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 Jul 2026

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07/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 180

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:38:43

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. Sky News (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
2	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
3	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
4	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
5	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
8	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
11	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
12	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
13	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	222	Acast	43
14	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
15	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
16	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
17	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
18	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
20	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
21	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
22	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
23	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
24	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
25	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
26	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	258	WideOrbit	48
27	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
28	The Darkling Chronicles - Real life ghost stories	Becky	Society & Culture	39	Spotify for Podcasters	27
29	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	510	BBC	28
30	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
31	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
32	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
33	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
34	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
35	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
36	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	48	Acast	94
37	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
38	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
39	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
40	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
41	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
42	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
43	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
44	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
45	Real Unexplained Stories	Real Unexplained Stories	Society & Culture	16	Buzzsprout	73
46	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
47	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
48	Power Plays	Human Rights Foundation	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	63
49	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
50	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
51	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
52	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
53	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
54	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
55	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	77	Acast	74
56	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
57	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
58	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
59	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
60	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
61	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
62	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
63	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
64	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
65	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
66	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
67	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
68	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
69	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	82	Unknown	63
70	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
71	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	320	Simplecast	53
72	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
73	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	267	Buzzsprout	58
74	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
75	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
76	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
77	The Cows Are Mad	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	39
78	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
79	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
80	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
81	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
82	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
83	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
84	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
85	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
86	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
87	Woman Overboard	Katherine Sutherland	Society & Culture	3	Acast	49
88	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	188	Simplecast	58
89	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
90	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
91	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
92	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
93	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
94	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
95	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
96	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	12	PRX	69
97	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
98	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
99	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
100	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58

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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