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 22 Apr 2026

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04/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 161

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:41:48

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (29 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
2	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	114	BBC	38
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
5	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	704	Megaphone	53
7	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
9	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	447	Acast	74
10	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	53
11	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
12	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	24	Omny Studio	73
15	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
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	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	439	Megaphone	32
19	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	21	Spreaker	84
20	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
21	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	12	BBC	63
22	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	356	ART19	68
23	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
24	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
26	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	89	Spotify for Podcasters	32
27	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
28	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
29	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	283	Megaphone	43
30	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
31	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	144	Megaphone	68
32	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
33	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1200	Acast	59
34	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	99	Acast	79
35	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
36	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	516	BBC	28
37	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
38	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
39	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
40	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	52	Acast	94
41	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	414	BBC	28
42	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
43	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
44	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
45	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
46	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
47	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
48	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
49	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	85	Spreaker	43
50	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
51	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
52	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
53	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
54	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
55	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	199	ART19	37
56	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	92	Libsyn	62
57	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	351	Simplecast	78
58	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
59	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
60	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
61	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
62	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
63	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	698	BBC	28
64	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	99	Omny Studio	89
65	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
66	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	130	Acast	79
67	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
68	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
69	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
70	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	659	Acast	69
71	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
72	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	31	Libsyn	68
73	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
74	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	166	Omny Studio	69
75	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
76	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	52	Megaphone	48
77	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
78	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
79	I Talk To Ghosts	Jennifer Page	Society & Culture	301	Buzzsprout	73
80	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	55	Captivate	69
81	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	153	Spotify for Podcasters	52
82	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
83	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
84	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
85	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
86	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
87	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
89	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
90	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	73
91	Patient 11	Sky News	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	59
92	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	36	Omny Studio	83
93	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	212	Acast	79
94	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
95	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
96	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
97	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
98	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
99	Foster Care Uncovered	Sarah Anderson & Louise Allen	Society & Culture	34	RSS.com	68
100	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64

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.

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