Apple Podcast Rankings - Great Britain - Drama

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Great Britain

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Great Britain. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 01 May 2026

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05/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 152

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:35:43

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Julian Simpson (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. BBC (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (5 shows)

5. Spreaker (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	268	BBC	58
2	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
6	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
7	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
8	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
9	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
10	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
11	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
12	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
13	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
14	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
15	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1282	Acast	69
16	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
17	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	178	Simplecast	68
18	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
19	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	80	Megaphone	63
20	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
21	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
22	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
23	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
24	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
25	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
26	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
27	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
28	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
29	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
30	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
31	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
32	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
33	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	722	Spreaker	43
34	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
35	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
36	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
37	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
38	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
39	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
40	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
41	Give Me Away	Gideon Media	Fiction	54	Megaphone	59
42	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
43	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
44	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	381	Audioboom	47
45	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
46	Not Quite Dead	Eira Major's Hanging Sloth	Fiction	75	Acast	69
47	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
48	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
49	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
50	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
51	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	175	Megaphone	63
52	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
53	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
54	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	108	Spotify for Podcasters	28
55	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
56	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	280	Spreaker	69
57	M.U.S.E.	DWM \| Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	63
58	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
59	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	749	Omny Studio	84
60	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	456	Megaphone	69
61	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
62	Ghost Town (No ads)	Pinball Productions	Fiction	13	Acast	48
63	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
64	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
65	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	12	BBC	28
66	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
67	Echoes under Ashwood	James Altwies	Fiction	24	Acast	69
68	SOMNARIUM.	Haunted House Studios	Fiction	25	Acast	74
69	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
70	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	179	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	92	ART19	73
72	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
73	Madam Ram	QCODE	Fiction	21	Megaphone	79
74	What's The Frequency?	James Oliva	Fiction	26	Megaphone	69
75	ARD Hörspiel	ARD	Fiction	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
76	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
77	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	380	Audioboom	68
78	Partial Veil	Ylem Media	Fiction	30	Pinecast	58
79	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	159	Libsyn	32
80	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
81	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
82	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
83	WE'RE NOT MEANT TO KNOW	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	57	Megaphone	43
84	Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series	Sanspants Radio	Fiction	204	Acast	78
85	Crime Adjacent	Chase Patrick	Fiction	67	ART19	79
86	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	169	Spreaker	59
87	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	36	Megaphone	89
88	The Storage Papers	Jeremy Enfinger	Fiction	132	Spotify for Podcasters	49
89	How it Ends	How it Ends	Fiction	85	Megaphone	74
90	The Genome Killer	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
91	The Lion and the Adder	Monstrous Productions	Fiction	9	Acast	63
92	Raising Hope A zombie survival audio drama	mikhail pollack	Fiction	28	Acast	73
93	The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Audiobook	Raghvendra Singh	Fiction	19	RSS.com	68
94	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
95	S-Town Review	Gabby Wells	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	33
96	Mabinogi: Lost Legends and Dark Magic	BBC Radio Wales	Fiction	16	BBC	38
97	The Hidden People	DWM \| Realm	Fiction	89	Megaphone	73
98	Outliers	Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	94
99	Strawberry Spring	iHeartPodcasts and Audio Up, Inc.	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	59
100	PodCastle	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

The podcast landscape in Great Britain is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in Great Britain.
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