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 Sep 2025

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09/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 200

Frequency: every 41 days

Duration: 00:43:28

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (6 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. The Telegraph (3 shows)

5. BBC (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
3	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
4	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
5	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
6	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
7	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
9	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
10	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
13	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
14	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
17	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
18	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
19	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
20	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	55	Libsyn	53
21	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
22	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
23	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
24	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
25	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
26	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
27	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
28	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
29	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
30	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
31	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
32	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
33	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
34	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
35	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
36	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
37	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
38	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
39	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
40	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
41	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
42	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	96	Acast	59
43	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
44	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
45	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
46	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
47	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
48	Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
49	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
50	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
51	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
52	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
53	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
54	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
55	Antisocial Economics	Sarah Kerr	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	69
56	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
57	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
58	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
59	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
60	Bitesized Folklore	Jodie Paterson	Society & Culture	31	Captivate	73
61	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
62	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
63	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
64	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
65	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
66	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
67	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
68	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
69	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
70	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
71	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
72	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
73	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
74	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
75	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
76	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
77	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
78	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	89	Buzzsprout	57
80	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
81	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	76	Spreaker	69
82	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
83	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
84	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
85	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
86	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
87	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	320	Simplecast	53
88	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
89	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
90	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
91	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
92	Obscurata \| True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories	True Crime, Mysteries, Paranormal, Unexplained, True Scary Stories	Society & Culture	66	Acast	79
93	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
94	Call Bethel	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	6	Acast	53
95	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	159	Libsyn	78
96	The National Archives Podcast Series	The National Archives	Society & Culture	549	Unknown	32
97	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
98	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	428	Audioboom	48
99	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
100	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53

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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