Top Documentary Podcasts in Australia

The latest Apple Podcasts Documentary chart for Australia, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked October 23, 2026.

1

METRO with Sarah Koenig

Serial Productions & The New York Times

2

Everyone Has An Ex

Mamamia Podcasts

3

I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?

BBC Sounds

4

Secrets We Keep

LiSTNR

5

Act Two With Samantha Armytage

Samantha Armytage

6

Sold a Story

APM Reports

7

The Documentary Podcast

BBC World Service

8

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

9

Careless | Tortoise Investigates

The Observer

10

What I survived

Jack Laurence

11

Black Box: The Chatbots

The Guardian

12

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

13

What It Was Like

Superreal

14

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

15

Reaching Out

Futuro Media

16

World of Secrets

BBC

17

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

18

Otherworld

Otherworld

19

Adrift

Apple TV / Blanchard House

20

Uncanny

BBC Radio 4

21

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones | Daylight Media

22

Heretics | Andrew Gold

Andrew Gold

23

What's Missing

Casefile Presents

24

The Underworld Podcast

The Underworld Podcast

25

The Slow Newscast

The Observer

26

The Hidden Third

Mariana van Zeller

27

Focus: We Keep Us Safe

KUOW News and Information

28

Personally: Agent Layla

CBC

29

Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries

Olimpia Pérez

30

The Crux True Survival Stories

The Crux True Survival Stories

31

Sweet Bobby

Tortoise Media

32

Strangers on a Bench

Tom Rosenthal

33

Mysteries at Bedtime

Jack Laurence

34

Inheritance

BBC World Service

35

Curse of: Miss America

iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

36

The Flood

The Australian

37

A Very British Cult

BBC Radio 4

38

Swingers

BBC Radio Wales

39

The Gift

BBC Radio 4

40

Hyperfixed

Alex Goldman & Radiotopia

41

Wind of Change

Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify

42

Here We Are, The Living

Quiet Night

43

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

44

Days Like These

ABC Australia

45

Hoaxed

Tortoise Media

46

Noble

Audiochuck

47

The Birth Keepers

The Guardian

48

Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained

Haunted UK

49

How I Survived

That's Life!

50

The Secret World of Roald Dahl

iHeartPodcasts

51

Decoder Ring

Slate Podcasts

52

The Reincarnation Records (The Telepathy Tapes Season 3)

TTT Media

53

Lucky Boy

Tortoise Media

54

Question Everything

Brian Reed

55

Affaires sensibles

France Inter

56

Real Life Ghost Stories

Real Life Ghost Stories

57

Deep Secrets

Nothing To See Here, Inc.

58

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

59

SAS: The Shadow War

The Independent / Aurra Studios

60

FBI Files

The FBI Files

61

Inconceivable Truth

Audiochuck

62

Sound, Light & Frequency

iHeartPodcasts

63

The Commune

Stuff Audio

64

Johnathan Walton Media

Johnathan Walton

65

5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan

Andrew Callaghan

66

Missing Debbie | Bed of Lies

The Telegraph

67

Where the River Took Us

Texas Monthly

68

Paper Trail

ProPublica

69

Jungle Prince

The New York Times

70

BioHacked: Family Secrets

Sony Music Entertainment

71

The Shrink Next Door

Audible | Bloomberg

72

The Missing Cryptoqueen

BBC Sounds

73

JAXXON PODCAST

Jaxxon Podcast

74

The Witch Farm

BBC Radio 4

75

Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

76

Embedded

NPR

77

OnlyFantasy

Audible

78

The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things

Strange True Stories with Kyle Risi & Adam Cox

79

Stolen Lives True Crime

Stolen Lives True Crime

80

Radio Ambulante

My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts

81

Mind Games

Kaleidoscope

82

Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

83

The Redefector

Audiochuck

84

British Crimes

British Crimes

85

The Know Rogan Experience

Cross Pond Productions

86

Better in Person with Stephen Dubner

Freakonomics Radio

87

Theories of the Third Kind

Theories of the Third Kind

88

搞钱女孩

搞钱女孩小辉

89

Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current Affairs

Secrets & Spies

90

Great Lives

BBC Radio 4

91

No One Is Coming

Ten Cats Media

92

Another Bloody Podcast

Podshape

93

28ish Days Later

BBC Radio 4

94

The Speaker

KQED

95

Extraordinary Stories

Mamamia Podcasts

96

Al Jazeera Documentary

Al Jazeera Network

97

Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott

Zara McDermott

98

Call Sign Condor: Latino Soldiers Fighting in Ukraine

DW, LA Times Studios, Futuro Studios

99

Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter

Forbidden Knowledge Network

100

肥宅老司機

老司與老機

101

Tech Bro Topia

Deutschlandfunk

102

Boomtown

Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly

103

The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories

104

Welcome to Paradise

CBC

105

Incredible Lives With Cainey

Michael Cain

106

Canary: The Washington Post Investigates

The Washington Post

107

The Telepathy Tapes

vfgt

108

Debt Heads

Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

109

I Was Actually There

ABC Australia

110

All I Can Be

The Smith Family

111

Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial

BBC Sounds

112

Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted

Osbourne Media

113

Seelenfänger

Bayerischer Rundfunk

114

Falling Tree

Falling Tree

115

Money Trauma

Miho Soon

116

Stories from a Stranger

Higher Ground

117

Thunder Bay

Canadaland

118

THE RYAN FILES

With Ryan Pelton

119

Kendall Rae

Kendall Rae

120

Dalton Fischer Podcast

Dalton Fischer

121

Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera Network

122

The Unconventional Soldier

theunconventionalsoldier

123

This Haunted Life

Adam Berry

124

Short Cuts

BBC Radio 4

125

Cultimatum: The Cult & Human Trafficking Podcast

Anonymous Andrew & Melody

126

Ghost Herd

KUOW News and Information

127

Nicht Mehr Mein Land - In der Manosphere

ARD

128

The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior

RNZ

129

Pipeline

Daily Mail

130

The Poet

Sony Music Entertainment

131

Call Bethel

The Telegraph

132

Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

133

我的老台北

張大春 & SoundOn 製作團隊

134

Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"

Katy Shields

135

Tales of Taboo

Ali Weiss

136

Howard Stern - Biography Flash

Liquid Studios

137

Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church

America Media

138

Still Here, Still Queer

JOY 94.9 - Rainbow Community Podcasts for our LGBTI, LGBTIQA+, LGBTQIA+, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGB, Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Intersex, Queer Communities

139

The Vegan Report

Rayane Laddi

140

Walk a Mile in Their Shoes

Walk a Mile in Their Shoes

141

The World's Hardest Puzzle

Stak

142

Different with Nicky Campbell

BBC Radio 5 Live

143

The Paranormal Podcast

Jim Harold

144

ChannelB پادکست فارسی

Ali Bandari

145

Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media

Louie Media

146

The Consciousness Cassettes (The Telepathy Tapes Season 2)

TTT Media

147

Alien UFO Podcast

Simon Bown

148

Untold: Opus Dei

Financial Times

149

SCAMMERLAND

Superreal

150

Be Amazed

Be Amazed

151

The Trap

Victorian Women's Trust

152

The Lodge

RNZ

153

The Brohio Podcast

Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy

154

The Diamond King | Telegraph Investigates

The Telegraph

155

人間動物園：厭世姬外出取材

厭世姬＆邊角料

156

Belief Hole | Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks

SpectreVision Radio

157

Salt of the Earth

Grigg Media

158

Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups

Forbidden Knowledge Network

159

The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic

Tortoise Media

160

Adopt Perspective Adoption Podcast

Dr Jo-Ann Sparrow for Jigsaw Queensland

161

On Assignment

Reuters

162

Documentary on One Podcast

RTÉ Documentary on One

163

Political Lens

XLab Network

164

Radio Marz | پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز

Marzie

165

Hysterical

Audible | Pineapple Street Studios

166

Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities

Audacy

167

Sumud Podcast: Inspired by Palestine

Dr. Ed Hasan

168

R.M.Williams OUTBACK

R.M.Williams Publishing

169

REAL LIVES

Naomi Channell

170

Scene on Radio

Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

171

Revisiting The Gay Life

David Boyer

172

Ça peut vous arriver

RTL

173

Extreme

BBC

174

Spicy Alien After Dark

Alien

175

Cosmic Peach

Julia Hamilton

176

The Greatest Stories Never Told

Craig Clemens, Roger Love

177

JOURNEY

Ryan Wolf

178

Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem

Audible Originals

179

The Darkling Chronicles - Real life ghost stories

Becky

180

Reflector

Longview

181

Rádio Novelo Apresenta

Rádio Novelo

182

Podme Dokumentär

Podme

183

Radio Diaries

Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

184

JFK The Enduring Secret

Jeff Crudele

185

The Sustainable Hour

info@climatesafety.info

186

Pariah

Tortoise Media

187

The Gas Man

Tortoise Media

188

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Jimmy Akin

189

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190

Ripple

American Public Media

191

The Crimes of Margo Freshwater

Sony Music Entertainment

192

I Lived Through This

Killer Audio Creations

193

Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan

IRONCLAD

194

Después de Ayotzinapa

Adonde Media

195

Unquiet Realities

Winchester

196

Telephone Stories

Ninth Planet Audio

197

Kintsugi Heroes

Kintsugi Heroes

198

WTF is on my Mind?!

Mark Vicente

199

Raagavil Marma Desam - SYOK Podcast [TM]

SYOK Podcast

200

Still Life

Naomi Bloomstein and Chloe Turpin

201

Radio National Presents

ABC Australia

202

CentTwinz - I've Been Through The Most Podcast

Centtwinz Podcast

203

Air Crash Chronicles

Air Crash Chronicles

204

Australian VBAC Stories

Australian VBAC Stories

205

You Look Like Me

Louise McLoughlin

206

Cults and Secret Societies

Forbidden Knowledge Network

207

Larger Than Life

Los Angeles Times

208

Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!

Byte & Pieces

209

Jay Shetty - Biography Flash

Liquid Studios

210

Crackdown

Crackdown Productions

211

Pig Iron

Tortoise Media

212

The Chronically Unbalanced’s Podcast

The Chronically Unbalanced

213

American Prankster

Rainbow Valentine

214

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215

The Squarepeg Podcast

Amy Richards

216

Beyond Curious

Here's the Thing Productions

217

The Infographics Show Podcast

E.A Inc

218

Истина где-то рядом

Терменвокс х Райз’энд’Шайн

219

Bad Stories

Carlin Ross

220

עושים עסקים

מועצה אזורית אשכול - מקדמים כלכלה מקומית

221

Terrifying True Stories

Terrifying True Stories

222

History's Great Mysteries

Nick

223

Blenda

Svenska Dagbladet

224

Take Me To Your Leader!

ABC Australia

225

Storytime

Storytime

226

Larm vi minns

Brander & Trausti

227

The Stolen Children of Aotearoa

RNZ

228

The Agent

Imperative Entertainment

229

The Truckin with Podge Podcast

Ryan Hocking

230

To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll

Rubrik | Nicole Perlroth

231

The Vanishing of Janis Rose

Sony Music Entertainment

232

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233

The Missing Sister

iHeartPodcasts

234

Seriously...

BBC Radio 4

235

Diggin’ Oak Island

Dave McBride

236

Stuff Matters with Ed Conway

Sky News

237

Mallen Baker: Faultlines

Mallen Baker

238

给女孩的商业第一课

闪光少女斯斯

239

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

bgty

240

Better Human Project

Cole DaSilva

241

The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh

Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci

242

Dreadful, Inc. Presents: Unmarked Frequencies

Dreadful, Inc.

243

Pearl Harburg - Deutschland nach 9/11

NDR

244

History of the Hungarians

Ferenc Hüvös

245

Dear Jane

The Spinoff

246

Archives

Neoxi

247

The Other Latif

WNYC Studios

248

Gay Girl Gone

CBC

249

與軒軒講｜Talk with Shuan

張瑋軒

250

Tiny Huge Decisions

America Public Media

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