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 Jul 2026

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07/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 152

Frequency: every 35 days

Duration: 00:39:52

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. BBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
2	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
3	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
4	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	128	BBC	38
5	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
6	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
7	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
8	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	708	Megaphone	53
9	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
10	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
11	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
13	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
14	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
15	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	235	Acast	43
16	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	451	Acast	74
17	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
18	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
19	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
20	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
21	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
22	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
23	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
24	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
25	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
26	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	271	WideOrbit	48
27	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
28	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
29	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
30	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
31	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
32	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
33	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
34	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
35	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	54	Acast	94
36	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
37	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
38	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
39	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
40	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
41	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
42	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
43	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
44	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
45	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
46	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
47	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
48	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	203	ART19	37
49	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	143	N/A	N/A
50	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
51	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
52	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
53	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
54	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
56	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
57	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
58	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
59	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
60	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
61	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
62	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
63	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
64	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
65	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	83	Acast	74
66	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
67	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
68	Real Unexplained Stories	Real Unexplained Stories	Society & Culture	16	Buzzsprout	73
69	The Darkling Chronicles - Real life ghost stories	Becky	Society & Culture	45	Spotify for Podcasters	27
70	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
71	PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	6	Substack	79
72	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	15	PRX	69
73	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
74	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	196	Simplecast	58
75	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
76	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
77	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
78	Question Everything	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	89	Omny Studio	63
79	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
80	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
81	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
82	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
83	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
84	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
85	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
86	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	673	Acast	69
87	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
88	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	64	Captivate	69
89	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
90	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
91	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
92	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	434	Audioboom	48
93	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
94	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
95	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
96	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	88	Spotify for Podcasters	52
97	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
98	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
99	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
100	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62

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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