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 05 Apr 2025

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04/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 188

Frequency: every 44 days

Duration: 00:39:47

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. The Telegraph (3 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (31 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
5	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	699	Megaphone	53
7	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
8	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	97	BBC	53
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	441	Acast	74
11	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
12	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
13	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
14	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	406	Megaphone	63
15	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	304	Megaphone	42
17	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
18	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1190	Acast	59
19	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	350	ART19	68
20	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
21	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	54	BBC	58
22	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
23	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
24	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
25	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	32
26	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
27	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
28	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
29	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
30	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
31	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
32	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
33	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
34	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
35	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
36	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
37	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
38	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
39	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	512	BBC	28
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
41	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
42	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	142	Captivate	79
43	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
44	Top Comment	BBC	News	98	BBC	48
45	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
46	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	34	BBC	58
47	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
48	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	128	Acast	79
49	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
50	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
51	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	639	Acast	69
52	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	280	Megaphone	43
53	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
54	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
55	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	89	Libsyn	62
56	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	411	BBC	28
57	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	69	Triton Digital	63
58	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
59	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
60	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
61	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
62	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
63	Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
64	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	84	Spotify for Podcasters	32
65	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
66	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
67	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
68	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	141	Megaphone	68
69	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
70	In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast	Maxine Peake	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
71	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
72	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
73	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
75	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
76	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
77	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
78	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
79	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	97	Acast	59
80	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
81	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
82	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	274	Buzzsprout	58
83	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
84	posh unfiltered	Peterborough United/Podcast Lounge	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
85	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
86	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	400	Buzzsprout	83
87	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
88	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
89	Patient 11	Sky News	True Crime	6	Spreaker	64
90	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
91	Who Robs A Banksy?	Podimo & Message Heard	Society & Culture	10	Audioboom	53
92	Call Bethel	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	6	Acast	53
93	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	559	Spreaker	74
94	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
95	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
96	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
97	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	429	Audioboom	48
98	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	79
99	Obscurata \| True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories	True Crime, Mysteries, Paranormal, Unexplained, True Scary Stories	Society & Culture	66	Acast	79
100	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69

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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