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 12 Jan 2025

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01/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 198

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:44:53

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

3. Brazen (4 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. BBC (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 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	101	BBC	53
5	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
7	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	6	ART19	63
8	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
9	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	708	Megaphone	53
10	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	450	Acast	74
11	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
12	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
13	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
14	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
15	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	412	Megaphone	63
16	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	28	Acast	83
19	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
20	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
21	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
22	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
23	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
24	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
25	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1205	Acast	59
26	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
27	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
28	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
29	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
30	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
31	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	147	Captivate	38
32	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
33	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
34	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
35	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
36	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
37	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	130	Acast	79
38	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
39	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	357	Spotify for Podcasters	38
40	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
41	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
42	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
43	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
44	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
45	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	203	ART19	37
46	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
47	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
48	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
49	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	113	Spotify for Podcasters	42
50	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
51	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
52	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
53	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
54	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	671	Acast	69
55	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
56	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
57	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
58	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	101	Acast	59
59	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
60	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
61	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
62	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
63	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
64	The National Archives Podcast Series	The National Archives	Society & Culture	549	Unknown	32
65	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
66	Class Divide	Class Divide	Society & Culture	25	Acast	84
67	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	453	RedCircle	59
68	The Professor: Hunting for the Mafia's Missing Masterpiece	Brazen	Society & Culture	8	PRX	79
69	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
70	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	6	ART19	63
71	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
74	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
75	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
76	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
77	Gateway: Cocaine, Murder, & Dirty Money in Europe	Brazen	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	79
78	A Caça ao Estripador de Lisboa	Observador	Society & Culture	15	Omny Studio	53
79	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
80	Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
81	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	83	Acast	74
82	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
83	The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome	Brazen	Society & Culture	21	PRX	79
84	Tango Juliet Foxtrot - the police podcast	Iain Donnelly	Society & Culture	98	Podbean	37
85	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	277	Buzzsprout	58
86	The Cows Are Mad	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	39
87	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
88	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
89	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
90	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
91	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
92	DW Revista	DW	Society & Culture	100	Unknown	38
93	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	113	Ximalaya	59
94	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
95	Trumped	BBC Radio Scotland	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
96	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
97	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
98	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
99	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
100	Equipo de investigación	Onda Cero Podcast	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	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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