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 28 Feb 2026

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02/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 169

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:45:31

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
4	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
5	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
7	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
8	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
9	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
10	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
11	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
12	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
13	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
14	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
15	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
16	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
19	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
20	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
21	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
22	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
23	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
24	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
25	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
26	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
27	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
28	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
29	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
30	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
31	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
32	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
33	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
34	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	48	Acast	94
35	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
36	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
37	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
38	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
39	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
40	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
42	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
43	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	510	BBC	28
44	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
45	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
46	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
47	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
48	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
49	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
50	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
51	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
52	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
53	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
54	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
55	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
56	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
57	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
58	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
59	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
60	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
61	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
62	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
63	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
64	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
65	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
66	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
67	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
69	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
70	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
71	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
72	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
73	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
74	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
75	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
76	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
77	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
78	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
79	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
80	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
81	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
82	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
83	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	110	Ximalaya	59
84	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
85	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
86	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
87	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
88	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
89	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
90	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	62
91	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
92	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	428	Audioboom	48
93	The All or Nothing Podcast with Billy Moore	Billy Moore	Society & Culture	99	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
95	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
96	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
97	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
98	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
99	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
100	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63

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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