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 Jun 2025

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06/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 194

Frequency: every 41 days

Duration: 00:44:41

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
2	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
5	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
6	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
7	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
8	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
9	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
10	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
14	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
15	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
16	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
17	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
18	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
19	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
20	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
21	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
22	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
23	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
24	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
25	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
26	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
27	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
28	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
29	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
30	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
31	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
32	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
33	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
34	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
35	Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
36	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
37	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
38	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
39	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	96	Acast	59
40	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
41	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
43	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
44	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
45	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
46	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
47	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
48	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
49	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
50	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
51	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
52	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
53	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	62
54	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
55	White Men Can't Work!	Tim Samuels	Society & Culture	6	Acast	74
56	In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast	Maxine Peake	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
57	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
58	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
59	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
60	Aunties in England	Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
61	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
62	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
63	Occult Knowledge	Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
64	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
65	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
66	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
67	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
68	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
69	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
70	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
71	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
72	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
73	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
74	Holiday Parks Uncovered - The Podcast	Holiday Parks Uncovered	Society & Culture	18	RSS.com	37
75	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
77	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
78	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
79	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
80	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	320	Simplecast	53
81	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
82	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
83	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
84	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	428	Audioboom	48
85	香港電台：古今風雲人物	RTHK.HK	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	38
86	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
87	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
88	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
89	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
90	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
91	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
92	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
93	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
94	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
95	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
96	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
97	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	159	Libsyn	78
98	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
99	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
100	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63

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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