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 May 2025

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05/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 187

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:40:10

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (20 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
7	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
9	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
10	White Men Can't Work!	Tim Samuels	Society & Culture	6	Acast	74
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
13	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
14	Searching for America with Robyn Curnow	Robyn Curnow, Bleav	Society & Culture	58	Simplecast	58
15	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
16	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
17	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
18	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
19	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
20	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
21	The Unsettled Dead	Deborah Davies	Society & Culture	8	Podbean	53
22	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
23	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
24	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
25	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
26	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
27	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
28	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
29	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
30	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	114	Spotify for Podcasters	42
31	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
32	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
33	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
34	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
35	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
36	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
37	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	32
38	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
39	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
40	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
41	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
42	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
43	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
44	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
45	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
46	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
47	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
48	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
49	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
50	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	677	Acast	69
51	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
52	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
53	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
54	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
56	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
57	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
58	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
59	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
60	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
61	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
62	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
63	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
64	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
65	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	102	Acast	59
66	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
67	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
68	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
69	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
70	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
71	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
72	Frontline Club Podcasts	Frontline Club	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
74	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
75	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
76	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	49	Spotify for Podcasters	58
77	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
78	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
79	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
80	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
81	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
82	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
83	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
84	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
85	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
86	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
87	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
88	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
89	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	701	BBC	28
90	Class Divide	Class Divide	Society & Culture	25	Acast	84
91	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	The Reason Why	Seamas Carey	Society & Culture	12	Buzzsprout	58
93	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
94	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	327	Simplecast	53
95	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
96	Frightened Kingdom: True British Ghost Stories And More	EJ	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	Motherhood vs The Machine	Theos	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
98	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	458	RedCircle	59
99	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
100	The Frost Tapes	Wilfred Frost, David Paradine Productions Ltd	Society & Culture	21	Simplecast	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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