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 sept. 2025

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09/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 216

Frequency: every 42 days

Duration: 00:42:17

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
2	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
5	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
7	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
8	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
9	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
10	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
11	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
12	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
13	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
14	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
15	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
17	No Fear. No Favour. The SEEN in Journalism Podcast	SEEN in Journalism	Society & Culture	16	Substack	48
18	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
19	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
20	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
21	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
22	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
23	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
24	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
25	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
26	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
27	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
28	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
29	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
30	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
31	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
32	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
33	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
34	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
35	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
36	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
37	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
38	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
39	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
40	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
41	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
42	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
43	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
44	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
45	The Stephen Howson Podcast	Stephen Howson	Society & Culture	13	Spotify for Podcasters	42
46	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
47	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
48	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	141	Captivate	79
49	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
50	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
51	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
52	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
53	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
54	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
55	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
56	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
57	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
58	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
59	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	96	Acast	59
60	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
61	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
62	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	320	Simplecast	53
63	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
64	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
65	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
66	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	486	BBC	28
67	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
68	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
69	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
70	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	267	Buzzsprout	58
71	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
72	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
73	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
74	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
75	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
76	Hidden Cults	Nik Hunter	Society & Culture	65	Spreaker	70
77	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
78	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
79	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
80	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
81	Country of Dust	Country of Dust	Society & Culture	19	Buzzsprout	38
82	So Disappointed Details temporarily unavailable	So Disappointed	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
83	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
84	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
85	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
86	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
87	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
88	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
89	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
90	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	428	Audioboom	48
91	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
92	Summat in t'Air	Yorkshire Air Ambulance	Society & Culture	5	Captivate	69
93	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
94	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
95	Wilson & Ashley	Wilson & Ashley	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	73
96	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
97	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
98	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
99	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
100	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	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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