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 Sep 2026

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09/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 187

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:39:55

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. The Guardian (2 shows)

5. Forbidden Knowledge Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
2	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	35	BBC	58
3	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
4	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	823	Megaphone	53
5	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
6	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	149	Acast	73
7	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	456	Acast	74
8	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	226	Acast	43
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
12	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
13	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
14	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
15	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
16	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
17	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
18	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	531	ART19	68
19	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	10	Captivate	42
20	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
21	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
22	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
23	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
24	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1193	Acast	59
25	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
26	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
27	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
28	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
29	The Poet	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	73
30	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
31	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
32	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
33	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
34	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
35	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
36	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	85	Spotify for Podcasters	32
37	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	49	Acast	94
38	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
39	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	219	Acast	79
40	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	73
41	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	69
42	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
43	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	369	Megaphone	43
44	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
45	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
46	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	197	Spotify for Podcasters	27
47	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
48	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
49	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	49	Megaphone	48
50	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	264	Acast	69
51	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
52	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	136	N/A	N/A
53	Theories of the Third Kind	Theories of the Third Kind	Society & Culture	331	WideOrbit	68
54	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
55	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	103	PRX	64
56	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	160	Omny Studio	69
57	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	34	Omny Studio	83
58	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
59	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
60	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	203	Simplecast	58
61	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	85	Unknown	63
62	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
63	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
64	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	513	BBC	28
65	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
66	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
67	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
68	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
69	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
70	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	128	Acast	79
71	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
72	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
73	Grace For Impact	Peoples Media	Society & Culture	76	Acast	94
74	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
75	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
76	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	977	Megaphone	52
77	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	22	ART19	73
78	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
79	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	230	PRX	79
80	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	89	Libsyn	62
81	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
82	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
83	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	49	RedCircle	73
84	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	83	Spotify for Podcasters	52
85	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
86	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
87	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
88	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
89	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	643	Acast	69
90	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	404	Buzzsprout	83
91	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
92	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
93	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
94	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
95	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
96	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	349	Simplecast	78
97	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
98	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	18	ART19	73
99	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
100	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	78	Acast	74

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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