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 13 Jan 2025

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01/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 203

Frequency: every 40 days

Duration: 00:45:02

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. Brazen (2 shows)

5. Class Divide (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. BBC (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 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	98	BBC	53
5	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
6	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
7	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	102	BBC	38
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
9	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
10	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
11	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
12	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
15	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
16	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
17	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
18	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
19	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
20	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
21	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
22	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
23	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
24	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
25	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
26	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
27	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
28	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
29	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
30	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
31	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
32	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	349	Simplecast	78
33	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
34	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
35	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
37	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	142	Captivate	79
38	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
39	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
40	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
41	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
43	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
44	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
45	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	196	ART19	37
46	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
47	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
48	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
49	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
50	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	110	Spotify for Podcasters	42
51	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
52	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	98	Acast	59
53	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
54	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
55	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
56	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
57	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
58	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	647	Acast	69
59	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
60	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
61	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
62	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
63	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
64	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
65	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
66	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
67	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
68	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
69	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	322	Simplecast	53
70	The National Archives Podcast Series	The National Archives	Society & Culture	549	Unknown	32
71	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
72	Class Divide	Class Divide	Society & Culture	25	Acast	84
73	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
74	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
75	NDV Podcast: Neurodiverse Voices	Andreia S. Costa	Society & Culture	36	Spotify for Podcasters	42
76	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
77	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	42
78	Alice in Wanderland	Alice Morrison	Society & Culture	110	Simplecast	63
79	Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
80	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
81	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
82	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	429	RedCircle	59
83	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
84	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	51	Unknown	43
85	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
86	The Professor: Hunting for the Mafia's Missing Masterpiece	Brazen	Society & Culture	8	PRX	79
87	Necesito poder respirar: La vida de Jorge González	Podium Podcast Chile	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	38
88	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
89	Welsh Waves	Cai D. Morgan	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	43
90	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
91	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
92	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
93	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
94	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
95	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	430	Audioboom	48
96	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	274	Buzzsprout	58
97	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
98	Kate and Kathleen - A podcast about humans and horses	Kathleen Beckham and KATE SANDEL	Society & Culture	29	Libsyn	58
99	DW Revista	DW	Society & Culture	100	Unknown	38
100	Your Ghost Stories	Jamie Black	Society & Culture	81	Spotify for Podcasters	43

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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