Top Documentary

New Zealand · Apple Podcasts · December 16, 2025

Dec 16, 2025

Rows:50 100 200

#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
2	—		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
2	1		World of Secrets	BBC
2	1		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
4	5		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
4	1		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
6	1		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
6	—		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
8	2		What It Was Like	Superreal
9	1		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
10	2		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
10	3		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
11	4		heretics.	Andrew Gold
12	1		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
12	3		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
13	1		Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR
13	2		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
15	2		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
17	1		Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence
19	6	T	The Lodge	RNZ
19	1		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
19	4		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
21	—		SCAMMERLAND	Superreal
21	1		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
22	1	K	Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt	RNZ
23	7		The Agent	Imperative Entertainment
23	13		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
24	—		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
25	11		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
25	—	S	Svetlana! Svetlana!	iHeartPodcasts
26	7		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
27	3		Witness: Sex, Lies and Streaming	news.com.au
28	4		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
29	—		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
30	7		What's Missing	Casefile Presents
33	11		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
34	9		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
34	5		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
36	9		Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
37	8		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
38	2		搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉
38	7		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
39	17		给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯
39	5		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
39	15		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
39	—	Y	Yeti	BBC Radio 4
40	—	E	Extraordinary Stories	Mamamia Podcasts
40	39		The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions
40	—	T	The Invisible Hand	Casefile Presents
41	40		Personally: Creation Myth	CBC
41	9		The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4
42	—		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
42	61		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
44	3		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
44	—		Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios
45	7	T	The Stolen Children of Aotearoa	RNZ
46	18		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
46	98		Pipeline	Daily Mail
47	—	A	Alice in Wanderland	Alice Morrison
48	—	F	False Profits: Hillsong	iHeartPodcasts
48	6		Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer
49	—		Fat Leonard	Brazen
49	9		Child	BBC Radio 4
51	17		Marianna in Conspiracyland	BBC Radio 4
52	8		バービーとおしんり研究所	TBS RADIO
52	—		Extraordinary Evidence \| ESP Is Real	SpectreVision Radio
53	13	T	The Pacific Way	The Pacific Community (SPC)
53	106		Seriously...	BBC Radio 4
54	22		Profile	BBC Radio 4
54	11	A	Allies	Lawfare & Goat Rodeo
55	—		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
56	38		Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald
56	6		The Commune	Stuff Audio
57	—	Y	Yarn \| A Story Podcast	John Roche
57	15		Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts
57	9		Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify
59	40		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
60	18	J	JOURNEY	Ryan Wolf
61	15		Jungle Prince	The New York Times
61	1		Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown
62	27		Sold a Story	APM Reports
63	26		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
64	16		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
65	14	A	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast
69	22	T	The District	Stuff Audio
71	21		A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio
72	3	T	The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior	RNZ
72	17		Al Jazeera Documentary	Al Jazeera Network
73	14		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
74	—		JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast
75	22	T	The Trap	Victorian Women's Trust
75	38		Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin
76	19		This is Kiwi	The Spinoff
77	23		This Haunted Life	Adam Berry
77	1		Extreme	BBC
78	20	F	Frontlines of Journalism	BBC Radio 4
79	20	H	Huisgenoot - Agter die storie	Media24 Leefstyl
80	5		Alien UFO Podcast	Simon Bown
80	20	L	L is vir Liefde - 'n Huisgenoot Podcast	Media24 Leefstyl
84	25		Collapse	Stuff Audio