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 May 2026

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05/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 166

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:42:17

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (6 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. Jack Laurence (2 shows)

5. The Telegraph (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (29 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
2	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	38
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
5	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
6	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	707	Megaphone	53
8	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
9	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
10	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	53
11	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	312	Megaphone	42
13	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
14	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
15	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
16	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	14	BBC	63
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
19	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
20	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	450	Acast	74
21	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
22	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
23	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
24	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
25	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	442	Megaphone	32
26	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
27	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
28	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
29	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1204	Acast	59
31	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
32	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
33	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	28	Acast	83
34	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
35	The Jeff Stelling Show	The Jeff Stelling Show	Sports	11	Audioboom	58
36	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	53	Acast	94
37	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	54	Megaphone	48
38	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
39	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	699	BBC	28
40	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	139	N/A	N/A
41	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	415	BBC	28
42	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
43	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	270	Spreaker	69
45	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
46	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
47	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
48	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
49	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
50	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
51	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
52	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
53	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
54	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
55	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
56	Czarnobyl. Prawdziwa historia	Polskie Radio S.A.	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	43
57	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
58	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
59	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	168	Omny Studio	69
60	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
61	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
62	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
63	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	69	Acast	83
64	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
65	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	63
66	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
67	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
68	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
69	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	213	Acast	79
70	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
71	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
72	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
73	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	202	ART19	37
74	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
75	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
76	The Anunnaki Connection	Jason Abadi	Society & Culture	103	Spotify for Podcasters	43
77	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
78	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
79	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
80	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	130	Acast	79
81	This Is America: Free Luigi	WDR & Undone für die ARD	Society & Culture	6	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
82	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
83	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
84	The Darkling Chronicles - Real life ghost stories	Becky	Society & Culture	45	Spotify for Podcasters	27
85	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	90	Acast	89
86	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
87	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
88	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
89	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
90	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	154	Spotify for Podcasters	52
91	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
92	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
93	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	441	Acast	53
94	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
95	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	326	Simplecast	53
96	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
97	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
98	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
99	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
100	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	31	Libsyn	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.

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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