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United Kingdom · Apple Podcasts · January 11, 2026

Jan 11, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
1	1		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
3	—		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
4	—		heretics.	Andrew Gold
4	—		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
6	—		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
7	—		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
8	1		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
8	—		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
10	2		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
11	5		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
11	2		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
11	1		World of Secrets	BBC
13	1		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
14	2		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
15	2		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
16	—		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
16	—		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
18	40	N	No Fear. No Favour. The SEEN in Journalism Podcast	SEEN in Journalism
19	3		REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell
19	3		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
20	1		Child	BBC Radio 4
20	1		Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws
20	2		On Hold	Storied
20	1		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
24	3		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
24	—		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
26	32		Profile	BBC Radio 4
26	2		PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel
27	2		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
27	4		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
27	7		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
28	3		What It Was Like	Superreal
32	1		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
33	2		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
35	—		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
36	4		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
36	2		Hoaxed	Tortoise Media
36	2		The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4
37	6		The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories
38	4		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
38	4		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
39	10		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
40	3		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
40	—		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
41	3		Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify
42	6		Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway
43	2		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
45	7		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
46	1		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
47	9	P	Pariah	Tortoise Media
47	6		The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media
47	9		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
49	2		Marianna in Conspiracyland	BBC Radio 4
50	7		Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW
52	15		The Commune	Stuff Audio
55	10		Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters
55	10		Noble	Audiochuck
56	8		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
56	6		Coining It	Global
56	11		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
57	12		A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4
57	5		Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios
58	19		TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW
59	4		Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ
59	3		Alien UFO Podcast	Simon Bown
60	19		Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts
60	16		Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News
60	15	A	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast
62	11	T	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey
62	11		Strange Stories UK	DBC
64	9		The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold
64	16		Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media
67	26		Pig Iron	Tortoise Media
67	6		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
67	16		What's Missing	Casefile Presents
68	10		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
70	16		JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele
71	3		Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters
72	7		Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin
73	10		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
73	4		The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden
74	13		Sold a Story	APM Reports
74	20		The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions
74	17		Pipeline	Daily Mail
74	15		The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios
75	3		JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast
76	2		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
78	1		Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav
79	15		Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR
80	14		Thunder Bay	Canadaland
81	24		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
81	61		Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster
82	14		Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media
82	62		Criminal Justice Matters	The Criminal Bar Association
83	4		Threshold	Auricle Productions
84	3		How I Survived	Pacific Podcast Network
85	4		Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer
85	1		Inconceivable Truth	Audiochuck
86	2	P	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK