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 24 Apr 2026

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04/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 166

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:42:20

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. Audible (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (11 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
2	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	111	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	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	703	Megaphone	53
6	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
7	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
8	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	309	Megaphone	42
10	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
11	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
12	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	446	Acast	74
13	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
14	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
15	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	73
16	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
17	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
18	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
19	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	24	Spreaker	84
20	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
21	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
22	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
23	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
24	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	89	Spotify for Podcasters	32
25	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	438	Megaphone	32
26	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
27	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
28	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
29	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
30	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1199	Acast	59
31	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
32	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	31	Libsyn	68
33	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	51	Acast	94
34	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
35	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
36	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
37	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
38	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
39	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
40	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
41	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	144	Megaphone	68
42	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	82	Spreaker	43
43	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
44	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
45	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
46	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	152	Spotify for Podcasters	52
47	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
48	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
49	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
50	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	515	BBC	28
51	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
52	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	198	ART19	37
53	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
54	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	99	Acast	79
55	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
56	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
57	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
58	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	36	Omny Studio	83
59	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
60	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	267	Spreaker	69
61	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	413	BBC	28
62	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
63	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
64	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
65	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
66	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	98	Omny Studio	89
67	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
68	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
69	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	164	Omny Studio	69
70	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
71	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
72	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
73	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
74	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
75	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	351	Simplecast	78
76	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	51	RedCircle	63
77	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	656	Acast	69
78	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
79	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	48
80	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	527	Spreaker	43
81	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
82	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
83	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
84	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
85	Patient 11	Sky News	True Crime	6	Spreaker	64
86	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
87	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
88	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
89	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
90	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	211	Acast	79
91	The Anunnaki Connection	Jason Abadi	Society & Culture	103	Spotify for Podcasters	43
92	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
93	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	42
94	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
95	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	53	Captivate	69
96	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
97	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	96	WideOrbit	68
98	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
99	The Darkling Chronicles - Real life ghost stories	Becky	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	27
100	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59

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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