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 2026

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02/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 189

Frequency: every 41 days

Duration: 00:43:50

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 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 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
2	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
5	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
6	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
10	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
12	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
13	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
14	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
15	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
16	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
18	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
19	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
20	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
21	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
22	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
24	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
26	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
27	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
28	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
29	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	48	Acast	94
31	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
32	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
33	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
34	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
35	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
36	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
37	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
38	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
39	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
40	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
41	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
42	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
43	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
44	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
45	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
46	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
47	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
48	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
49	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
50	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
51	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
52	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	320	Simplecast	53
53	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
54	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
55	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
56	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
57	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
58	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
59	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
60	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
61	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
62	Beyond The Veil Podcast	Beyond The Veil Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
64	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
65	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
66	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
67	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
68	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
69	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
70	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
71	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
72	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
73	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
74	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	58
75	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
76	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
77	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
78	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	141	Captivate	79
79	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
80	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
81	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
82	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
84	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	159	Libsyn	78
85	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
86	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
87	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
88	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
89	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
90	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	428	Audioboom	48
91	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	62
92	Ołowiane dzieci. Prawdziwa historia	Polskie Radio S.A.	Society & Culture	5	Unknown	43
93	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
94	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
95	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	267	Buzzsprout	58
96	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
98	Telephone Stories	Ninth Planet Audio	Society & Culture	15	Acast	63
99	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
100	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89

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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