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 Aug 2026

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08/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 167

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:39:45

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

4. The Telegraph (2 shows)

5. Audible Original (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
2	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
3	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
4	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
5	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
7	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
9	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
11	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
12	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
13	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
14	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
18	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
19	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
20	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	237	Acast	43
21	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
22	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
23	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
24	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
25	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
26	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
27	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
28	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
29	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
30	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
31	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
32	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
33	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	272	WideOrbit	48
34	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
35	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
36	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
37	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
38	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
39	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	54	Acast	94
40	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	16	PRX	69
41	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
42	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
43	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
44	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
45	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
46	Criminal Justice Matters	The Criminal Bar Association	Society & Culture	21	Spotify for Podcasters	48
47	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
48	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
49	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
50	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
51	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
52	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
53	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
54	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
55	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	355	Simplecast	78
56	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
57	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
58	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
59	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
60	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
61	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
62	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
63	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
64	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
65	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
66	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
67	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
68	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
69	Question Everything	KCRW	Society & Culture	90	Omny Studio	63
70	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
71	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
72	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
73	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	327	Simplecast	53
74	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	88	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
76	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
77	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
78	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
79	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
80	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
81	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
82	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
83	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
84	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
85	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
86	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
87	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	39	Omny Studio	83
88	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
89	Coffeehouse Crime	Coffeehouse Crime	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	49
90	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
91	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
92	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
93	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
94	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	83	Acast	74
95	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
96	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
97	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	196	Simplecast	58
98	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
99	Power Plays	Human Rights Foundation	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	63
100	Air Crash Chronicles	Air Crash Chronicles	Society & Culture	307	Spreaker	64

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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