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 27 Jun 2026

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06/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 162

Frequency: every 39 days

Duration: 00:37:59

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (5 shows)

3. Sky News (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. BBC (14 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	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
2	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
3	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
4	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
5	Real Unexplained Stories	Real Unexplained Stories	Society & Culture	16	Buzzsprout	73
6	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
8	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
9	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
10	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
12	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	222	Acast	43
15	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
19	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
20	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
21	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
22	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
23	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
24	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
25	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
26	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
27	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
29	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
30	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
31	Power Plays	Human Rights Foundation	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	63
32	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
33	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	48	Acast	94
34	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	258	WideOrbit	48
35	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	510	BBC	28
36	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
37	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
38	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
39	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
40	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
41	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
42	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
43	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
44	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
45	Woman Overboard	Katherine Sutherland	Society & Culture	3	Acast	49
46	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	77	Acast	74
47	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
48	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
49	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
50	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
51	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
52	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
53	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	19	Captivate	73
54	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
55	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
56	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
57	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
58	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	82	Unknown	63
59	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
60	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
61	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
62	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
63	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
64	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
65	FONDS	FONDS	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
66	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
67	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
68	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
69	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
70	I Serve	Foreign Policy	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	63
71	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
72	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
73	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
74	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
75	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
76	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
77	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
78	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
79	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
80	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
81	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
82	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
83	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
84	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
86	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
87	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
88	Fatal Fantasy	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	79
89	Inside the Reading Gap	Thinking Reading	Society & Culture	9	Podbean	48
90	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
91	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
92	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	79
93	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
94	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
95	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
96	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
97	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
98	Patient 11	Sky News	True Crime	6	Spreaker	64
99	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
100	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53

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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