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 03 Nov 2026

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11/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 153

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:32:24

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. QCODE (3 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	11	Megaphone	83
2	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	270	BBC	58
3	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
6	Midnight Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	5	Omny Studio	53
7	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	32	BBC	73
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	854	Simplecast	73
9	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
10	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
11	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	16	Omny Studio	73
12	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
15	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1283	Acast	69
16	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
17	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
18	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
19	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
20	Strawberry Spring	iHeartPodcasts and Audio Up, Inc.	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	59
21	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
22	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
23	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
24	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
25	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
26	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	36	Megaphone	89
27	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	82	Acast	74
28	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	81	Megaphone	63
29	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
30	The Divide	Definitely Human	Fiction	13	Acast	94
31	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
32	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
33	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
34	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
35	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
36	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
37	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
38	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
39	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	382	Audioboom	47
40	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
41	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
42	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
43	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
44	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	26	Megaphone	73
45	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
46	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
47	Silent Key	ARC Productions	Fiction	3	Acast	69
48	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
49	Nine To Midnight	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	60	Libsyn	68
50	Terms	Airship \| Audible Original	Fiction	2	ART19	53
51	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
52	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
53	Dramas	BBC World Service	Fiction	22	BBC	63
54	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
55	Audio Fiction Trailers: A Cambridge Geek Podcast	The Cambridge Geek	Fiction	443	RSS.com	38
56	The Cipher	BBC Sounds	Fiction	11	BBC	33
57	Dungeon Masters	QCODE	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
58	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
59	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	381	Audioboom	68
60	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
61	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	275	Audioboom	57
62	Home Front	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	315	BBC	28
63	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
64	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
65	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	180	Megaphone	42
66	Endgame	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	89
67	The Wyrd Side	Alexandra M. Barrow and Finn Cresswell	Fiction	16	Acast	73
68	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
69	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
70	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
71	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	40	Acast	94
72	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	169	Spreaker	59
73	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
74	Weeping Cedars	J.W.G. Wise	Fiction	115	Unknown	53
75	Haunted UK Fiction: Tales of the Supernatural, Paranormal, and Uncanny	Steven Holloway & Melissa West	Fiction	80	Acast	43
76	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
77	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
78	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	456	Megaphone	69
79	Red Bay	Tale Of The Manticore	Fiction	6	Spreaker	63
80	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	179	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
82	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	723	Spreaker	53
83	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
84	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	175	Megaphone	63
85	Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series	Sanspants Radio	Fiction	204	Acast	78
86	Zombie Stories - Alone in the Horde Survival Horror Tales Audiobooks	Horde Containment Unit	Fiction	14	Spreaker	38
87	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	722	Spreaker	43
88	Ghost - Scary Stories	Caloroga Shark Media \| Award-winning writers	Fiction	270	Spreaker	69
89	Brett’s Old Time Radio Show	Brett Orchard	Fiction	100	Podbean	58
90	The Gospel of Haven	Bloody FM, Daisy McNamara	Fiction	30	Simplecast	73
91	The Love Talker	Alien Ghost Robot / Celebrity Tumour	Fiction	15	ART19	63
92	Ghost Stories by Gaslight	Created by Logan Palmese. A Marrowbones Production.	Fiction	3	Substack	48
93	Up In Smoke	Penny4	Fiction	9	Audioboom	63
94	PodCastle	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	43
95	The Book of Gates	Null Project	Fiction	1	Captivate	48
96	Cabin Tales \| Horror Audio Drama	THP - Thomas Halle Productions	Fiction	35	Spotify for Podcasters	47
97	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	68
98	A Christmas Carol: Full-Cast Radio Show	A Christmas Carol	Fiction	7	Unknown	38
99	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	281	Spreaker	69
100	How it Ends	How it Ends	Fiction	85	Megaphone	74

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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