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 Nov 2026

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11/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 156

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:31:07

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. ART19 (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
2	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	267	BBC	58
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
4	Midnight Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	4	Omny Studio	53
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
6	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
7	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	15	Omny Studio	73
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	851	Simplecast	73
9	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	32	BBC	73
10	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
11	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
12	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
13	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
14	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
15	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1281	Acast	69
16	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
17	Strawberry Spring	iHeartPodcasts and Audio Up, Inc.	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	59
18	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
19	Silent Key	ARC Productions	Fiction	2	Acast	69
20	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
21	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
22	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	36	Megaphone	89
23	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
24	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
25	The Divide	Definitely Human	Fiction	13	Acast	94
26	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
27	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
28	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
29	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
30	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
31	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
32	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
33	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	178	Simplecast	68
34	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
35	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
36	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	79	Megaphone	63
37	Endgame	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	89
38	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
39	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
40	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
41	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	26	Megaphone	73
42	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
43	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
44	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
45	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
46	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
47	Dramas	BBC World Service	Fiction	19	BBC	63
48	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
49	Nine To Midnight	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	60	Libsyn	68
50	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
51	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
52	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
53	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
54	Terms	Airship \| Audible Original	Fiction	2	ART19	53
55	Home Front	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	315	BBC	28
56	The Cipher	BBC Sounds	Fiction	11	BBC	33
57	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
58	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	179	Megaphone	42
59	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	40	Megaphone	38
60	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	68
61	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
62	Mabinogi: Lost Legends and Dark Magic	BBC Radio Wales	Fiction	16	BBC	38
63	Blood Ties	Audible Original	Fiction	6	ART19	63
64	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
65	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
66	Audio Fiction Trailers: A Cambridge Geek Podcast	The Cambridge Geek	Fiction	443	RSS.com	38
67	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
68	Scary Stories for Sleep : The Spooky Hunter	The Spooky Hunter	Fiction	59	Acast	48
69	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	179	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	790	Acast	64
71	Dungeon Masters	QCODE	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
72	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	380	Audioboom	68
73	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
74	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
75	Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series	Sanspants Radio	Fiction	203	Acast	78
76	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1176	Spreaker	63
77	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
78	Ten Apocalypses	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	13	Captivate	69
79	Ghost Stories by Gaslight	Created by Logan Palmese. A Marrowbones Production.	Fiction	3	Substack	48
80	Finding Jane May	Red Herring Media	Fiction	8	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	The Gospel of Haven	Bloody FM, Daisy McNamara	Fiction	30	Simplecast	73
82	The Sounds of Nightmares	Little Nightmares - Bandai Namco Europe	Fiction	12	Acast	64
83	Weeping Cedars	J.W.G. Wise	Fiction	115	Unknown	53
84	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
85	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
86	Worm: An Unabridged Production	Abaddon Productions	Fiction	303	Unknown	43
87	The Strange Thing About...	Bang Zoom! Studios	Fiction	11	Acast	83
88	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
89	Everything Agatha Christie	mycatandme7	Fiction	138	Podbean	42
90	Crystal Blue	Bloody FM	Fiction	11	Simplecast	69
91	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
92	Audio Fiction Releases: A Cambridge Geek Podcast	The Cambridge Geek	Fiction	997	RSS.com	28
93	Syntax	Twin Strangers Productions	Fiction	71	Pinecast	73
94	S-Town Review	Gabby Wells	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	The Bardic Hearth	Chase Noseworthy	Fiction	32	ART19	83
96	The Ossuary Fragments - A Horror Fiction Series	Miyako	Fiction	1	Spotify for Podcasters	37
97	The Chronicles of Oz	Crossover Adventure Productions	Fiction	25	Libsyn	73
98	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
99	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
100	Up In Smoke	Penny4	Fiction	9	Audioboom	63

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.

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