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 08 Apr 2025

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04/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:43:58

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (29 shows)

2. BBC (20 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	120	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	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
6	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	697	Megaphone	53
8	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
9	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
10	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
11	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
13	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	83	Spotify for Podcasters	32
14	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
15	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1188	Acast	59
16	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
17	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
18	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
19	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	79
20	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
21	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
22	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
23	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
24	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
25	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
26	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
27	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
28	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
29	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
30	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
31	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
32	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
33	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
34	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
35	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
36	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
37	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
38	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
39	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
40	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
41	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
42	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
43	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
44	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
45	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
46	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
47	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
48	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
49	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
50	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
51	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
52	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
53	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
54	Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
55	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
56	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
57	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
58	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
59	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
60	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
61	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
62	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
63	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
64	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
65	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
66	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
67	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
68	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
69	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
70	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
71	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
72	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
73	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
74	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
75	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
76	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	267	Buzzsprout	58
77	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
78	In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast	Maxine Peake	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
79	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
80	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	96	Acast	59
81	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	128	Acast	79
82	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	Frontline Club Podcasts	Frontline Club	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	320	Simplecast	53
85	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
86	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
87	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	522	Spreaker	43
88	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
89	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
90	Memories from the Dance Floor	Damian Kerlin	Society & Culture	8	Acast	69
91	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
92	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
93	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	142	Captivate	79
94	Mystery Archives Episodes	Mystery Archives Episodes	Society & Culture	112	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	What's Missing	Casefile Presents	Society & Culture	10	Acast	73
96	Cabinet of Curiosities	Tom Brady	Society & Culture	1	Buzzsprout	48
97	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	428	Audioboom	48
98	The Cows Are Mad	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	39
99	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
100	7 metrów pod ziemią	Rafał Gębura	Society & Culture	266	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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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