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 May 2026

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05/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 171

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:40:05

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (9 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

5. Audible (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. ART19 (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
2	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	104	BBC	38
5	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
6	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
7	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
8	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
11	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
13	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	228	Acast	43
14	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
15	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
17	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
18	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
19	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
20	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	22	ART19	73
21	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
22	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
23	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
24	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
25	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
26	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	28	Spreaker	84
27	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
28	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
29	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
30	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
31	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
32	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
33	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
34	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
35	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
36	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	22	Captivate	73
37	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
38	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
39	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
40	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
42	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
43	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
44	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
45	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
46	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
47	Outpost Podcasts	Outpost Studios	Society & Culture	12	Substack	43
48	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	162	Omny Studio	69
49	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	50	Acast	94
50	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	31	Libsyn	68
51	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
52	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
53	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
54	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
55	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	196	ART19	37
56	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
57	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	697	BBC	28
58	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
59	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
60	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
61	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	140	N/A	N/A
62	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
63	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
64	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	75	Spreaker	43
65	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
66	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
67	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
68	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
69	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
70	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
73	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
74	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
75	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
76	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	649	Acast	69
77	Telephone Stories	Ninth Planet Audio	Society & Culture	15	Acast	63
78	The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things	Strange True Stories with Kyle Risi & Adam Cox	Society & Culture	163	Simplecast	63
79	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	350	Simplecast	78
80	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
81	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
82	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
83	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
84	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
85	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
86	Adventures in Nutopia	David Bramwell	Society & Culture	27	Libsyn	73
87	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
88	The Chilling Podcast	Little Fang Media	Society & Culture	29	Spreaker	43
89	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
90	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
91	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
93	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
94	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
95	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	430	Audioboom	48
96	The Darkling Chronicles - Real life ghost stories	Becky	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	27
97	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
98	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
99	Fatal Fantasy	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	79
100	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	111	Ximalaya	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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