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United Kingdom · Apple Podcasts · January 19, 2026

Jan 19, 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		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
4	1		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
5	—		heretics.	Andrew Gold
6	—		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
7	—		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
8	1		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
9	3		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
10	1		Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws
10	—		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
11	3		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
13	1		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
13	1		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
14	1		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
15	2		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
16	2		World of Secrets	BBC
18	—		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
19	1		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
19	3		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
20	2		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
21	4		Child	BBC Radio 4
22	1		Coining It	Global
24	7		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
25	2		On Hold	Storied
26	4		REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell
27	4		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
27	—		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
27	—		What It Was Like	Superreal
28	6		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
28	1		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
31	8		A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4
32	45		You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin
33	2		Hoaxed	Tortoise Media
34	7		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
35	7		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
35	—	P	Pariah	Tortoise Media
36	1		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
38	—		The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4
38	6		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
39	—		Marianna in Conspiracyland	BBC Radio 4
40	3		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
40	—		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
41	5		PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel
42	—		Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify
42	7		Noble	Audiochuck
42	16		Profile	BBC Radio 4
43	9		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
45	10		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
49	—		The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media
50	—		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
50	2		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
52	—		Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media
52	6		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
52	—		The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier
53	12		Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow
54	3		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
55	5		Alien UFO Podcast	Simon Bown
55	—		Sold a Story	APM Reports
57	5		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
58	2		The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold
60	6		The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories
60	7		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
62	—		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
62	5		The Gas Man	Tortoise Media
63	12		White Men Can't Work!	Tim Samuels
64	—		Pig Iron	Tortoise Media
64	3		Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	The Forbidden Knowledge Network
65	13		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
65	29		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
66	17		Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway
66	—		Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media
66	9	T	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey
68	5		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
69	35		TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW
70	—		Strange Stories UK	DBC
70	15		The Commune	Stuff Audio
71	4		Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW
73	8		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
73	1		Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts
74	4		Blethered	Sean McDonald
75	2		Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ
75	11	C	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit
76	18		Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak
77	5		Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces
78	—		The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden
78	4		Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News
80	16		Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters
81	11		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
81	—	N	No Fear. No Favour. The SEEN in Journalism Podcast	SEEN in Journalism
82	7		搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉
84	9		Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts
85	16		Thunder Bay	Canadaland
88	8		Extreme	BBC
89	10	P	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK
89	21		Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media
89	2		On Assignment	Reuters
90	7		The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment
91	—		ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari
92	21		Pipeline	Daily Mail