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 15 avr. 2026

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04/15/2026

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Episodes: 174

Frequency: every 39 days

Duration: 00:42:59

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (6 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. BBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (24 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	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	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
6	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
7	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
9	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
10	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
12	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
13	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
14	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
15	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
16	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
20	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
21	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
22	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
23	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
24	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
25	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
26	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
27	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
28	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	48	Acast	94
29	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
30	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
31	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
32	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
33	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
34	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
35	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
36	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
37	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
38	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
39	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
40	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
41	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
42	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
43	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
45	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
46	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
47	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
48	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
49	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
50	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
51	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
52	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
53	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
54	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
55	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
56	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
57	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
58	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
59	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
60	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
61	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
62	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
63	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
64	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
65	Criminal Justice Matters	The Criminal Bar Association	Society & Culture	21	Spotify for Podcasters	48
66	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
67	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
68	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
69	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
70	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
71	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
72	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
73	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
74	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	64	Spreaker	43
76	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
77	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
78	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
79	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
80	Money Trauma	Miho Soon	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	43
81	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
82	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
83	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	62
84	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
85	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
86	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
87	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
88	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
89	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
90	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
91	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
92	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
93	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
94	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
95	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
96	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
97	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
98	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
99	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
100	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	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.

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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