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 Apr 2026

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04/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 168

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:42:45

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 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	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
5	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
6	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
8	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
9	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
11	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
12	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
13	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
14	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
15	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
16	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
17	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
18	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
19	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
20	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
21	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
22	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
23	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
24	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
25	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
26	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
27	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
28	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	48	Acast	94
29	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
30	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
31	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
32	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
33	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
34	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
35	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
36	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
37	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
38	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
39	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
40	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
41	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
42	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
43	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
45	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
46	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
47	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
48	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
49	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
50	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
51	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
52	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
53	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	510	BBC	28
54	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
55	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
56	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
57	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
58	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
59	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
60	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
61	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
62	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
63	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
64	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
65	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
66	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
67	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
68	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
69	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
70	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
71	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
72	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
73	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
74	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
75	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
76	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
77	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
78	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
79	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
80	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	79
81	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
82	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
83	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
84	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
85	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
86	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
87	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
88	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
89	The Jeff Stelling Show	The Jeff Stelling Show	Sports	10	Audioboom	58
90	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
91	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	267	Buzzsprout	58
92	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
93	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
94	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
95	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
96	Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
97	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
98	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
99	Adventures in Nutopia	David Bramwell	Society & Culture	27	Libsyn	73
100	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63

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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