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United Kingdom · Apple Podcasts · January 5, 2026

Jan 5, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
1	2		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
2	1		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
3	—		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
5	—		heretics.	Andrew Gold
6	—		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
7	—		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
7	3		PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel
8	4		World of Secrets	BBC
8	—		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
9	1		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
9	1		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
12	2		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
12	3		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
13	1		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
15	6		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
16	1		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
17	3		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
17	2		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
18	1		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
19	3		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
20	1		Child	BBC Radio 4
22	3		REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell
23	1		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
23	—		Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws
23	5		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
26	—		On Hold	Storied
27	2		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
28	10		The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4
29	1		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
29	1		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
30	6		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
31	1		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
31	1		Profile	BBC Radio 4
31	2		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
32	7		Hoaxed	Tortoise Media
32	2	A	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast
34	1		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
35	1		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
36	4		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
40	20		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
41	6		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
41	4		What It Was Like	Superreal
42	4		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
42	10		The Commune	Stuff Audio
42	1		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
42	3		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
43	2		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
43	—		Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify
43	7		Alien UFO Podcast	Simon Bown
44	5		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
45	6	P	Pariah	Tortoise Media
45	1		Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media
46	10		The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media
47	1		Marianna in Conspiracyland	BBC Radio 4
48	5		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
48	2		The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories
48	4		The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold
49	45		Sold a Story	APM Reports
50	7		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
50	4		Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News
52	5		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
53	1		A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4
53	5		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
53	—		Noble	Audiochuck
58	10		Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters
59	3		TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW
59	2		Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR
61	18		Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin
63	10		Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters
64	13		搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉
65	—		Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts
65	9		Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media
67	18		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
68	2		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
68	20		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
69	7		Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW
70	1	P	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK
71	7		The Gas Man	Tortoise Media
72	1		Threshold	Auricle Productions
73	53		Thunder Bay	Canadaland
74	1		Geography Matters	Chris Hamnett
74	2		Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media
75	9		ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari
75	14		JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast
76	1		Pig Iron	Tortoise Media
76	11		The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden
79	10		Pipeline	Daily Mail
81	21		Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak
81	13		The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions
82	3		Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4
82	9		Strange Stories UK	DBC
83	4		Seriously...	BBC Radio 4
83	2		Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios
83	4		The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment
83	13		Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio
84	8		Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence
85	10		Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ
86	22		Mallen Baker: Faultlines	Mallen Baker
86	102		Passages	Louie Media