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 02 May 2026

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05/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 166

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:38:18

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (15 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Acast (17 shows)

4. Spreaker (7 shows)

5. Audioboom (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	240	BBC	58
2	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	109	Megaphone	83
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
6	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
7	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
8	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
9	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
10	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
11	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
12	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
13	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
14	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
15	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
16	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
17	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
18	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1251	Acast	69
19	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
20	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
21	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
22	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
23	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
24	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
25	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
26	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
27	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
28	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
29	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
30	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
31	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	370	Audioboom	47
32	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
33	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
34	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
35	Not Quite Dead	Eira Major's Hanging Sloth	Fiction	74	Acast	74
36	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
37	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
38	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
39	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
40	WE'RE NOT MEANT TO KNOW	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	56	Megaphone	43
41	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
42	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
43	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	43	ART19	83
44	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
45	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
46	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
47	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
48	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
49	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
50	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
51	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
52	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
53	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
54	Give Me Away	Gideon Media	Fiction	54	Megaphone	59
55	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
56	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
57	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
58	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
59	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
60	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	373	Audioboom	68
61	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
62	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
63	Raising Hope A zombie survival audio drama	mikhail pollack	Fiction	28	Acast	73
64	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	264	Megaphone	63
65	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
66	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	107	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
68	DEADHOUSE	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	4	BBC	49
69	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	964	RedCircle	43
70	Classic Radio Drama	solgoodmedia.com	Fiction	772	Spreaker	49
71	Residents of Proserpina Park - A Mythology Audio Drama	Angela Yeh	Fiction	74	RedCircle	48
72	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
73	Elias The Caretaker	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	RedCircle	78
74	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
75	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
76	Classic Drama Audiobooks	The Podcast Network	Fiction	91	Spreaker	54
77	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	164	Spreaker	59
78	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	726	Omny Studio	84
79	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Oaths & Empires	Oaths & Empires	Fiction	14	Audioboom	62
81	M.U.S.E.	DWM \| Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	63
82	The Accursed	Jo Anna Dane	Fiction	16	RSS.com	78
83	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
84	Worm: An Unabridged Production	Abaddon Productions	Fiction	303	Unknown	43
85	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
86	Cloud 9 Anthology	Kobold Blue Productions	Fiction	7	Acast	84
87	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
88	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
89	The Cellar Letters	Jamie Petronis	Fiction	100	Acast	63
90	Olive Hill	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	10	Megaphone	79
91	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
92	The Wyrd Side	Alexandra M. Barrow and Finn Cresswell	Fiction	15	Acast	73
93	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	8	ART19	53
94	Dramas	BBC World Service	Fiction	16	BBC	59
95	《四世同堂》-老舍	cc晨阳	Fiction	122	Ximalaya	43
96	Ghost Town (No ads)	Pinball Productions	Fiction	12	Acast	48
97	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
98	Everly Heights Tales	Bill Meeks	Fiction	33	Transistor	94
99	The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Audiobook	Raghvendra Singh	Fiction	19	RSS.com	68
100	Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series	Sanspants Radio	Fiction	231	Acast	78

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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