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 Jul 2026

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07/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 167

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:39:08

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. Sky News (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
2	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
3	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
4	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	133	BBC	38
5	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	710	Megaphone	53
7	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	453	Acast	74
9	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
10	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	237	Acast	43
11	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
12	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
15	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	315	Megaphone	42
16	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
17	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
18	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
19	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
20	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	23	Spreaker	84
21	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
22	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
23	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
24	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
25	Real Unexplained Stories	Real Unexplained Stories	Society & Culture	16	Buzzsprout	73
26	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
27	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
28	Power Plays	Human Rights Foundation	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	63
29	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	273	WideOrbit	48
30	The Darkling Chronicles - Real life ghost stories	Becky	Society & Culture	45	Spotify for Podcasters	27
31	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
32	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
33	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
34	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	39	Omny Studio	83
35	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	518	BBC	28
36	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	32
37	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
38	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	55	Acast	94
39	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	205	ART19	37
40	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
41	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	73
42	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
43	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
44	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
45	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
46	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	149	N/A	N/A
47	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
48	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
49	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	417	BBC	28
50	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	272	Spreaker	69
51	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
52	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	69
53	The Cows Are Mad	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	39
54	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
55	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	31	Acast	83
56	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
57	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
58	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
59	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
60	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
61	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
62	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	68	Captivate	69
63	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
64	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
65	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
66	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
67	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
68	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
69	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
70	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
71	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
72	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
73	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
74	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
75	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	678	Acast	69
76	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
77	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
78	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
79	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
80	Woman Overboard	Katherine Sutherland	Society & Culture	3	Acast	49
81	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
82	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
83	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
84	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
85	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	16	BBC	63
86	Question Everything	KCRW	Society & Culture	90	Omny Studio	63
87	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
88	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
89	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
90	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	196	Simplecast	58
91	Inside the Reading Gap	Thinking Reading	Society & Culture	9	Podbean	48
92	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
93	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	356	Simplecast	78
94	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	27	ART19	73
95	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
96	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
97	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
98	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
99	The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things	Strange True Stories with Kyle Risi & Adam Cox	Society & Culture	150	Simplecast	73
100	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68

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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