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 20 Apr 2026

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04/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 161

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:40:39

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

5. Audible (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (28 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
2	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	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	705	Megaphone	53
6	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
7	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
8	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
9	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
12	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
15	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
18	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
19	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
20	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
21	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
22	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
23	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
24	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
25	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
26	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
27	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
28	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
29	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
30	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
31	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
32	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
33	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
34	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
35	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
36	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
37	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
38	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	48	Acast	94
39	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
40	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
41	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
42	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
43	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
44	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
45	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	510	BBC	28
46	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
47	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
48	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
49	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
50	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
51	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
52	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
53	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
54	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
55	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
56	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
57	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
58	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
59	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
60	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
61	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
62	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
63	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
64	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
65	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
66	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
67	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
68	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
69	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
70	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
71	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
72	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
73	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
74	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
75	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
76	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
77	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
78	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
79	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
80	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
81	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
82	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
83	I Talk To Ghosts	Jennifer Page	Society & Culture	301	Buzzsprout	73
84	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	79
85	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
86	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
87	Criminal Justice Matters	The Criminal Bar Association	Society & Culture	21	Spotify for Podcasters	48
88	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
89	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
90	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
91	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	85	Acast	89
92	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
93	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
94	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
95	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
97	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
98	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
99	On the Ground	Geographical	Society & Culture	3	Buzzsprout	38
100	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53

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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