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 Aug 2025

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08/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 183

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:44:45

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (6 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. Audible (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	Top Comment	BBC	News	100	BBC	48
3	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
4	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
5	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
6	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
7	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	103	BBC	38
8	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
9	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
10	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
13	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
16	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
17	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
18	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
19	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
20	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
21	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
22	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
23	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
24	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
25	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
26	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
27	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
28	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	31	Libsyn	68
29	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
30	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
31	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
32	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
33	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	648	Acast	69
34	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
35	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
36	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
37	The Last Soviet	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	59
38	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
39	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
40	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
42	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
43	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
44	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
45	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
46	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
47	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
48	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
49	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
50	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	99	Acast	59
51	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
52	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
53	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
54	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
55	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
56	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
57	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
58	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	53
59	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
60	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
61	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
62	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
63	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
64	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
65	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
66	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
67	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
68	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	196	ART19	37
69	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
70	Taylor Swift' and Travis Kelce	Quiet. Please	Society & Culture	52	Spreaker	49
71	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	430	Audioboom	48
72	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	110	Spotify for Podcasters	42
73	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	430	RedCircle	59
74	Kate and Kathleen - A podcast about humans and horses	Kathleen Beckham and KATE SANDEL	Society & Culture	29	Libsyn	58
75	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
76	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
77	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
78	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	159	Libsyn	78
80	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
81	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
82	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
84	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
85	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
86	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
87	There's A Lot I Haven't Asked	Hannah Donelon	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
88	The Anunnaki Connection	Jason Abadi	Society & Culture	103	Spotify for Podcasters	43
89	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	42
90	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
91	The News In You	Eleisha Foon	Society & Culture	9	Buzzsprout	73
92	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
93	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
94	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
95	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
96	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	142	Captivate	79
97	London Secret Driver	London Secret Driver	Society & Culture	2	RSS.com	53
98	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
99	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
100	Obscurata \| True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories	True Crime, Mysteries, Paranormal, Unexplained, True Scary Stories	Society & Culture	66	Acast	79

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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