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 30 Jan 2025

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01/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 211

Frequency: every 40 days

Duration: 00:41:58

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (14 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (21 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
4	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
5	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
6	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
7	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
8	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
9	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	443	Acast	74
10	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
11	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
13	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
14	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	407	Megaphone	63
17	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
18	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
19	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
20	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
21	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
22	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
23	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
24	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1194	Acast	59
25	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
26	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
27	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
28	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
29	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
30	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
31	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
32	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
33	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
34	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
35	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
36	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
37	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	58
38	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
39	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	55	BBC	48
40	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
41	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
42	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	110	Spotify for Podcasters	42
43	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	349	Simplecast	78
44	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
45	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
46	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
47	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
48	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
49	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
50	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
51	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
52	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
53	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
54	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
55	Top Comment	BBC	News	99	BBC	48
56	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	645	Acast	69
57	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
58	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
59	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	194	ART19	37
60	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
61	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	142	Captivate	79
62	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
63	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
64	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
65	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
66	Yeti	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	49
67	You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	53
68	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
69	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
70	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
71	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
72	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
73	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
74	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
75	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
76	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
77	Class Divide	Class Divide	Society & Culture	25	Acast	84
78	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	696	BBC	28
79	The Cows Are Mad	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	39
80	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
81	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
82	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	322	Simplecast	53
83	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
84	Little Devils	TRZ Media	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	53
85	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	404	Buzzsprout	83
86	Fire Ninja	Fireninja	Society & Culture	78	Spotify for Podcasters	63
87	The National Archives Podcast Series	The National Archives	Society & Culture	549	Unknown	32
88	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	98	Acast	59
89	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
90	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	427	RedCircle	59
91	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
92	A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast	Chris Atkins	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
93	OG Real Prison Stories From Inside	Pacho	Society & Culture	2	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	274	Buzzsprout	58
95	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
96	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
97	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	526	Spreaker	43
98	7 metrów pod ziemią	Rafał Gębura	Society & Culture	269	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Mysterious Circumstances	13 Stars Media	Society & Culture	239	Spreaker	60
100	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	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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