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 21 Apr 2026

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04/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 164

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:41:23

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (31 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
2	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	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	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
7	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
8	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
9	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
10	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
12	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
13	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
14	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
15	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
18	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
19	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
20	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
21	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
22	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
23	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
24	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
26	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
27	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
28	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
29	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
30	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
31	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
32	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
33	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
34	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	54	Acast	94
35	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
36	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
37	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
38	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
39	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
40	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
41	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
42	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
43	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
44	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
45	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
46	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
47	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
49	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
50	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
51	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
52	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
53	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
54	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
55	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
56	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
57	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
58	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
59	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
60	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
61	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
62	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
63	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
64	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
65	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
66	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
67	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
68	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	65	Captivate	69
69	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
70	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
71	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
72	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	674	Acast	69
73	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
74	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
75	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
76	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
77	I Talk To Ghosts	Jennifer Page	Society & Culture	301	Buzzsprout	73
78	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
79	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
80	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
81	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
82	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	33	Libsyn	68
83	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
84	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
86	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
87	Criminal Justice Matters	The Criminal Bar Association	Society & Culture	21	Spotify for Podcasters	48
88	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
89	Foster Care Uncovered	Sarah Anderson & Louise Allen	Society & Culture	35	RSS.com	68
90	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
91	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
92	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
93	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
94	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	434	Audioboom	48
95	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
96	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
97	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
98	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
99	Class Divide	Class Divide	Society & Culture	25	Acast	84
100	Adventures in Nutopia	David Bramwell	Society & Culture	28	Libsyn	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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