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 Dec 2025

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12/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 217

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:44:44

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (5 shows)

3. Julie Bindel (3 shows)

4. The Telegraph (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	114	BBC	38
2	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
3	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
4	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	704	Megaphone	53
5	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
6	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	447	Acast	74
7	PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	6	Substack	79
8	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
9	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
10	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
12	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
13	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	410	Megaphone	63
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
17	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1200	Acast	59
18	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	356	ART19	68
19	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
20	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
21	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	439	Megaphone	32
22	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	21	Spreaker	84
23	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	52	Acast	94
24	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
25	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	99	Acast	79
26	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
27	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	283	Megaphone	43
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
29	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
30	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	89	Spotify for Podcasters	32
31	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	144	Megaphone	68
32	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	414	BBC	28
33	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
34	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
35	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
36	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
37	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
38	Julie Bindel's podcasts and writing	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	104	Substack	32
39	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
40	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
41	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	516	BBC	28
42	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
43	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
44	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
45	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
46	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	92	Libsyn	62
47	Criminal Justice Matters	The Criminal Bar Association	Society & Culture	21	Spotify for Podcasters	48
48	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
49	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
50	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
51	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	698	BBC	28
52	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
53	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
54	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
55	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
56	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
57	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	130	Acast	79
58	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
59	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
60	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
61	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	659	Acast	69
62	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
63	Top Comment	BBC	News	101	BBC	48
64	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
65	Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
66	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	55	Captivate	69
67	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
68	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	52	Megaphone	48
69	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
70	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	432	Audioboom	48
71	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
72	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
73	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
74	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
75	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
76	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	324	Simplecast	53
77	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
78	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
79	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
80	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	99	Omny Studio	89
81	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
82	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
83	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
84	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
85	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
86	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	199	ART19	37
87	Foster Care Uncovered	Sarah Anderson & Louise Allen	Society & Culture	34	RSS.com	68
88	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
89	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	191	Ximalaya	53
90	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
91	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
92	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
93	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
94	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
95	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
96	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	212	Acast	79
97	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	166	Omny Studio	69
98	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	528	Spreaker	43
100	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42

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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