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 Jul 2025

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07/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 187

Frequency: every 240 days

Duration: 00:43:50

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (9 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (28 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Top Comment	BBC	News	100	BBC	48
2	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
5	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	102	BBC	38
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
8	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
9	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
10	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
11	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
13	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
16	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
17	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
18	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
19	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
20	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
21	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
22	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
23	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
24	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
25	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
26	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
27	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
28	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
29	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
30	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
31	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
32	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	196	ART19	37
33	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
34	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
35	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
36	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
37	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
38	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
39	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
40	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
41	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
42	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
43	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
44	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
45	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
46	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
47	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	110	Spotify for Podcasters	42
48	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
49	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
50	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
51	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
52	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
53	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
54	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
55	Antisocial Economics	Sarah Kerr	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	69
56	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
57	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
58	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
59	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
60	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
61	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
62	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	430	Audioboom	48
63	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
64	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
65	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
66	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
67	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
68	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	98	Acast	59
69	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	79	Acast	74
70	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
71	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
74	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
75	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
77	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
78	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	647	Acast	69
79	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
80	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
81	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
82	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	42
83	Trumped	BBC Radio Scotland	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
84	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	274	Buzzsprout	58
85	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
86	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
87	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
88	Bitesized Folklore	Jodie Paterson	Society & Culture	31	Captivate	73
89	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
90	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
91	There's A Lot I Haven't Asked	Hannah Donelon	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
92	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
93	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	429	RedCircle	59
94	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
95	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
96	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
97	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
98	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
99	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	322	Simplecast	53
100	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	162	Omny Studio	69

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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