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 May 2026

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05/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 147

Frequency: every 42 days

Duration: 00:43:00

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

5. Al Jazeera Network (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (19 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 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	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
5	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
6	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
7	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
8	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
9	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
10	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
11	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
12	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
15	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
18	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
19	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
20	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
21	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
22	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
23	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
24	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
25	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
26	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
27	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
28	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
29	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
30	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
31	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
32	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
33	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
34	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
35	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
36	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	48	Acast	94
37	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
38	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
39	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
40	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
41	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
42	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
43	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
44	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
45	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
46	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
47	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
48	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
49	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
50	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
51	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
52	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
53	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
54	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
55	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
56	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
57	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
58	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
59	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
60	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
61	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	135	N/A	N/A
62	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
63	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
64	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	64	Spreaker	43
65	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
66	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
67	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
68	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
69	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
70	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
71	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
72	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
73	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
74	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
75	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
76	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
77	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
78	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
79	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
80	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
81	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
82	The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things	Strange True Stories with Kyle Risi & Adam Cox	Society & Culture	159	Simplecast	73
83	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	486	BBC	28
84	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
85	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
86	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
87	Someone's gotta do it	Callan	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	63
88	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
89	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
90	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
91	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	11	Spreaker	49
92	Al Jazeera Documentary	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	21	Spreaker	49
93	Telephone Stories	Ninth Planet Audio	Society & Culture	15	Acast	63
94	Wilder Podcast	Grange Project	Science	54	Captivate	83
95	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
96	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
97	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
98	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
99	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
100	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33

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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