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 Sep 2026

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09/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 177

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:41:38

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. The Guardian (2 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. The Telegraph (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (13 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
2	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
3	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
4	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
5	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
6	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
7	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	440	Acast	74
8	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
9	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	97	BBC	53
10	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	224	Acast	43
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	303	Megaphone	42
14	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	259	WideOrbit	48
15	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
16	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
17	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
18	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
19	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
20	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
21	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
22	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
23	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1190	Acast	59
24	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	84	Spotify for Podcasters	32
25	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
26	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
27	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
28	Falling Tree	Falling Tree	Society & Culture	1	Unknown	63
29	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
30	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
31	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
32	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
33	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
34	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
35	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
36	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	141	Megaphone	68
37	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	33	Omny Studio	83
38	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
39	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	195	Spotify for Podcasters	27
40	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	64	Acast	83
41	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
42	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
43	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
44	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
45	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
46	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
47	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
48	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
49	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
50	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
51	The Poet	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	73
52	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	48	Acast	94
53	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	190	Simplecast	58
54	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
55	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
56	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
57	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
58	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
59	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	135	N/A	N/A
60	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
61	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
62	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	158	Omny Studio	69
63	Theories of the Third Kind	Theories of the Third Kind	Society & Culture	301	WideOrbit	68
64	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
65	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	83	Unknown	63
66	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
67	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
68	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
69	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
70	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	52
71	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
72	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
73	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	128	Acast	79
74	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	149	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
76	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
77	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	523	Spreaker	43
78	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
79	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
80	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
81	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
82	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
83	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
84	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
85	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
86	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
87	The Speaker	KQED	Society & Culture	2	PRX	59
88	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
89	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
90	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
91	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
92	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
93	As Irmãs	Chico Felitti	Society & Culture	4	Spreaker	59
94	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
95	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
96	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	695	BBC	28
97	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
98	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	77	Acast	74
99	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	638	Acast	69
100	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62

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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