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 18 Jan 2025

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01/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 196

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:44:54

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. Wavland (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (28 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. BBC (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
4	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
5	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	104	BBC	38
7	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
8	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
9	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
10	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
11	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
12	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
13	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
14	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
15	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
16	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
17	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
18	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
19	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
20	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
21	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
22	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
23	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
24	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
25	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
26	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
27	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
28	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
29	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
30	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
31	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
32	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
33	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
34	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
35	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
36	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	196	ART19	37
37	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
38	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
39	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
40	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
41	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	350	Simplecast	78
42	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
43	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	649	Acast	69
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
45	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
46	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
47	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
48	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
49	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	142	Captivate	79
50	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
51	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
52	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
53	Class Divide	Class Divide	Society & Culture	25	Acast	84
54	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
55	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
56	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
57	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
58	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
59	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
60	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
62	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
63	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	110	Spotify for Podcasters	42
64	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
65	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
66	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
67	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
68	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
69	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	42
70	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
71	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
72	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
73	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
74	The National Archives Podcast Series	The National Archives	Society & Culture	549	Unknown	32
75	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
76	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
77	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	431	RedCircle	59
78	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
79	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	79	Acast	74
80	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
81	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
82	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
83	The Quantum Mechanics - Paranormal Podcast	thequantummechanics	Society & Culture	261	Podbean	37
84	Extraordinary Evidence \| ESP Is Real	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
85	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
86	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
87	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
88	The Full-Bleed Podcast	Arjun Basu, Patrick Mitchell, Magazeum	Society & Culture	21	Simplecast	68
89	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
90	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
91	Tango Juliet Foxtrot - the police podcast	Iain Donnelly	Society & Culture	98	Podbean	37
92	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
93	NDV Podcast: Neurodiverse Voices	Andreia S. Costa	Society & Culture	36	Spotify for Podcasters	42
94	What's Missing	Casefile Presents	Society & Culture	10	Acast	73
95	The Cows Are Mad	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	39
96	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	162	Omny Studio	69
97	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
98	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	274	Buzzsprout	58
99	Kate and Kathleen - A podcast about humans and horses	Kathleen Beckham and KATE SANDEL	Society & Culture	29	Libsyn	58
100	So Your Parents Are Old	Vanessa Grigoriadis	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	48

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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