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United Kingdom · Apple Podcasts · January 21, 2026

Jan 21, 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	—		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
8	—		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
9	—		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
9	7		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
10	3		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
10	1		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
11	1		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
11	—		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
13	3		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
13	2		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
13	1		Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws
17	2		REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell
18	2		World of Secrets	BBC
19	1		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
19	3		Coining It	Global
21	—		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
21	2		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
21	1		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
24	—		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
24	—		Child	BBC Radio 4
25	1		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
25	3		You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin
28	1		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
29	1		A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4
30	1		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
30	3		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
31	1		Hoaxed	Tortoise Media
31	4		On Hold	Storied
32	7		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
33	1		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
36	1		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
37	9		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
37	8		What It Was Like	Superreal
38	4		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
39	1		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
39	15		The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold
40	1		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
41	1		The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4
42	5	P	Pariah	Tortoise Media
42	3		PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel
43	14		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
44	1		Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify
45	3		Marianna in Conspiracyland	BBC Radio 4
46	3		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
47	5		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
48	—		Noble	Audiochuck
49	3		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
49	2		Alien UFO Podcast	Simon Bown
49	12		Sold a Story	APM Reports
49	6		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
52	5		Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow
55	3		TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW
55	2		The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media
55	92		Mind Games	Kaleidoscope
56	4		Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media
56	18		Profile	BBC Radio 4
57	3		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
58	4		Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	The Forbidden Knowledge Network
62	6		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
62	3		The Gas Man	Tortoise Media
63	2		The Commune	Stuff Audio
63	45		Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts
64	16		Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak
64	4		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
65	10		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
65	1		The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions
65	7		The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment
67	4		The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories
67	5		Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News
68	6		Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media
69	8	C	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit
71	11		Extreme	BBC
71	3		Our Common Nature	WNYC
72	2		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
73	1		Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts
73	16		The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier
74	5	T	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey
76	12		The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden
76	6		Pipeline	Daily Mail
77	3	P	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK
80	2		Pig Iron	Tortoise Media
80	1		Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW
81	2		Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence
82	6		Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media
82	24		Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters
84	11		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
84	5	F	Foster Care Uncovered	Sarah Anderson & Louise Allen
86	4		搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉
87	2		Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios
87	10		On Assignment	Reuters
88	15		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
89	6		Blethered	Sean McDonald
90	2		Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces
91	1	N	No Fear. No Favour. The SEEN in Journalism Podcast	SEEN in Journalism