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 Jul 2026

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07/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 152

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:39:31

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. The Telegraph (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 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	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
3	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
4	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
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	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
8	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
11	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
13	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
14	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
15	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
16	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	236	Acast	43
17	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
18	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
19	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
20	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
21	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
22	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
23	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
24	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
25	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
26	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	272	WideOrbit	48
27	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
28	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
29	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
30	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
31	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
32	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	54	Acast	94
33	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
34	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
35	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
36	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
37	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
38	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
39	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
40	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
41	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
42	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
43	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
44	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
45	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
46	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
47	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
49	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
50	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
51	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
52	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
53	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
54	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
55	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
56	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
57	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
58	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
59	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
60	Decolonial Dispatch	Decolonial Centre	Society & Culture	21	Acast	53
61	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
62	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
63	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
64	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
65	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
66	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
67	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
68	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
69	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
70	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
71	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
72	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
73	The Darkling Chronicles - Real life ghost stories	Becky	Society & Culture	45	Spotify for Podcasters	27
74	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
75	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	675	Acast	69
76	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	196	Simplecast	58
77	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
78	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
79	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	83	Acast	74
80	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
81	Real Unexplained Stories	Real Unexplained Stories	Society & Culture	16	Buzzsprout	73
82	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
83	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
84	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
85	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
86	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
87	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
88	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	88	Spotify for Podcasters	52
89	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	16	PRX	69
90	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
91	PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	6	Substack	79
92	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
93	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
94	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
95	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
96	Fatal Fantasy	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	79
97	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
98	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
99	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
100	Question Everything	KCRW	Society & Culture	90	Omny Studio	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.

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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