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 2026

07/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 155
Frequency: every 33 days
Duration: 00:39:25

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)
2. Tortoise Media (9 shows)
3. BBC Sounds (4 shows)
4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)
5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (31 shows)
2. BBC (17 shows)
3. Megaphone (10 shows)
4. Omny Studio (8 shows)
5. Simplecast (7 shows)

RankLogoNameArtistMain CategoryEpsHostingScore
1Podcast Careless | Tortoise Investigates Careless | Tortoise Investigates The ObserverSociety & Culture116Acast
73
2Podcast UncannyUncannyBBC Radio 4Society & Culture119BBC
38
3Podcast SwingersSwingersBBC Radio WalesSociety & Culture7BBC
43
4Podcast Stuff Matters with Ed ConwayStuff Matters with Ed ConwaySky NewsSociety & Culture9Captivate
42
5Podcast Strangers on a BenchStrangers on a BenchTom RosenthalSociety & Culture100Acast
59
6Podcast World of SecretsWorld of SecretsBBCSociety & Culture101BBC
53
7Podcast The Birth KeepersThe Birth KeepersThe GuardianSociety & Culture6Acast
58
8Podcast Heretics | Andrew GoldHeretics | Andrew GoldAndrew GoldSociety & Culture706Megaphone
53
9Podcast Sweet Bobby Sweet Bobby Tortoise MediaSociety & Culture3Acast
79
10Podcast The Diamond King | Telegraph InvestigatesThe Diamond King | Telegraph InvestigatesThe TelegraphSociety & Culture52Acast
78
11Podcast This Is Actually HappeningThis Is Actually HappeningAudibleSociety & Culture356ART19
68
12Podcast Truth Be Told with Zara McDermottTruth Be Told with Zara McDermottZara McDermottSociety & Culture12Spotify for Podcasters
52
13Podcast Missing Debbie | Bed of LiesMissing Debbie | Bed of LiesThe TelegraphSociety & Culture26Acast
83
14Podcast The Slow NewscastThe Slow NewscastThe ObserverSociety & Culture448Acast
74
15Podcast The Why Files: Operation PodcastThe Why Files: Operation PodcastThe Why Files: Operation PodcastSociety & Culture311Megaphone
42
16Podcast The Documentary PodcastThe Documentary PodcastBBC World ServiceSociety & Culture2000BBC
33
17Podcast OnlyFantasyOnlyFantasyAudibleSociety & Culture30ART19
53
18Podcast Black Box: The ChatbotsBlack Box: The ChatbotsThe GuardianSociety & Culture51Acast
68
19Podcast Lucky BoyLucky BoyGary MarshallDocumentary6N/A
N/A
20Podcast The Secret World of Roald DahlThe Secret World of Roald DahliHeartPodcastsSociety & Culture14Omny Studio
78
21Missing podcast logo
The Telepathy Tapes
Details temporarily unavailable
Ky DickensSociety & Culture88Acast
84
22Podcast HoaxedHoaxedTortoise MediaSociety & Culture9Acast
74
23Podcast Wind of ChangeWind of ChangePineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / SpotifySociety & Culture16Megaphone
53
24Podcast AdriftAdriftApple TV / Blanchard HouseSociety & Culture9ART19
69
25Podcast Freakonomics RadioFreakonomics RadioFreakonomics Radio + StitcherSociety & Culture942Simplecast
38
26Podcast Sword and ScaleSword and ScaleSword and ScaleTrue Crime22Spreaker
84
27Podcast OtherworldOtherworldOtherworldSociety & Culture268WideOrbit
48
28Podcast Danny Jones PodcastDanny Jones PodcastDanny Jones | Daylight MediaSociety & Culture441Megaphone
32
29Podcast Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the UnexplainedHaunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the UnexplainedHaunted UKSociety & Culture232Acast
43
30Podcast The FloodThe FloodThe AustralianSociety & Culture5Omny Studio
74
31Podcast Focus: We Keep Us SafeFocus: We Keep Us SafeKUOW News and InformationSociety & Culture25Omny Studio
73
32Podcast Made in ChinaMade in ChinaBBC SoundsSociety & Culture5BBC
49
33Podcast The GiftThe GiftBBC Radio 4Society & Culture23BBC
59
34Podcast REAL LIVESREAL LIVESNaomi ChannellSociety & Culture53Acast
94
35Podcast Untold: Opus DeiUntold: Opus DeiFinancial TimesSociety & Culture25Acast
69
36Podcast File on 4 InvestigatesFile on 4 InvestigatesBBC Radio 4Society & Culture516BBC
28
37Podcast Lights Out Library: Sleep DocumentariesLights Out Library: Sleep DocumentariesOlimpia PérezSociety & Culture145Megaphone
68
38Podcast Inconceivable TruthInconceivable TruthaudiochuckSociety & Culture12Simplecast
63
39Podcast Real Life Ghost StoriesReal Life Ghost StoriesReal Life Ghost StoriesSociety & Culture1202Acast
59
40Podcast The Missing CryptoqueenThe Missing CryptoqueenBBC SoundsSociety & Culture25BBC
33
42Podcast What It Was LikeWhat It Was LikeSuperreal Society & Culture101Acast
79
43Podcast The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic Tortoise MediaSociety & Culture8Acast
59
44Podcast EmbeddedEmbeddedNPRSociety & Culture195Simplecast
58
45Podcast Into The Dirt Into The Dirt Tortoise MediaSociety & Culture10Acast
74
46Podcast I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?BBC SoundsSociety & Culture38BBC
58
47Podcast Paper TrailPaper TrailProPublicaSociety & Culture15PRX
69
48Podcast Secrets We KeepSecrets We KeepLiSTNRSociety & Culture167Omny Studio
69
49Podcast Hidden HomicidesHidden HomicidesLouise Tickle and Tortoise MediaSociety & Culture6Acast
64
50Podcast The Underworld PodcastThe Underworld PodcastThe Underworld PodcastSociety & Culture283Megaphone
43
51Podcast Into The Fog with Peter LawsInto The Fog with Peter LawsPeter LawsSociety & Culture90Spotify for Podcasters
32
52Podcast Signal HillSignal HillSignal HillSociety & Culture34Buzzsprout
62
53Podcast The Crux True Survival StoriesThe Crux True Survival StoriesThe Crux True Survival StoriesSociety & Culture269Spreaker
69
54Podcast The Land in BetweenThe Land in BetweenGlobal Reporting CentreSociety & Culture6PRX
84
55Podcast Johnathan Walton MediaJohnathan Walton MediaJohnathan WaltonSociety & Culture53RedCircle
73
56Podcast Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on TrialNatalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on TrialBBC SoundsSociety & Culture21BBC
38
57Podcast The Witch FarmThe Witch FarmBBC Radio 4Drama14BBC
53
58Podcast The Shrink Next DoorThe Shrink Next DoorAudible | BloombergSociety & Culture5ART19
63
59Podcast On HoldOn HoldStoriedSociety & Culture7Buzzsprout
73
60Podcast Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories PodcastGhost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories PodcastClem DallawayHistory201ART19
37
61Podcast The Hidden ThirdThe Hidden ThirdMariana van ZellerSociety & Culture52Megaphone
48
62Podcast 28ish Days Later28ish Days LaterBBC Radio 4Society & Culture29BBC
43
63Podcast HyperfixedHyperfixedAlex Goldman & RadiotopiaSociety & Culture56PRX
64
64Podcast A Very British CultA Very British CultBBC Radio 4Society & Culture9BBC
49
65Podcast PipelinePipelineDaily MailSociety & Culture7Acast
79
66Missing podcast logo
Affaires sensibles
Feed not publicly shared by the creator
France InterDocumentary136N/A
N/A
67Missing podcast logo
Alien UFO Podcast
Details temporarily unavailable
Simon BownSociety & Culture423Simplecast
63
68Podcast Great LivesGreat LivesBBC Radio 4Society & Culture415BBC
28
69Podcast Decoder RingDecoder RingSlate PodcastsSociety & Culture165Acast
69
70Podcast The Unconventional SoldierThe Unconventional SoldiertheunconventionalsoldierSociety & Culture130Acast
79
71Podcast Sound, Light & FrequencySound, Light & FrequencyiHeartPodcastsSociety & Culture37Omny Studio
83
72Podcast HystericalHystericalAudible | Pineapple Street StudiosSociety & Culture5ART19
63
73Podcast Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current AffairsSecrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current AffairsSecrets & SpiesSociety & Culture353Simplecast
78
74Podcast Elon's Spies Elon's Spies Tortoise MediaNews5Acast
79
75Podcast To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our PayrollTo Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our PayrollRubrik | Nicole Perlroth | Pod PeopleSociety & Culture19Megaphone
63
76Podcast Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter Forbidden Knowledge NetworkSociety & Culture153Spotify for Podcasters
52
77Podcast Radio AmbulanteRadio AmbulanteMy Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcastsSociety & Culture369Omny Studio
73
78Podcast Ear HustleEar HustleEar Hustle & RadiotopiaSociety & Culture192PRX
79
79Podcast What I survived What I survived Jack LaurenceSociety & Culture68Acast
83
80Podcast The Gas ManThe Gas ManTortoise MediaSociety & Culture7Acast
69
81Podcast Question EverythingQuestion EverythingBrian ReedSociety & Culture88Unknown
63
82Podcast ProfileProfileBBC Radio 4Society & Culture699BBC
28
83Podcast Σκληρές αλήθειεςΣκληρές αλήθειεςLIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣSociety & Culture325Simplecast
53
84Podcast The Last SovietThe Last SovietiHeartPodcasts and KaleidoscopeSociety & Culture11Omny Studio
59
85Podcast SuperHumanSuperHumaniHeartPodcasts and KaleidoscopeSociety & Culture12Omny Studio
53
86Podcast The CommuneThe CommuneStuff AudioSociety & Culture13Megaphone
63
87Podcast The Cows Are MadThe Cows Are MadBBC Radio 4Society & Culture11BBC
39
88Podcast TheBlueTickShowTheBlueTickShowTHE BLUETICK SHOWSociety & Culture186Spotify for Podcasters
58
89Podcast ChildChildBBC Radio 4Society & Culture37BBC
63
90Podcast 5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan5CAST w/ Andrew CallaghanAndrew CallaghanSociety & Culture31Buzzsprout
38
91Podcast Pig IronPig IronTortoise MediaSociety & Culture12Acast
74
92Podcast ChannelB پادکست فارسیChannelB پادکست فارسیAli BandariSociety & Culture105Acast
69
93Podcast The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal EncountersThe Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal EncountersTrue, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories Society & Culture664Acast
69
94Podcast PariahPariahTortoise MediaSociety & Culture5Acast
53
95Podcast Political LensPolitical LensXLab NetworkSociety & Culture5Acast
39
96Podcast Signals to DangerSignals to DangerDaniel FoxSociety & Culture82Acast
74
97Podcast Master: the allegations against Neil GaimanMaster: the allegations against Neil GaimanTortoise MediaSociety & Culture7Acast
59
98Podcast The Good Listener PodcastThe Good Listener PodcastJohn HaddenSociety & Culture131Buzzsprout
62
99Podcast Better in Person with Stephen DubnerBetter in Person with Stephen DubnerFreakonomics RadioSociety & Culture11Simplecast
62
100Podcast Flightless BirdFlightless BirdDavid FarrierSociety & Culture217Megaphone
38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

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