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 29 Apr 2026

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04/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 144

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:42:58

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

5. Audible (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (17 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	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
2	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	104	BBC	38
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
5	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
6	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
8	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
9	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
10	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
12	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
15	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
16	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
17	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
18	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
20	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	28	Spreaker	84
21	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
22	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
23	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
24	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
25	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
26	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
27	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
28	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
29	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
30	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
31	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	50	Acast	94
32	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
33	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
34	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
35	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
36	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
37	Telephone Stories	Ninth Planet Audio	Society & Culture	15	Acast	63
38	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
39	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
41	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
42	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
43	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
44	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
45	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
46	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
47	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
48	Czarnobyl. Prawdziwa historia	Polskie Radio S.A.	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	43
49	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
50	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
51	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
52	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
53	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	196	ART19	37
54	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
55	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	75	Spreaker	43
56	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
57	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
58	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
59	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
60	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
61	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
62	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
63	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
64	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
65	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
66	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
67	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
68	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
69	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
70	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
73	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
74	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
75	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
76	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	31	Libsyn	68
77	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
78	The Cows Are Mad	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	39
79	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
80	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
81	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
82	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
83	A Caça ao Estripador de Lisboa	Observador	Society & Culture	15	Omny Studio	53
84	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
85	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	350	Simplecast	78
86	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
87	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
88	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
89	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
90	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
91	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
92	The Darkling Chronicles - Real life ghost stories	Becky	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	27
93	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
94	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
95	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	697	BBC	28
96	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
97	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
98	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
99	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
100	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	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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