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United Kingdom · Apple Podcasts · January 20, 2026

Jan 20, 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	—		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
4	—		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
5	—		heretics.	Andrew Gold
6	—		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
7	—		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
7	1		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
8	2		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
9	—		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
9	2		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
11	4		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
11	3		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
12	1		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
12	2		Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws
16	4		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
16	3		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
16	—		World of Secrets	BBC
18	1		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
19	8		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
19	7		REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell
20	2		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
21	3		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
22	—		Coining It	Global
24	5		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
24	3		Child	BBC Radio 4
26	2		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
27	2		On Hold	Storied
28	4		You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin
29	2		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
29	1		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
29	2		What It Was Like	Superreal
30	1		A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4
32	1		Hoaxed	Tortoise Media
33	19		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
34	—		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
34	1		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
37	3		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
37	2	P	Pariah	Tortoise Media
38	4		Profile	BBC Radio 4
39	1		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
39	2		PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel
39	3		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
40	3		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
40	2		The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4
42	3		Marianna in Conspiracyland	BBC Radio 4
42	2		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
43	1		Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify
43	7		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
46	1		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
47	8		Alien UFO Podcast	Simon Bown
47	6		Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow
48	6		Noble	Audiochuck
52	5		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
52	—		Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media
53	4		The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media
54	4		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
54	4		The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold
55	5		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
57	11		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
57	5		The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier
58	11		TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW
58	22		Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters
59	3		The Gas Man	Tortoise Media
60	5		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
61	14	C	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit
61	6		Sold a Story	APM Reports
62	16		Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News
62	2		Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	The Forbidden Knowledge Network
63	3		The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories
64	61		The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions
65	5		The Commune	Stuff Audio
68	31		Our Common Nature	WNYC
68	14		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
69	3	T	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey
70	22		Pipeline	Daily Mail
70	7		White Men Can't Work!	Tim Samuels
70	11		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
71	14		Thunder Bay	Canadaland
72	6		Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway
72	18		The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment
73	11		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
73	—		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
74	10		Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts
74	8		Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media
75	10		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
79	15		Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence
79	8		Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW
80	9	P	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK
80	4		Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak
81	8		Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts
82	6		Extreme	BBC
82	—		搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉
82	18		Pig Iron	Tortoise Media
83	9		Blethered	Sean McDonald
86	12		JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast
88	8		Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio
88	10		The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden
88	1		Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media
89	14		Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters