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 03 Feb 2026

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02/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 190

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:41:53

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (9 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. The Telegraph (2 shows)

5. Forbidden Knowledge Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
4	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
5	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
6	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
7	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
8	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
9	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
10	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
11	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
15	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
16	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
17	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
18	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
19	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
20	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
21	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
22	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
23	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
24	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
25	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	54	Acast	94
26	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
27	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
28	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
29	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
30	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
31	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
32	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
33	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
34	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
35	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
36	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
37	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
38	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
39	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
40	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
41	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
42	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
43	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
44	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
45	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
46	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
47	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
48	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
49	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
50	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
51	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
52	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
53	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
54	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
55	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
56	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
57	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
58	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
59	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
60	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
61	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
62	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	434	Audioboom	48
63	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
64	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	675	Acast	69
65	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
66	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
67	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
68	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
69	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
70	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
71	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
72	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
73	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
74	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
75	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
76	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	327	Simplecast	53
77	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
78	You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	53
79	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
80	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	33	Libsyn	68
81	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
82	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
84	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
85	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
86	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
87	Paranormal Files	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Religion & Spirituality	93	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
89	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
90	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
91	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
92	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
93	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
94	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
95	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
96	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
97	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
98	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	92	Acast	89
99	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
100	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	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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