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United Kingdom · Apple Podcasts · January 9, 2026

Jan 9, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	2		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
1	—		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
2	1		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
4	1		heretics.	Andrew Gold
4	—		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
6	—		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
7	17		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
7	—		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
8	5		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
8	1		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
8	1		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
10	—		World of Secrets	BBC
10	—		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
11	3		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
13	2		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
14	3		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
14	3		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
15	4		Child	BBC Radio 4
17	1		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
19	2		REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell
19	1		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
20	2		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
20	13		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
22	4		On Hold	Storied
23	—		Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws
24	9		PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel
25	10		What It Was Like	Superreal
26	—		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
27	1		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
28	2		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
28	1		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
30	—		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
31	4		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
33	4		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
34	—		The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4
34	4		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
36	84		Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway
36	3		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
37	3		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
37	12		The Commune	Stuff Audio
37	3		Hoaxed	Tortoise Media
38	1		TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW
39	14		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
40	12		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
41	6		Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts
41	2		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
43	—		Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News
43	1		Sold a Story	APM Reports
44	2		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
45	34		Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters
46	2		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
46	8		The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media
46	22		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
46	5	A	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast
47	27		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
48	2		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
48	2		Marianna in Conspiracyland	BBC Radio 4
48	4		The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold
49	8		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
52	2		Alien UFO Podcast	Simon Bown
52	—		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
52	13		The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories
54	21		搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉
54	26		The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions
54	24		Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav
57	3		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
58	—		Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify
59	14		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
59	4		Noble	Audiochuck
60	—		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
61	1		The Gas Man	Tortoise Media
61	12		Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW
62	108		Coining It	Global
63	65		Blethered	Sean McDonald
63	12	P	Pariah	Tortoise Media
64	11		A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4
64	3		Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR
64	12		Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence
64	22		Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media
64	3		Strange Stories UK	DBC
66	4		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
68	14		Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios
69	7		Profile	BBC Radio 4
71	3		Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters
76	—		Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime
78	7		The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden
79	3	F	Foster Care Uncovered	Sarah Anderson & Louise Allen
79	22		Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin
81	7		Passages	Louie Media
81	13		Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer
82	20		Signal Hill	Signal Hill
84	6		Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio
85	4		ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari
85	109	S	Signals to Danger - Railway disasters in the UK	Daniel Fox
86	5		Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow
87	50		Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces
87	24		Pipeline	Daily Mail
88	8	P	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK
88	10		Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media
89	3		Thunder Bay	Canadaland