

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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