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 Sep 2025

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09/15/2025

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 42 days

Duration: 00:44:15

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. The Telegraph (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
3	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
4	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
5	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
7	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
8	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
9	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
10	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
12	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
13	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
14	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
15	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
16	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
17	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
18	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
19	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
20	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
21	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
22	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
23	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
24	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
25	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
26	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
27	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
28	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
29	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
30	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
31	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
32	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
33	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
34	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
35	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
36	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
37	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
38	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
39	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
40	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
41	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
42	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
43	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
44	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
45	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
46	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
47	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
48	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
49	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
50	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
51	Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
52	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	96	Acast	59
53	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
54	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
55	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
56	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
57	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
58	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	79
59	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
60	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
61	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
62	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
63	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
64	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
65	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
66	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
67	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	428	Audioboom	48
68	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
69	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
70	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
71	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
72	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	267	Buzzsprout	58
73	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
74	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
75	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
76	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
77	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
78	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	320	Simplecast	53
79	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
80	Different with Nicky Campbell	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	69	BBC	28
81	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
82	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
83	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
84	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
85	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
86	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
87	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	62
88	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
89	香港電台：古今風雲人物	RTHK.HK	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	38
90	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
91	The Stephen Howson Podcast	Stephen Howson	Society & Culture	13	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	Antisocial Economics	Sarah Kerr	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	69
93	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	486	BBC	28
94	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
95	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
96	In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast	Maxine Peake	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
97	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	55	Libsyn	53
98	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
99	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
100	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	159	Libsyn	78

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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