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 Apr 2025

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04/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 212

Frequency: every 43 days

Duration: 00:42:40

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (20 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	143	Acast	73
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
5	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	821	Megaphone	53
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
7	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
8	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
9	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
10	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1006	Simplecast	38
12	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
13	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
14	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
15	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
16	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
17	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
18	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
19	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	55	Captivate	63
20	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
21	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
22	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
23	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
24	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
25	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
26	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
27	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
28	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	527	ART19	68
29	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
30	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
31	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
32	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
33	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
34	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
35	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
36	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
37	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
38	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
39	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
40	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
41	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
42	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
43	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	100	PRX	64
44	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
45	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
46	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
47	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	366	Megaphone	43
48	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
49	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
50	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
51	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
52	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
53	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
54	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
55	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	79
56	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
57	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
58	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
59	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
60	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	228	PRX	79
61	In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast	Maxine Peake	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
62	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
63	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
64	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
65	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
66	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	486	BBC	28
67	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1049	Acast	69
68	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
69	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
70	Who Robs A Banksy?	Podimo & Message Heard	Society & Culture	10	Audioboom	53
71	Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
74	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
75	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
76	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	10	Substack	59
77	Mystery Archives Episodes	Mystery Archives Episodes	Society & Culture	112	Spotify for Podcasters	48
78	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
79	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	141	Captivate	79
80	Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	58
81	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
82	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
83	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
84	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
85	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
86	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	159	Libsyn	78
88	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
89	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
90	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
91	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
92	The All or Nothing Podcast with Billy Moore	Billy Moore	Society & Culture	99	Spotify for Podcasters	22
93	Frightened Kingdom: True British Ghost Stories And More	EJ	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
95	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	428	Audioboom	48
96	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
97	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
98	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	975	Megaphone	52
99	The National Archives Podcast Series	The National Archives	Society & Culture	549	Unknown	32
100	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84

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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