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 09 Feb 2025

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02/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 197

Frequency: every 239 days

Duration: 00:44:25

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. BBC (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (20 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	31	Acast	83
2	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	133	BBC	38
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
5	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
6	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	107	Acast	73
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	711	Megaphone	53
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	454	Acast	74
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	947	Simplecast	38
11	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
12	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
13	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
14	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
15	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	415	Megaphone	63
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	316	Megaphone	42
17	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
18	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
19	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
20	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
21	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
22	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	518	BBC	28
23	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1210	Acast	59
24	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
25	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
26	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
27	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	417	BBC	28
28	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
29	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
30	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	59	PRX	74
31	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
32	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
33	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
34	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
35	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
36	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	95	Libsyn	62
37	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
38	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
39	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
40	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	446	Megaphone	32
41	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
42	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	115	Spotify for Podcasters	42
43	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
44	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	93	Spotify for Podcasters	32
45	Top Comment	BBC	News	105	BBC	48
46	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	64	Libsyn	42
47	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
48	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
49	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	273	Spreaker	69
50	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
51	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
52	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
53	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
54	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	103	Acast	59
55	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
56	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	206	ART19	37
57	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
58	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
59	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
60	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
61	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
62	Extraordinary Stories	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	79
63	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
64	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	100	WideOrbit	68
65	Discours & Plaidoiries	Jean-Michel Venden	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
66	Blow-Ins	Kara Golden & Craig Hunter	Society & Culture	9	Acast	64
67	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	132	Acast	79
68	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
69	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	356	Simplecast	78
70	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	679	Acast	69
71	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
72	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	194	Ximalaya	53
73	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
74	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
75	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
76	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	328	Simplecast	63
77	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
78	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	464	RedCircle	59
79	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	33	Libsyn	68
80	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
81	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	701	BBC	28
82	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
83	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
84	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
85	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	168	Acast	69
86	Yeti	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	49
87	Class Divide	Class Divide	Society & Culture	25	Acast	84
88	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	509	RedCircle	43
89	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
90	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
91	Πρωταγωνιστές με τον Σταύρο Θεοδωράκη	pod.gr	Society & Culture	85	Simplecast	68
92	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
93	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
94	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	24	Buzzsprout	42
95	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
96	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	29	American Public Media	62
97	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	107	Acast	79
98	Split Screen: There Goes My Childhood	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	58
99	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
100	E poi il silenzio - Il disastro di Rigopiano	Pablo Trincia – Sky Original by Chora Media	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	48

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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