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 Jul 2025

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07/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 201

Frequency: every 35 days

Duration: 00:44:22

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (9 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. RNZ (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (30 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Top Comment	BBC	News	101	BBC	48
2	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
3	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
4	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	704	Megaphone	53
5	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	99	Acast	79
6	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
7	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	439	Megaphone	32
8	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
9	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	113	BBC	38
10	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	57	BBC	48
12	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	447	Acast	74
13	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	410	Megaphone	63
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
16	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
17	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
18	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	21	Spreaker	84
19	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	73
20	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
21	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
22	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	376	Audioboom	62
23	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
24	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1199	Acast	59
25	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
26	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	516	BBC	28
27	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
28	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
29	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
30	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
31	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	283	Megaphone	43
32	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
33	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
34	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
35	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
36	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	54	Captivate	69
37	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	144	Megaphone	68
38	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
39	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
40	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	356	ART19	68
41	There's A Lot I Haven't Asked	Hannah Donelon	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
42	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
43	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	89	Spotify for Podcasters	32
44	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	199	ART19	37
45	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
46	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
47	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
48	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
49	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
50	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
51	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	442	RedCircle	59
52	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	414	BBC	28
53	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
54	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
55	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
56	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
57	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
58	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	89	Acast	89
59	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
60	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
61	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
62	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
63	La familia correcta	El País Audio / WePod	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	84
64	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
65	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	111	Spotify for Podcasters	42
67	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
68	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
69	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
70	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
71	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
72	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	84	Spreaker	43
73	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
74	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
75	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
76	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
77	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
78	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
79	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
80	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
81	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
82	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	658	Acast	69
83	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
84	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	165	Omny Studio	69
85	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
86	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
87	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
88	The National Archives Podcast Series	The National Archives	Society & Culture	549	Unknown	32
89	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
90	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
91	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	432	Audioboom	48
92	The Unsettled Dead	Deborah Davies	Society & Culture	8	Podbean	53
93	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
94	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
95	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	81	Acast	74
96	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
97	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	216	Megaphone	38
98	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
99	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	274	Buzzsprout	58
100	Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt	RNZ	Society & Culture	8	Acast	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.

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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