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 Jul 2025

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07/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 205

Frequency: every 239 days

Duration: 00:44:04

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (9 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (19 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Omny Studio (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Top Comment	BBC	News	103	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	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
5	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	707	Megaphone	53
7	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
8	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	38
9	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	58	BBC	58
10	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
11	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	412	Megaphone	63
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	442	Megaphone	32
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
15	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	450	Acast	74
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	312	Megaphone	42
17	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
18	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
19	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	53	RedCircle	73
20	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
21	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
22	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1204	Acast	59
23	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
24	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
25	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
26	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
27	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
28	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
29	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
30	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	28	Acast	83
31	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
32	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
33	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
34	There's A Lot I Haven't Asked	Hannah Donelon	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
35	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
37	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
38	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	270	Spreaker	69
39	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	415	BBC	28
40	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
41	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
42	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	699	BBC	28
43	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	168	Omny Studio	69
44	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
45	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
46	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
47	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
48	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
49	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
50	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
51	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
52	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	61	Captivate	69
53	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	130	Acast	79
54	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
55	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	202	ART19	37
56	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
57	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
58	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	113	Spotify for Podcasters	42
59	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	452	RedCircle	59
60	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
61	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
62	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
63	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
64	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
65	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
66	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
67	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
68	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
69	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
70	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
71	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
72	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
73	La familia correcta	El País Audio / WePod	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	84
74	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
75	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
76	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
77	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
78	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
79	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
80	The National Archives Podcast Series	The National Archives	Society & Culture	549	Unknown	32
81	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
82	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
83	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	326	Simplecast	53
84	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	The Anunnaki Connection	Jason Abadi	Society & Culture	103	Spotify for Podcasters	43
86	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	274	Buzzsprout	58
87	Geography Matters	Chris Hamnett	Society & Culture	36	Captivate	79
88	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
89	Sleep and ASMR by The French Whisperer	The French Whisperer	Religion & Spirituality	130	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	357	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	433	Audioboom	48
92	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	90	Acast	89
93	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
94	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
95	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
96	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
97	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	669	Acast	69
98	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
99	The All or Nothing Podcast with Billy Moore	Billy Moore	Society & Culture	99	Spotify for Podcasters	22
100	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	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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