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 17 Apr 2026

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04/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 149

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:42:44

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (6 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (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	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
4	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
5	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
6	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
7	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
10	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
12	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
13	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
14	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
15	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
16	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
19	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
20	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
21	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
22	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
23	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
24	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
25	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
26	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
27	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
28	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
29	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
30	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
31	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
32	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
33	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	54	Acast	94
34	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
35	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
36	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
37	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
38	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
39	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
40	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
41	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
42	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
43	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
44	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
45	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
46	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
47	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
49	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
50	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
51	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
52	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
53	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
54	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
55	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
56	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
57	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
58	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
59	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
60	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
61	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
62	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
63	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
64	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
65	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	33	Libsyn	68
66	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
67	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
68	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
69	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
70	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
71	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
72	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
73	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
74	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
75	Criminal Justice Matters	The Criminal Bar Association	Society & Culture	21	Spotify for Podcasters	48
76	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
77	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
78	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
79	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
80	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
81	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
82	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
83	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
84	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
85	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
86	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
87	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
88	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	92	Acast	89
89	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
90	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
91	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
92	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
93	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
94	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
95	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
96	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
97	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
98	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	530	Spreaker	43
99	What's Missing	Casefile Presents	Society & Culture	10	Acast	73
100	Supernatural Scotland The Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Mark Smith	Society & Culture	36	RSS.com	47

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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