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 Aug 2026

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08/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 158

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:40:12

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. Sky News (2 shows)

4. The Guardian (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (13 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	700	Megaphone	53
2	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
3	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
4	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
5	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
7	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	260	WideOrbit	48
8	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
9	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
10	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	442	Acast	74
11	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
13	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
14	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	226	Acast	43
15	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	73
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	305	Megaphone	42
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
19	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	351	ART19	68
20	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
21	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
22	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	35	BBC	58
23	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
24	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
25	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
26	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
27	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
28	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
29	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
30	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	32
31	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
32	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
33	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
34	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
35	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
36	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
37	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1193	Acast	59
38	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	49	Acast	94
39	The Poet	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	73
40	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
41	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	513	BBC	28
42	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	411	BBC	28
43	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	264	Spreaker	69
44	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
45	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	85	Spotify for Podcasters	32
46	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	197	Spotify for Podcasters	27
47	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
48	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	280	Megaphone	43
49	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
50	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	139	N/A	N/A
51	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
52	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
53	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
54	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	128	Acast	79
55	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
56	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
57	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
58	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
59	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
60	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
61	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	34	Omny Studio	83
62	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	160	Omny Studio	69
63	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
64	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
65	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	73
66	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
67	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	85	Unknown	63
68	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
69	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	89	Libsyn	62
70	Bailey Sarian	Bailey Sarian	Society & Culture	158	Spreaker	43
71	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
72	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
73	Theories of the Third Kind	Theories of the Third Kind	Society & Culture	302	WideOrbit	68
74	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	189	PRX	79
75	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
76	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	349	Simplecast	78
77	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
78	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
79	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	213	Acast	79
80	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
81	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
82	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	49	Megaphone	48
83	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
84	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
85	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
86	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
87	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
88	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	83	Spotify for Podcasters	52
89	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	53
90	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
91	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	322	Simplecast	53
92	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
93	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	68
94	Everyday Abundance: The hidden stories behind everyday technologies	Virginia Postrel and Charles C. Mann	Society & Culture	8	Castos	52
95	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
96	Coffeehouse Crime	Coffeehouse Crime	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	49
97	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	38
98	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	404	Buzzsprout	83
99	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
100	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	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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