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 10 Jan 2025

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01/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 202

Frequency: every 50 days

Duration: 00:44:17

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. Wondery (2 shows)

5. NZ Herald (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. Megaphone (13 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
4	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
5	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
7	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
8	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
9	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
10	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
11	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
13	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
14	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
15	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
16	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
19	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
20	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
21	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
22	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
23	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
24	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
25	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
26	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
27	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
28	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
29	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
30	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
31	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
32	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
33	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
34	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
35	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
37	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
38	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
39	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
40	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
41	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
42	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
43	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
44	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
45	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
46	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	486	BBC	28
47	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
48	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
49	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
50	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	141	Captivate	79
51	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
52	Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
53	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
54	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
55	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
56	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
57	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
58	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
59	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
60	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
61	Zero Ambitions Podcast	Jeff and Dan	Society & Culture	185	Transistor	53
62	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
63	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	62
64	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
65	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
66	The Vaping Fix	Wondery	Society & Culture	3	ART19	69
67	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
68	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
69	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	267	Buzzsprout	58
70	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
71	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
72	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
73	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
74	Tango Juliet Foxtrot - the police podcast	Iain Donnelly	Society & Culture	98	Podbean	37
75	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	110	Ximalaya	59
76	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
77	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
78	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
79	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	55	Libsyn	53
80	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	77	Acast	74
81	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
82	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
83	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	96	Acast	59
84	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
85	Who Robs A Banksy?	Podimo & Message Heard	Society & Culture	10	Audioboom	53
86	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	428	Audioboom	48
87	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
88	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
89	Wise Words	Parsley Box	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	53
90	The BrainFood Show	Simon Whistler and Daven Hiskey	Society & Culture	74	Blubrry	49
91	Frontline Club Podcasts	Frontline Club	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
93	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
94	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
95	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
96	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
97	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
98	7 metrów pod ziemią	Rafał Gębura	Society & Culture	266	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
100	A Caça ao Estripador de Lisboa	Observador	Society & Culture	15	Omny Studio	53

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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