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 19 Feb 2026

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02/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 182

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:45:01

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (9 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

5. BBC (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spreaker (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
4	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
5	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	105	BBC	38
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	702	Megaphone	53
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
12	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
15	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
16	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
17	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
18	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
20	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	413	BBC	28
21	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
22	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
23	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
24	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
25	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
26	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	51	Acast	94
27	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
28	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
29	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
30	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
31	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
32	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
33	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
34	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
35	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
36	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
37	Top Comment	BBC	News	100	BBC	48
38	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
39	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
40	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
41	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
42	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
43	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
44	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
45	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
46	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	31	Libsyn	68
47	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
48	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	111	Ximalaya	59
49	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
50	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
51	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
52	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
53	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
54	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
55	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
56	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
57	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
58	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
59	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
60	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
61	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	650	Acast	69
62	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
63	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
64	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	431	Audioboom	48
65	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
66	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
67	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
68	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
69	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
70	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
71	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	163	Omny Studio	69
72	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
73	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
74	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
75	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	196	ART19	37
76	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
77	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
78	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
79	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
80	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
81	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
82	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
84	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
85	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	697	BBC	28
86	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
87	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
88	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
89	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
90	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	323	Simplecast	53
91	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	526	Spreaker	43
92	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
93	Foster Care Uncovered	Sarah Anderson & Louise Allen	Society & Culture	30	RSS.com	68
94	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	53	Captivate	63
95	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
96	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
97	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
98	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
99	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
100	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58

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.

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