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 26 Jan 2025

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01/26/2025

Average data

Episodes: 218

Frequency: every 244 days

Duration: 00:44:20

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. Brazen (2 shows)

5. BBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (29 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
4	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
5	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
6	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
9	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
10	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
11	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
14	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
15	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
16	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
17	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
18	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
19	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
20	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
21	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
22	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
23	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
24	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
25	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
26	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
27	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
28	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	355	Simplecast	78
29	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
30	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
31	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
32	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
33	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
34	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
35	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
36	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
37	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
38	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
39	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
40	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
41	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
42	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
43	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
44	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	114	Spotify for Podcasters	42
45	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
46	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
47	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
48	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
49	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
50	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
51	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	676	Acast	69
52	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
53	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
54	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
55	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
56	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
57	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
58	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
59	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
60	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
61	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
62	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
63	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
64	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
65	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
66	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
67	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
68	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	327	Simplecast	53
69	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
70	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
71	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	206	Megaphone	63
72	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
73	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
74	Telephone Stories	Ninth Planet Audio	Society & Culture	15	Acast	63
75	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	147	Captivate	38
76	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
77	The Vaping Fix	Wondery	Society & Culture	3	ART19	69
78	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	701	BBC	28
79	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
80	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
81	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
82	UFO - Extraterrestrial Reality	James Quirk	Society & Culture	919	Spotify for Podcasters	32
83	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
84	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
85	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
86	The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome	Brazen	Society & Culture	21	PRX	79
87	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
88	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	102	Acast	59
89	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	160	Libsyn	72
90	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	63	Libsyn	42
91	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
92	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
93	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
94	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	457	RedCircle	59
95	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
96	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
97	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
98	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
99	Bunkum and Ballyhoo	Patrick W. Reed	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	53
100	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52

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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