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 Apr 2025

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04/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 181

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:38:12

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (31 shows)

2. BBC (20 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 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	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
4	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
5	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
6	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	65	Captivate	69
7	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
8	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
9	In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast	Maxine Peake	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
10	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
11	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
14	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
15	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
16	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
18	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
19	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
20	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
21	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
22	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
23	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
24	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
25	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
26	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
27	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
28	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
29	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
30	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
31	Penny Royal	Nathan Isaac	Society & Culture	19	Buzzsprout	58
32	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
33	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
34	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
35	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
36	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
37	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
38	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
39	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
40	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
41	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
42	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
43	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
44	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
45	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
46	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
47	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
48	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
49	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
50	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
51	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
52	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
53	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
54	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
55	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
56	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
57	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
58	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
59	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
60	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
61	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
62	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
63	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
64	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
65	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	114	Spotify for Podcasters	42
66	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
67	Gateway: Cocaine, Murder, & Dirty Money in Europe	Brazen	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	79
68	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	160	Libsyn	72
69	Uncovering Roots	Uncovering Roots	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	58
70	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	102	Acast	59
71	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
72	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
73	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	674	Acast	69
74	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
75	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
76	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
77	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
78	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
79	Top Comment	BBC	News	103	BBC	48
80	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
81	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
82	It's Reigning Men	Daniel Rosney	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
83	Extraordinary Stories	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	79
84	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
85	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
86	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
87	Who Robs A Banksy?	Podimo & Message Heard	Society & Culture	10	Audioboom	53
88	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
89	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
90	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
91	Toplines and Tales	Andy Frazier	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
92	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
93	Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	58
94	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
95	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
96	香港電台：古今風雲人物	RTHK.HK	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	38
97	posh unfiltered	Peterborough United/Podcast Lounge	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
98	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
99	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
100	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	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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