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 07 Jan 2025

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01/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 174

Frequency: every 43 days

Duration: 00:44:06

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

2. Brazen (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. SpectreVision Radio (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. PRX (5 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	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
4	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
5	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
6	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
8	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
9	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
10	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
11	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
12	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
13	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
14	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
15	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
17	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
18	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
19	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
20	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
21	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
22	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
23	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
24	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
25	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	349	Simplecast	78
26	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
27	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
28	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
29	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
30	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
31	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
32	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
33	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	647	Acast	69
34	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
35	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	142	Captivate	79
36	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
37	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
38	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
39	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
40	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	196	ART19	37
41	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
42	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
43	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
44	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
45	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
46	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	42
47	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
48	Alice in Wanderland	Alice Morrison	Society & Culture	110	Simplecast	63
49	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
50	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
51	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
52	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
53	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
54	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
55	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	429	RedCircle	59
56	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
57	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	98	Acast	59
58	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
59	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
60	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
61	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
62	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
63	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
64	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
65	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
66	Extraordinary Stories	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	79
67	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	110	Spotify for Podcasters	42
68	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
69	Who Robs A Banksy?	Podimo & Message Heard	Society & Culture	10	Audioboom	53
70	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
71	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
72	The Chunter Basha w/ Billy Billingham	Mark "Billy" Billingham	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
74	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
75	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
76	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
77	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	322	Simplecast	53
78	Забытые в Америке	Толк	Society & Culture	6	RedCircle	69
79	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
80	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
81	Julie Bindel's podcasts and writing	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	98	Substack	38
82	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
83	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
84	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
85	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
86	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	430	Audioboom	48
87	Radio National Presents	ABC Australia	Society & Culture	78	ABC Australia	73
88	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
89	احتيال	ثمَانِيَة /thmanyah	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	43
90	Gateway: Cocaine, Murder, & Dirty Money in Europe	Brazen	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	79
91	The Quantum Mechanics - Paranormal Podcast	thequantummechanics	Society & Culture	261	Podbean	37
92	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	274	Buzzsprout	58
93	I Was Actually There	ABC listen	Society & Culture	8	ABC Australia	53
94	A Caça ao Estripador de Lisboa	Observador	Society & Culture	15	Omny Studio	53
95	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
96	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
97	The National Archives Podcast Series	The National Archives	Society & Culture	549	Unknown	32
98	Extraordinary Evidence \| ESP Is Real	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
99	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
100	Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear Betrayal	Brazen	Society & Culture	15	PRX	79

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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