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 Aug 2026

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08/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 158

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:41:15

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (6 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. The Guardian (2 shows)

5. Sky News (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (13 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
2	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
3	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
4	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
5	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	103	BBC	38
6	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
7	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
8	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
9	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
11	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
13	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
15	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
16	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	228	Acast	43
17	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
18	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
19	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
20	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
21	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
22	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
23	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
24	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
25	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	262	WideOrbit	48
26	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
27	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
28	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
29	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
30	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
31	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
32	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
33	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
34	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
35	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
36	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
37	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
38	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
39	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
40	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	196	ART19	37
41	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
42	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	50	Acast	94
43	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
44	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
45	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	140	N/A	N/A
46	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
47	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
48	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	162	Omny Studio	69
49	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
50	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
51	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
52	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
53	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
54	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
55	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
56	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
57	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	14	PRX	69
58	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
59	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
60	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
61	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
62	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
63	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
64	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
65	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
66	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
67	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
68	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	648	Acast	69
69	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
70	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
71	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
72	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
73	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	86	Unknown	63
74	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	430	Audioboom	48
75	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
76	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
77	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
78	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
79	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
80	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
81	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
82	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
83	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
84	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
85	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	350	Simplecast	78
86	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
87	Bailey Sarian	Bailey Sarian	Society & Culture	158	Spreaker	43
88	What's Missing	Casefile Presents	Society & Culture	10	Acast	73
89	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
90	Coffeehouse Crime	Coffeehouse Crime	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	49
91	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	31	Libsyn	68
92	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
93	There's A Lot I Haven't Asked	Hannah Donelon	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
95	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
96	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
97	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	193	Simplecast	58
98	Sumud Podcast: Inspired by Palestine	Dr. Ed Hasan	Society & Culture	113	Megaphone	68
99	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
100	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	84	Spotify for Podcasters	52

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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