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 May 2025

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05/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 193

Frequency: every 35 days

Duration: 00:42:38

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. The Telegraph (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. BBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (28 shows)

2. BBC (19 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
4	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	64	Captivate	69
5	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	708	Megaphone	53
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	128	BBC	38
7	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	451	Acast	74
8	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
12	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
13	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
14	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
15	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
17	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
18	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	114	Spotify for Podcasters	42
19	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
20	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
21	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
22	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
23	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
24	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
25	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
26	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
27	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
28	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
29	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
30	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
31	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
32	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
33	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
34	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
35	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
36	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
37	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
38	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
39	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
40	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
41	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
42	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
43	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
44	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
45	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
46	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
47	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
48	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	130	Acast	79
49	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
50	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
51	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
52	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
53	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
54	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
55	In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast	Maxine Peake	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
56	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
57	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
58	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	160	Libsyn	72
59	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
60	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
61	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
62	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
63	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
64	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
65	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
66	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
67	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
68	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	102	Acast	59
69	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
70	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
71	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
72	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	673	Acast	69
73	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
74	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
75	Tango Juliet Foxtrot - the police podcast	Iain Donnelly	Society & Culture	98	Podbean	37
76	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
77	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
78	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
79	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
80	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
81	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
82	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
83	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
84	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
85	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
86	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
87	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
88	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
89	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
90	The All or Nothing Podcast with Billy Moore	Billy Moore	Society & Culture	99	Spotify for Podcasters	22
91	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
92	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
93	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
94	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
95	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
96	The Chunter Basha w/ Billy Billingham	Mark "Billy" Billingham	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
98	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
99	The InBetween Official Podcast	The_InBetween	Society & Culture	206	Podbean	47
100	ColdFusion	Dagogo Altraide	Society & Culture	43	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.

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