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 May 2025

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05/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 168

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:43:24

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (29 shows)

2. BBC (19 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
5	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	101	BBC	38
7	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	443	Acast	74
9	Searching for America with Robyn Curnow	Robyn Curnow, Bleav	Society & Culture	58	Simplecast	58
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
11	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
13	The Unsettled Dead	Deborah Davies	Society & Culture	8	Podbean	53
14	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
15	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	407	Megaphone	63
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
18	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
19	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	55	BBC	48
20	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
21	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
22	White Men Can't Work!	Tim Samuels	Society & Culture	6	Acast	74
23	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
24	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
25	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
26	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
27	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
28	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1194	Acast	59
29	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
30	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
31	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
32	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
33	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	110	Spotify for Podcasters	42
34	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
35	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
36	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
37	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
38	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
39	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
40	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
41	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
42	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
43	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
44	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
45	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
46	Top Comment	BBC	News	99	BBC	48
47	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
49	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
50	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
51	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
52	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
53	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
54	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
56	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
57	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
58	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
59	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
60	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
61	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
62	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
63	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
64	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
65	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
66	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
67	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	98	Acast	59
68	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	696	BBC	28
69	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
70	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
71	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	646	Acast	69
72	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
73	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
74	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
75	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
76	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	428	RedCircle	59
77	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
79	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
80	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	322	Simplecast	53
81	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
82	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
84	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
85	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
86	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
87	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	159	Libsyn	78
88	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
89	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
90	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
91	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
92	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	430	Acast	53
93	Occult Knowledge	Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
95	7 metrów pod ziemią	Rafał Gębura	Society & Culture	269	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
97	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
98	Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed	Lynn Studio	Society & Culture	127	Acast	43
99	Grim Up North	grimupnorththepodcast	Society & Culture	16	Podbean	48
100	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79

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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