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 Jul 2025

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07/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 198

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:44:26

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (9 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. Casefile Presents (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (29 shows)

2. BBC (19 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
2	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
3	Top Comment	BBC	News	99	BBC	48
4	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
5	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
7	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	443	Acast	74
9	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
10	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
12	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
13	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
16	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	407	Megaphone	63
17	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
18	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	55	BBC	48
19	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
20	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	427	RedCircle	59
21	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1193	Acast	59
22	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
23	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
24	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
25	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
26	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
27	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
28	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
29	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
30	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
31	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
32	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
33	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
34	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
35	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
36	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
37	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
38	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
39	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
40	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
42	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
43	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
44	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	98	Acast	59
45	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
46	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
47	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	194	ART19	37
48	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
49	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
50	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
51	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
52	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	79	Acast	74
53	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
54	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
55	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	58
56	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
57	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
58	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
59	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
60	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
61	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	86	Acast	89
62	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	161	Omny Studio	69
63	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
64	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
65	Yeti	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	49
66	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
67	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
68	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
69	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
70	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
71	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
75	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
76	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
77	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
78	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
79	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
80	What's Missing	Casefile Presents	Society & Culture	10	Acast	73
81	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	696	BBC	28
82	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
83	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
84	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
85	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	189	PRX	79
86	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
87	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	644	Acast	69
88	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	274	Buzzsprout	58
89	White Men Can't Work!	Tim Samuels	Society & Culture	6	Acast	74
90	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
91	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
92	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
93	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
94	The Invisible Hand	Casefile Presents	Society & Culture	8	Audioboom	73
95	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	68
96	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
97	Occult Knowledge	Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
98	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	430	Audioboom	48
99	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
100	The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome	Brazen	Society & Culture	21	PRX	79

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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