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 Jun 2025

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06/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 189

Frequency: every 239 days

Duration: 00:43:48

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. BBC (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (19 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
4	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
5	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	120	BBC	38
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	706	Megaphone	53
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	449	Acast	74
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
11	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	943	Simplecast	38
13	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
14	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	26	Acast	83
15	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
16	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
17	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	415	BBC	28
18	Young Warriors	Ali Fraser	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	69
19	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
20	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
21	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	58
22	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	59	Captivate	69
23	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1202	Acast	59
24	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
25	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	516	BBC	28
26	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
27	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
28	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	58	BBC	58
29	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
30	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
31	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
32	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
33	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
34	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
35	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
36	White Men Can't Work!	Tim Samuels	Society & Culture	6	Acast	74
37	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
38	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
39	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
40	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
41	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
42	There's A Lot I Haven't Asked	Hannah Donelon	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
43	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	32
44	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
45	The Unsettled Dead	Deborah Davies	Society & Culture	8	Podbean	53
46	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
47	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	112	Spotify for Podcasters	42
48	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
49	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
50	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	269	Spreaker	69
51	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
52	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
53	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
54	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
55	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	130	Acast	79
56	Searching for America with Robyn Curnow	Robyn Curnow, Bleav	Society & Culture	58	Simplecast	58
57	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
58	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
59	Frontline Club Podcasts	Frontline Club	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	28
60	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
61	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
62	Sleep and ASMR by The French Whisperer	The French Whisperer	Religion & Spirituality	130	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
64	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
65	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
66	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
67	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
68	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
69	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	665	Acast	69
70	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
71	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
72	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
73	La familia correcta	El País Audio / WePod	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	84
74	The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior	RNZ	Society & Culture	7	Acast	58
75	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
76	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
77	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
78	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	31	Libsyn	68
79	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
80	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
81	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	160	Libsyn	72
82	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	699	BBC	28
83	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
84	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	101	Acast	59
85	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
86	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	53
87	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
88	What's Missing	Casefile Presents	Society & Culture	10	Acast	73
89	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
90	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
91	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	325	Simplecast	53
92	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	212	Acast	79
93	The Fault Line: Dying for a Fight	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	26	Megaphone	83
94	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
95	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	528	Spreaker	43
96	So Your Parents Are Old	Vanessa Grigoriadis	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	191	Ximalaya	53
98	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	575	Spreaker	74
99	Occult Knowledge	Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
100	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	274	Buzzsprout	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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