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 Apr 2025

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04/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:41:08

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. The Telegraph (3 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (28 shows)

2. BBC (21 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (6 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
5	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
7	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
8	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
9	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
10	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
11	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
13	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
14	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
15	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
16	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
17	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
18	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
19	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
20	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
21	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
22	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
23	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
24	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
25	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	33	Libsyn	68
26	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
27	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
28	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
29	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
30	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
31	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
32	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
33	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
34	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
35	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
36	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
37	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
38	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
39	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
40	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
42	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
43	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
44	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
45	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
46	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
47	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
48	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
49	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
50	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
51	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
52	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
53	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
54	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
55	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
56	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
57	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	701	BBC	28
58	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	677	Acast	69
59	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
60	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
61	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
62	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
63	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
64	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
65	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
66	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
67	The Cows Are Mad	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	39
68	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
69	Mystery Archives Episodes	Mystery Archives Episodes	Society & Culture	112	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
71	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
72	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	102	Acast	59
73	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
75	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
76	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
77	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
78	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
79	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
80	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	114	Spotify for Podcasters	42
81	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
82	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
83	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
84	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
85	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
86	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
87	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	147	Captivate	38
88	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
89	The National Archives Podcast Series	The National Archives	Society & Culture	549	Unknown	32
90	Call Bethel	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	6	Acast	53
91	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	327	Simplecast	53
92	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
93	In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast	Maxine Peake	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
94	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
95	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
96	Collapse	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	53
97	Different with Nicky Campbell	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	69	BBC	28
98	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
99	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
100	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63

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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