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 2026

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04/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 164

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:40:21

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. BBC (19 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
3	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	104	BBC	38
4	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
5	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
7	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
8	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
9	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
10	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
11	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
12	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
13	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
14	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
15	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
16	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
17	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	28	Spreaker	84
18	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
19	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
20	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
21	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
22	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
23	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
24	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
25	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
26	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
27	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	50	Acast	94
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
29	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
30	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
31	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
32	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
33	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
34	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	75	Spreaker	43
35	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
36	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
37	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
38	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
39	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
40	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
41	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	697	BBC	28
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
43	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
44	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
45	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
46	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
47	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
48	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
49	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
50	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
51	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	196	ART19	37
52	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
53	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
54	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
55	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
56	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
57	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	31	Libsyn	68
58	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
59	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
60	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
61	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
62	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
63	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	350	Simplecast	78
64	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
65	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
66	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
67	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
68	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
69	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
70	Adventures in Nutopia	David Bramwell	Society & Culture	27	Libsyn	73
71	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
72	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
73	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
74	The Jeff Stelling Show	The Jeff Stelling Show	Sports	11	Audioboom	58
75	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	323	Simplecast	53
76	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
77	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	53
78	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
79	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
80	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
81	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
82	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
83	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	274	Buzzsprout	58
84	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
85	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	162	Omny Studio	69
86	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	649	Acast	69
87	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
88	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
89	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
90	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
91	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
92	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
93	Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
94	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
95	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
96	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
97	De Vondeling	AT5	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
98	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
99	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
100	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62

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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