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 25 Apr 2025

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04/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 194

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:42:29

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (28 shows)

2. BBC (19 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
4	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
5	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
6	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
8	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
9	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
10	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
12	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
13	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
16	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
17	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
18	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
19	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
20	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	350	ART19	68
21	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
22	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
23	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
24	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
25	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
26	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
27	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
28	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
29	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1188	Acast	59
30	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
31	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
32	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
33	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
34	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
35	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
36	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	83	Spotify for Podcasters	32
37	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
38	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
39	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
40	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
41	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
42	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
43	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
44	Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
45	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
46	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
47	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
48	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
49	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
50	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
51	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
52	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
53	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
54	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
55	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
56	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
57	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
58	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
59	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
60	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
61	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
62	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
63	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
64	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
65	White Smoke - Pope Leo XIV the American Pope	Caloroga Shark Media	News	132	Spreaker	59
66	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
67	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
68	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
69	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
70	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
71	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
72	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
73	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
74	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
75	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
76	The All or Nothing Podcast with Billy Moore	Billy Moore	Society & Culture	99	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
78	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	267	Buzzsprout	58
79	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
80	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
81	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
82	Who Robs A Banksy?	Podimo & Message Heard	Society & Culture	10	Audioboom	53
83	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
84	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	636	Acast	69
85	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
86	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	523	Spreaker	43
87	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	96	Acast	59
88	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	Zero Ambitions Podcast	Jeff and Dan	Society & Culture	185	Transistor	53
90	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	481	Omny Studio	68
91	Hope Within The Mango Trees	Future Hope	Society & Culture	14	Acast	79
92	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
93	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
95	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
96	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	128	Acast	79
97	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
98	Het Fortuin Carlier	Radio 1	History	8	Simplecast	69
99	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
100	Career Profiles	BTR Boxing Podcast Network	Society & Culture	87	Megaphone	49

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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