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 06 Apr 2025

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04/06/2025

Average data

Episodes: 193

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:40:30

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (20 shows)

3. Megaphone (16 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	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	132	BBC	38
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
7	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
8	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
9	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
11	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
12	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
13	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
14	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
15	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
16	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
17	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
18	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
19	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
20	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
21	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
22	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
23	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
24	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
25	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
26	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
27	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
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	46	Acast	79
31	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
32	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
33	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
34	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
35	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
36	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
37	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
38	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
39	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
40	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
41	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
42	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
43	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
44	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
45	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
46	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
47	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
48	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
49	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
50	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
51	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	677	Acast	69
52	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
53	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
54	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
55	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
56	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
57	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
58	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
59	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	32
60	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
61	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
62	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
63	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
64	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
65	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
66	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
67	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
68	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
69	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
70	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
71	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
72	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	114	Spotify for Podcasters	42
73	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
74	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
75	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
76	In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast	Maxine Peake	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
77	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
79	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
80	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
81	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
82	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
83	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
84	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	33	Libsyn	68
85	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
86	The Fault Line: Dying for a Fight	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	26	Megaphone	83
87	7 metrów pod ziemią	Rafał Gębura	Society & Culture	271	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	The Cows Are Mad	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	39
89	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	701	BBC	28
90	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	58
91	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
92	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
93	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
94	Respirano ancora	Lorenzo Biagiarelli - Boutade	Society & Culture	5	Megaphone	84
95	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
96	Ombre - Leggende Metropolitane	Noemi De Falco	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	69
97	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
98	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
99	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
100	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	147	Captivate	38

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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