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 Apr 2026

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04/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 150

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:42:06

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. Audible Original (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 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	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
13	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
14	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
15	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
16	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
19	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
20	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
21	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
22	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
23	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
24	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
25	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
26	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
27	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
28	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
29	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
30	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
31	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	54	Acast	94
32	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
33	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
34	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
35	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
36	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
37	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
38	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
39	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
40	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
41	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
42	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
43	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
44	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
45	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
46	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
47	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
48	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
49	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
50	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
51	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
52	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
53	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
54	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
55	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
56	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
57	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
59	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
60	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
61	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
62	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
63	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
64	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
65	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
66	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
67	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
68	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
69	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
70	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	92	Acast	89
71	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
72	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
73	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
74	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
75	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
76	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	33	Libsyn	68
77	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
78	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
79	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
80	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
81	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
82	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
83	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
84	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
85	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
86	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
87	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
88	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
89	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
90	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
91	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
92	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
93	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
94	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
95	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
96	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
97	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
98	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
99	Основано на реальных событиях	libo/libo	Society & Culture	17	Transistor	79
100	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42

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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