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 11 Mar 2026

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03/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 148

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:43:05

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. The Telegraph (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (24 shows)

2. BBC (19 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (4 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	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
4	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	707	Megaphone	53
5	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	122	BBC	38
6	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
7	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	449	Acast	74
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
10	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
12	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
13	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
14	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	943	Simplecast	38
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
17	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	63
18	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
19	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
20	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	53	Acast	94
21	L' Ultima Granita	Cronache Sepolte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
22	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
24	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1203	Acast	59
25	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
26	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	26	Acast	83
27	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
29	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
30	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	415	BBC	28
31	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
32	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
33	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
34	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
35	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
36	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
37	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
38	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	32
39	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
40	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
41	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	270	Spreaker	69
42	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
43	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
44	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
45	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
46	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
47	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
48	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
49	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
50	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	516	BBC	28
51	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
52	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
53	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
54	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
55	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	48
56	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	53	RedCircle	73
57	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
58	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	699	BBC	28
59	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
60	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
61	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
62	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
63	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
64	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	53
65	Foster Care Uncovered	Sarah Anderson & Louise Allen	Society & Culture	35	RSS.com	68
66	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
67	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
68	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
69	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
70	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
71	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
72	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
73	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
74	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
75	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
76	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
77	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
78	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	154	Spotify for Podcasters	52
79	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
80	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
81	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
82	Adventures in Nutopia	David Bramwell	Society & Culture	27	Libsyn	73
83	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
84	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
85	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
86	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	130	Acast	79
87	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
88	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	168	Omny Studio	69
89	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
90	Alice in Wanderland	Alice Morrison	Society & Culture	110	Simplecast	63
91	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
92	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
93	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	98	WideOrbit	68
94	Different with Nicky Campbell	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	69	BBC	28
95	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	667	Acast	69
96	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
97	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	213	Acast	79
98	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
99	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
100	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	113	Ximalaya	59

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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