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 Aug 2026

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08/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 173

Frequency: every 35 days

Duration: 00:40:30

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

4. Jack Laurence (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (30 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
2	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
5	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	102	BBC	38
6	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	10	Captivate	42
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	824	Megaphone	53
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	457	Acast	74
9	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
11	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
13	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
14	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	227	Acast	43
17	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
18	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
19	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
20	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
21	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	79
22	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
23	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
24	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
25	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	63
26	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
27	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
28	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
29	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
30	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
31	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
32	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
33	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
34	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
35	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	50	Acast	94
36	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
37	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	55	Captivate	63
38	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
39	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	262	WideOrbit	48
40	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	43
41	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	67	Acast	83
42	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
43	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	196	ART19	37
44	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
45	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	140	N/A	N/A
46	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
47	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	162	Omny Studio	69
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
49	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
50	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
51	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
52	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
53	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
54	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
55	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
56	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
57	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
58	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
59	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	14	PRX	69
60	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
61	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
62	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
63	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
64	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	222	Acast	79
65	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
66	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
67	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	86	Unknown	63
68	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	231	PRX	79
69	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
70	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
71	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
72	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	265	Acast	69
73	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
74	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
75	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	84	Spotify for Podcasters	52
76	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
77	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
78	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
79	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
80	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
81	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	979	Megaphone	52
82	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
83	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
84	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
85	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
86	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
87	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	103	PRX	64
88	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	193	Simplecast	58
89	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
90	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
91	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
92	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
93	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	86	Acast	89
94	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	349	Simplecast	78
95	Criminal Justice Matters	The Criminal Bar Association	Society & Culture	21	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
97	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	323	Simplecast	53
98	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1071	Acast	69
99	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
100	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	430	Audioboom	48

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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