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 Feb 2026

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02/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 189

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:43:26

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. ART19 (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	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	701	Megaphone	53
5	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
6	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
7	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	442	Acast	74
8	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
9	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
10	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	407	Megaphone	63
14	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
15	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
16	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
17	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
18	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	352	ART19	68
19	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
20	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1193	Acast	59
21	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
22	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	50	Acast	94
23	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
24	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
25	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
26	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	35	BBC	58
27	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
28	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
29	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
30	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
31	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	85	Spotify for Podcasters	32
32	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
33	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
34	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	513	BBC	28
35	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
36	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	49	Megaphone	48
37	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
38	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
39	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	280	Megaphone	43
40	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
41	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	128	Acast	79
42	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
43	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
44	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
45	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	189	PRX	79
46	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
47	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
48	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
49	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
50	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
51	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
52	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
53	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
54	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
55	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
56	Top Comment	BBC	News	99	BBC	48
57	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
58	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
59	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
60	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
61	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
62	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
63	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
64	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
65	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
66	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
67	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
68	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
69	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
70	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
71	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	86	Acast	89
72	PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	6	Substack	79
73	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	644	Acast	69
74	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
75	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	38
76	Ołowiane dzieci. Prawdziwa historia	Polskie Radio S.A.	Society & Culture	5	Unknown	43
77	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
78	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
79	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
80	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	89	Libsyn	62
81	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
82	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	274	Buzzsprout	58
83	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
84	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
85	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	430	Audioboom	48
86	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
87	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
88	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	142	Captivate	79
89	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
90	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
91	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
92	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
93	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	161	Omny Studio	69
94	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	68
95	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
96	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
97	Fiction Prescriptions	WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund	Society & Culture	5	Unknown	43
98	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	696	BBC	28
99	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
100	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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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