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 Aug 2026

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08/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 134

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:33:04

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (14 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

5. Bloody FM (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (30 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	224	BBC	58
2	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	157	Megaphone	78
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
4	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
5	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
6	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
9	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
10	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
11	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	386	ART19	63
12	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
13	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
14	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
15	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
16	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
17	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
18	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
19	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
20	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
21	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
22	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
23	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
24	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
25	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
26	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
27	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
28	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
29	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
30	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
31	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
32	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
33	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
34	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
35	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
36	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
37	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
38	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
39	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
40	Nel nido dei serpenti	Internazionale	Fiction	7	Spreaker	38
41	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
42	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
43	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
44	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	59	BBC	28
45	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
46	Wake Of Corrosion	Shadow & Static Productions	Fiction	73	Acast	74
47	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
48	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
49	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
50	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
51	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
52	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	83	ART19	73
53	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
54	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	447	Megaphone	69
55	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
56	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	17	Megaphone	73
57	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
58	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
59	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
60	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
61	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	369	Audioboom	68
62	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	104	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
64	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
65	Greater Boston	Alexander Danner & Jeff Van Dreason	Fiction	136	Megaphone	68
66	Home Front	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	328	BBC	28
67	Gaslight	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	58
68	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
69	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
70	Someone Just Like You: Horror Stories	Jeremy Ellett	Fiction	29	Megaphone	68
71	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
72	Uncanny Valley	DWM \| Realm	Fiction	12	Megaphone	63
73	The Divide	Definitely Human	Fiction	13	Acast	94
74	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
75	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
76	Lusus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	33
77	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
78	Camlann - An Audio Drama	Tin Can Audio	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
79	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
80	The Beautiful Liar	QCODE	Fiction	10	Megaphone	89
81	Land's End: A Shepherd's Tale	Bibi June x Tin Can Audio	Fiction	6	Libsyn	58
82	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
83	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
84	Boom: A Serial Drama	Observer Pictures \| Realm	Fiction	60	Megaphone	69
85	Hunted	Dick Wolf, Wolf Entertainment & Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	69
86	The Elmwood Strain	Violet Hour Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	69
87	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	2	Megaphone	63
88	Think Fast	DWM \| Realm	Fiction	16	Megaphone	89
89	Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series	Sanspants Radio	Fiction	231	Acast	78
90	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
91	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	783	Acast	64
92	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
93	The Disappearances of Lydia Fountayne	McClintock & Coffyn	Fiction	12	Pinecast	78
94	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
96	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
97	Dreamboy	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	15	Megaphone	69
98	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
99	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
100	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53

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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