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 Jun 2026

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06/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 181

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:41:06

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. Sky News (2 shows)

5. Audible Original (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
2	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	133	BBC	38
3	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
4	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
5	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	710	Megaphone	53
7	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	453	Acast	74
8	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
9	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	238	Acast	43
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
11	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	315	Megaphone	42
13	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
14	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
15	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	946	Simplecast	38
16	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
18	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
19	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	27	ART19	73
20	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
21	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
22	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
23	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	32
24	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
25	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
26	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	417	BBC	28
27	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
28	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1209	Acast	59
29	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
30	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
31	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
32	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
33	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	23	Spreaker	84
34	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	16	BBC	63
35	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	33	Libsyn	68
36	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
37	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
38	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	55	Acast	94
39	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
40	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	205	ART19	37
41	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
42	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	56	Megaphone	48
43	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
44	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	39	Omny Studio	83
45	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
46	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
47	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	272	Spreaker	69
48	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
49	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
50	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
51	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	31	Acast	83
52	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	518	BBC	28
53	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
54	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
55	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	95	Libsyn	62
56	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
57	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
58	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	25	Captivate	73
59	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
60	Fighting Crime	Arnold Ventures	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	58
61	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
62	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
63	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	679	Acast	69
64	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
65	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
66	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
67	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	356	Simplecast	78
68	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
69	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
70	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
71	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	151	N/A	N/A
72	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	156	Spotify for Podcasters	52
73	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
74	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
75	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
76	L' Ultima Granita	Cronache Sepolte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
77	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
78	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	68	Captivate	69
79	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	435	Audioboom	48
80	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
81	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	194	Ximalaya	53
82	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	701	BBC	28
83	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
84	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
85	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
86	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	63
87	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	69
88	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
89	The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things	Strange True Stories with Kyle Risi & Adam Cox	Society & Culture	150	Simplecast	73
90	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	63	Libsyn	42
91	Fatal Fantasy	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	79
92	Outpost Podcasts	Outpost Studios	Society & Culture	12	Substack	43
93	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
94	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	160	Libsyn	72
95	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
96	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
97	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
98	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	530	Spreaker	43
99	Adventures in Nutopia	David Bramwell	Society & Culture	28	Libsyn	58
100	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62

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.

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