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 May 2025

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05/06/2025

Average data

Episodes: 194

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:43:14

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. Julie Bindel (2 shows)

5. audiochuck (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (19 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (6 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
4	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	65	Captivate	69
5	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
8	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
9	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
10	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
11	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
12	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
13	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
14	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
15	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
17	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
18	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
19	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
20	In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast	Maxine Peake	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
21	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
22	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
23	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
24	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
25	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
26	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
27	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
28	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	114	Spotify for Podcasters	42
29	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
30	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
31	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
32	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
33	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
34	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
35	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
36	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
37	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
38	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
39	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
40	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
42	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
43	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
44	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
45	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
46	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
47	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
48	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	102	Acast	59
49	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
50	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
51	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
52	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
53	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
54	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	674	Acast	69
55	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
56	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
57	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
58	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
59	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
60	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
61	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
62	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
63	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
64	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
65	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
66	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
67	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
68	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
69	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
70	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
71	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
72	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	434	Audioboom	48
73	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
74	Julie Bindel's podcasts and writing	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	104	Substack	32
75	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
76	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
77	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
78	Motherhood vs The Machine	Theos	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
79	Who Robs A Banksy?	Podimo & Message Heard	Society & Culture	10	Audioboom	53
80	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	456	RedCircle	59
81	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
82	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
83	Top Comment	BBC	News	103	BBC	48
84	Uncovering Roots	Uncovering Roots	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	58
85	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
86	The All or Nothing Podcast with Billy Moore	Billy Moore	Society & Culture	99	Spotify for Podcasters	22
87	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
88	香港電台：古今風雲人物	RTHK.HK	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	38
89	Criminal Justice Matters	The Criminal Bar Association	Society & Culture	21	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
91	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
92	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
93	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
94	UFO - Extraterrestrial Reality	James Quirk	Society & Culture	919	Spotify for Podcasters	32
95	ColdFusion	Dagogo Altraide	Society & Culture	43	RSS.com	68
97	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
98	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
99	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
100	What's Missing	Casefile Presents	Society & Culture	10	Acast	73

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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