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 févr. 2026

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02/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 191

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:43:58

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
2	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
5	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
7	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
8	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
11	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
12	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
13	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
16	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
17	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
18	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
19	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
20	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
21	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
22	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
23	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
24	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
25	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
26	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
27	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
28	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
29	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
30	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
31	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	48	Acast	94
32	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
33	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
34	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
35	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
36	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
37	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
38	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
39	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
40	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
41	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
42	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
43	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
44	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
45	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
46	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
47	Beyond The Veil Podcast	Beyond The Veil Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
49	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
50	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
51	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
52	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
53	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
54	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
55	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
56	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
57	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
58	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
59	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
60	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
61	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
62	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
63	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
64	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
65	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
66	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	320	Simplecast	53
67	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
68	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
69	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
70	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
71	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
72	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
73	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
74	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
75	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
76	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
77	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
78	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
79	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	141	Captivate	79
80	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
81	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
82	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
83	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	62
84	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
85	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
86	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	58
87	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
88	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
89	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
90	Ołowiane dzieci. Prawdziwa historia	Polskie Radio S.A.	Society & Culture	5	Unknown	43
91	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	428	Audioboom	48
92	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
93	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
94	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
95	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
96	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
97	Witness: Sex, Lies and Streaming	news.com.au	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	89
98	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	159	Libsyn	78
99	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
100	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73

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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