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 Jul 2025

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07/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 197

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:42:18

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (9 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (28 shows)

2. BBC (19 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 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	117	Acast	73
5	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
6	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	708	Megaphone	53
8	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	128	BBC	38
9	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
10	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
11	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
12	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
13	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	451	Acast	74
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
16	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
17	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
18	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
19	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
20	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
21	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
22	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
23	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
24	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
25	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
26	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
27	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
28	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
29	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
30	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
31	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
32	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
33	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
34	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
35	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
36	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	64	Captivate	69
37	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
38	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
39	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
40	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	455	RedCircle	59
41	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
43	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
44	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
45	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
46	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
47	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
48	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
49	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
50	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
51	There's A Lot I Haven't Asked	Hannah Donelon	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
52	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
53	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
54	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
55	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
56	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	114	Spotify for Podcasters	42
57	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
58	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
59	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	130	Acast	79
60	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
61	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
62	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
63	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
64	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
65	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
66	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
67	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
68	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
69	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
70	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	203	ART19	37
71	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	673	Acast	69
72	La familia correcta	El País Audio / WePod	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	84
73	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	434	Audioboom	48
74	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
75	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
76	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
77	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	90	Acast	89
78	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
79	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
80	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
81	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
82	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
83	The National Archives Podcast Series	The National Archives	Society & Culture	549	Unknown	32
84	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
85	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
86	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
87	Sleep and ASMR by The French Whisperer	The French Whisperer	Religion & Spirituality	130	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
89	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
90	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
91	Frontlines of Journalism	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	12	BBC	43
92	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	326	Simplecast	53
93	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
94	The All or Nothing Podcast with Billy Moore	Billy Moore	Society & Culture	99	Spotify for Podcasters	22
95	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
96	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	102	Acast	59
97	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
98	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
99	Criminal Justice Matters	The Criminal Bar Association	Society & Culture	21	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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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