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 Apr 2025

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04/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 195

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:43:07

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (14 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (21 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	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	126	BBC	38
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	708	Megaphone	53
7	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	450	Acast	74
8	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
12	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	28	Acast	83
13	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
14	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
15	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
16	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
17	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
18	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1205	Acast	59
19	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
20	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	412	Megaphone	63
21	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
22	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
23	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
24	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
25	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
26	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	62	Captivate	69
27	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	32	Libsyn	68
28	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
29	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
30	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
31	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
32	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
33	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	6	ART19	63
34	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
35	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
36	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
37	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
38	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
39	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
40	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
41	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
42	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
43	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
44	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
45	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
46	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	113	Spotify for Podcasters	42
47	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
48	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
49	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
50	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
51	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
52	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
53	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
54	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
55	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
56	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
57	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
58	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
59	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
60	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
61	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
62	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
63	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	98	WideOrbit	68
64	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
65	Deliver Us From Ervil	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	69
66	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
67	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
68	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
69	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
70	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
71	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	6	ART19	63
72	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	357	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
74	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
75	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
76	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	277	Buzzsprout	58
77	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	671	Acast	69
78	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
79	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	130	Acast	79
80	Motherhood vs The Machine	Theos	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
82	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
83	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	101	Acast	59
84	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	453	RedCircle	59
85	JOURNEY	Ryan Wolf	Society & Culture	13	Acast	73
86	Frontline Club Podcasts	Frontline Club	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
88	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
89	Top Comment	BBC	News	103	BBC	48
90	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
91	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
92	Yeti	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	49
93	Mystery Archives Episodes	Mystery Archives Episodes	Society & Culture	112	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
95	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	409	Buzzsprout	83
96	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
97	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
98	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
99	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	58
100	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58

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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