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 14 Jan 2026

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01/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 191

Frequency: every 35 days

Duration: 00:44:18

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

4. The Telegraph (2 shows)

5. BBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
4	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
5	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
6	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
7	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
8	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
9	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
10	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
11	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
13	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
14	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
15	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
16	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
17	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
18	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
19	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
20	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	54	Acast	94
21	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
22	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
23	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
24	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
25	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
26	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
27	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
28	No Fear. No Favour. The SEEN in Journalism Podcast	SEEN in Journalism	Society & Culture	16	Substack	48
29	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
30	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
31	PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	6	Substack	79
32	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
33	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
34	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
35	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
36	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
37	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
38	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
39	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
40	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
41	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
42	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
43	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
44	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
45	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
46	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
47	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
48	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
49	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
50	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
51	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	675	Acast	69
52	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
53	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
54	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
55	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
56	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
57	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
58	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
59	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
60	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
61	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
62	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
63	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
64	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
65	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
66	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
67	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
68	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
69	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	147	Captivate	38
70	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
71	Beyond The Veil Podcast	Beyond The Veil Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
73	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
74	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
75	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
76	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
77	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	434	Audioboom	48
78	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
79	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
80	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
81	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
82	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
84	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
85	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
86	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
87	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
88	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	92	Acast	89
89	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
90	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
91	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
92	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
93	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	530	Spreaker	43
94	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
95	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
97	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
98	Yeti	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	49
99	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
100	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83

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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