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United Kingdom · Apple Podcasts · January 17, 2026

Jan 17, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
2	—		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
3	1		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
4	2		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
5	1		heretics.	Andrew Gold
6	2		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
7	—		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
8	—		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
8	1		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
9	2		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
10	2		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
10	3		Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws
12	1		World of Secrets	BBC
13	5		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
14	1		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
16	6		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
16	1		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
16	5		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
18	2		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
20	—		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
21	4		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
22	5		A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4
23	6		REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell
24	11		Coining It	Global
25	1		On Hold	Storied
26	3		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
26	—		Child	BBC Radio 4
27	1		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
27	3		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
28	1		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
28	2		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
31	—		Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow
32	1		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
32	20		What It Was Like	Superreal
33	5		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
33	5		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
35	2		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
36	4		Noble	Audiochuck
37	5		PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel
37	1		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
38	3		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
39	2		Hoaxed	Tortoise Media
40	6		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
41	9		The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4
42	5		Marianna in Conspiracyland	BBC Radio 4
43	12		Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway
43	7	P	Pariah	Tortoise Media
44	1		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
45	5		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
49	5		Alien UFO Podcast	Simon Bown
49	10		The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier
49	1		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
50	2		Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify
53	15		Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media
53	—		The Commune	Stuff Audio
53	5		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
53	4		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
54	1		The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold
55	—		White Men Can't Work!	Tim Samuels
55	14	C	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit
55	1		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
56	4		The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media
58	1		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
59	1		The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories
60	12		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
60	19		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
63	6		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
63	1		Pipeline	Daily Mail
63	1		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
66	14		Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters
67	2		Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts
67	9		Blethered	Sean McDonald
67	2		Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media
70	5		Our Common Nature	WNYC
71	7		Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News
72	2	P	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK
73	46		Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ
73	28	N	No Fear. No Favour. The SEEN in Journalism Podcast	SEEN in Journalism
73	10		Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios
74	29	F	Foster Care Uncovered	Sarah Anderson & Louise Allen
74	14		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
76	10		Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence
76	5		Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts
77	16		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
77	17		Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio
78	7		Extreme	BBC
79	12		TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW
80	8		Strange Stories UK	DBC
80	13		Thunder Bay	Canadaland
80	16		Sold a Story	APM Reports
83	2		The Gas Man	Tortoise Media
83	26		You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin
84	9		Profile	BBC Radio 4
87	16		搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉
88	22		Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak
88	10		Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer
89	61		Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin
90	13		Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW
91	12		The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden
91	18	T	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey