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 avr. 2025

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04/19/2025

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Episodes: 177

Frequency: every 47 days

Duration: 00:42:31

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (29 shows)

2. BBC (20 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (6 shows)

5. Omny Studio (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
4	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
5	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	441	Acast	74
6	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	699	Megaphone	53
8	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
9	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
10	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	97	BBC	53
11	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
12	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	406	Megaphone	63
13	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
16	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
17	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
18	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
19	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
20	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	512	BBC	28
21	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
22	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1190	Acast	59
23	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
24	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	350	ART19	68
25	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	304	Megaphone	42
26	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
27	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	411	BBC	28
28	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
29	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
30	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
31	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
32	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
33	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
34	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	54	BBC	58
35	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	84	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
37	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	34	BBC	58
38	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
39	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
40	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
41	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
42	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
43	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	32
44	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
45	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
46	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
47	Top Comment	BBC	News	98	BBC	48
48	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
49	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
50	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
51	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
52	The National Archives Podcast Series	The National Archives	Society & Culture	549	Unknown	32
53	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	128	Acast	79
54	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
55	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
56	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	97	Acast	59
57	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
58	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	89	Libsyn	62
59	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
60	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
61	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	695	BBC	28
62	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
63	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
65	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
66	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	79
67	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
68	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
69	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
70	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
71	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
72	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
73	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
74	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	280	Megaphone	43
75	Discours & Plaidoiries	Jean-Michel Venden	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
76	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	639	Acast	69
77	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
78	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
79	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
80	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	141	Megaphone	68
81	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	429	Audioboom	48
82	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	38
83	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
84	The All or Nothing Podcast with Billy Moore	Billy Moore	Society & Culture	99	Spotify for Podcasters	22
85	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
86	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
87	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
88	posh unfiltered	Peterborough United/Podcast Lounge	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
89	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
90	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
91	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	69	Triton Digital	63
92	Who Robs A Banksy?	Podimo & Message Heard	Society & Culture	10	Audioboom	53
93	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
94	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	524	Spreaker	43
95	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
96	Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	58
97	The Vaping Fix	Wondery	Society & Culture	3	ART19	69
99	In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast	Maxine Peake	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
100	What's Missing	Casefile Presents	Society & Culture	10	Acast	73

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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