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 Feb 2026

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02/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 190

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:44:00

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. BBC (3 shows)

5. The Telegraph (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
2	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
5	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
7	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
8	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
10	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
12	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
15	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
16	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
17	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
18	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
19	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
20	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
21	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
22	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
23	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	48	Acast	94
24	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
25	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
26	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
27	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
29	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
31	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
32	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
33	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	510	BBC	28
34	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
35	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
36	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
37	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
38	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
39	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
40	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
41	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
42	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
43	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
44	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
45	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
46	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
47	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
48	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
49	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
50	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
51	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
52	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
53	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
54	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
55	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
56	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
57	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
58	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
59	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
60	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
61	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
62	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
63	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
64	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
65	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
66	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
67	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
68	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
69	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
70	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
71	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
72	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
73	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
74	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
75	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
76	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
77	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	141	Captivate	79
78	PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	6	Substack	79
79	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	79
80	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
81	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
82	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
83	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
84	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
85	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
86	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
87	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
88	Beyond The Veil Podcast	Beyond The Veil Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
90	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
91	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
92	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
93	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
94	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	85	Acast	89
95	Čestmír Strakatý	Čestmír Strakatý	Society & Culture	448	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
97	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	320	Simplecast	53
98	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
99	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
100	Foster Care Uncovered	Sarah Anderson & Louise Allen	Society & Culture	30	RSS.com	68

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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