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 Oct 2026

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10/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 187

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:41:17

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. Forbidden Knowledge Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (31 shows)

2. BBC (12 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	106	BBC	38
2	SAS: The Shadow War	The Independent / Aurra Studios	Society & Culture	4	Acast	69
3	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
4	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
6	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	702	Megaphone	53
8	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
9	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
10	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
12	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	445	Acast	74
13	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	228	Acast	43
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
17	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
18	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
19	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
20	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
21	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	263	WideOrbit	48
22	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
23	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	413	BBC	28
24	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
25	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
26	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
27	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
28	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
29	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
30	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	53	Captivate	63
31	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
32	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
33	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
34	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
35	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	4	Acast	79
36	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
37	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
38	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
39	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
40	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	67	Acast	83
41	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
42	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
43	Theories of the Third Kind	Theories of the Third Kind	Society & Culture	303	WideOrbit	68
44	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
45	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
46	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	515	BBC	28
47	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
48	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	163	Omny Studio	69
49	Still Life	Naomi Bloomstein and Chloe Turpin	Society & Culture	3	RSS.com	52
50	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
51	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	14	PRX	69
52	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
53	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
54	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	350	Simplecast	78
55	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
56	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	137	N/A	N/A
57	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	697	BBC	28
58	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
59	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
60	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	80	Acast	74
61	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
62	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	651	Acast	69
63	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
64	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
65	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
66	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
67	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
68	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	77	Spreaker	43
69	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	73
70	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
71	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
72	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	51	Acast	94
73	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
74	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
75	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
76	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
77	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
78	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	86	Unknown	63
79	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
80	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
81	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	193	Simplecast	58
82	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	431	Audioboom	48
83	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
84	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
85	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
86	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
87	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	323	Simplecast	53
88	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
89	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
90	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
91	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	31	Libsyn	68
92	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
93	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
94	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
95	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
96	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
97	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	89	Acast	89
98	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
99	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	84	Spotify for Podcasters	52
100	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83

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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