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 16 Mar 2026

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03/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 186

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:41:05

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. The Telegraph (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	123	BBC	38
4	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
5	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	707	Megaphone	53
6	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
7	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
8	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	312	Megaphone	42
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
11	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	450	Acast	74
12	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
13	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
14	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
15	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
16	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
17	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
18	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1204	Acast	59
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
20	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
21	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	63
22	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
23	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
24	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
25	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
26	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
27	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
28	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	53	Acast	94
29	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
30	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	28	Acast	83
31	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	415	BBC	28
32	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
33	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
34	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	516	BBC	28
35	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
36	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
37	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	270	Spreaker	69
38	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	699	BBC	28
39	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
40	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
41	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
42	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
43	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
44	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
45	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
46	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
47	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
48	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
49	L' Ultima Granita	Cronache Sepolte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
50	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
51	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
52	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
53	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
54	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
55	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
56	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
57	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
58	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
59	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
60	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
61	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	130	Acast	79
62	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	98	WideOrbit	68
63	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
64	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	154	Spotify for Podcasters	52
65	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
66	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
67	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
68	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
69	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
70	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
71	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	202	ART19	37
72	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	274	Buzzsprout	58
73	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
74	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
75	Uncovering Roots	Uncovering Roots	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	58
76	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
77	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
78	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
79	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	54	Megaphone	48
80	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	213	Acast	79
81	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	357	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
83	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	61	Captivate	69
84	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	433	Audioboom	48
85	The Lost Valley	Cian	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
86	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	53	RedCircle	73
87	Julie Bindel's podcasts and writing	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	104	Substack	32
88	Adventures in Nutopia	David Bramwell	Society & Culture	28	Libsyn	58
89	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	668	Acast	69
90	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
91	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
92	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
93	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
94	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
95	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
96	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
97	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	500	RedCircle	43
98	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
99	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
100	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	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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