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 04 Feb 2026

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02/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 189

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:43:27

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (9 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. The Telegraph (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 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	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
5	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
6	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
7	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
8	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
9	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
10	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
12	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
13	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
16	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
17	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
18	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
19	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
20	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
21	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
22	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	54	Acast	94
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
24	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
25	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
26	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
27	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
28	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
29	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
30	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
31	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
32	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
33	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
34	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
35	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
36	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
37	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
38	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
39	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
40	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
41	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
42	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
43	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
44	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
45	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
46	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
47	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
48	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
49	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
50	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
51	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
52	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
53	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
54	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
55	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
56	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
57	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
58	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
59	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
60	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
61	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	434	Audioboom	48
62	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
63	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
64	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
65	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
66	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
67	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
68	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
69	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
70	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
71	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
72	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
73	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	675	Acast	69
74	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
75	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
76	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
77	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
78	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
79	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
80	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	58
81	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	33	Libsyn	68
82	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
83	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	327	Simplecast	53
84	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
85	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
86	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
87	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
88	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
89	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
90	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
91	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
92	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
93	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
94	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
95	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
96	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
97	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
98	You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	53
99	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
100	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	92	Acast	89

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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