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 04 Jun 2026

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06/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 141

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:38:53

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (17 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Voyage Media (4 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. BBC (20 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Spreaker (6 shows)

5. Audioboom (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	226	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	105	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
5	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	830	Simplecast	73
7	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
8	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
9	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
10	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
11	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
12	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
13	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
14	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
15	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
16	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
17	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
18	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
19	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
20	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
21	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
22	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
23	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
24	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
25	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
26	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1243	Acast	69
27	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
28	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
29	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
30	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
31	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
32	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
33	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
34	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
35	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
36	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
37	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
38	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
39	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
40	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
41	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
42	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
43	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
44	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
45	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
46	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
47	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
48	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
49	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
50	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
51	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
52	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
53	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
54	How it Ends	How it Ends	Fiction	85	Megaphone	74
55	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
56	Endgame	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	89
57	Scary Story, True Horror, Creepy Stories, ghost stories, haunted houses stories	jose miguel	Fiction	482	Spreaker	59
58	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	449	Megaphone	69
59	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
60	Chronicles of Ashwrath	SD	Fiction	4	Transistor	64
61	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
62	Dramas	BBC World Service	Fiction	16	BBC	59
63	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	367	Audioboom	47
64	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
65	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
66	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
67	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
68	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	143	Libsyn	32
70	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
71	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
72	Aconyte Fiction	Aconyte Books	Fiction	45	Spotify for Podcasters	53
73	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
74	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	58	BBC	28
75	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
76	Unseen	Long Story Short Productions	Fiction	17	Megaphone	63
77	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
78	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	8	ART19	53
79	When the Roses Bloom Again	When the Roses Bloom Again	Fiction	109	Unknown	43
80	Suspense \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	225	Spreaker	59
81	Forest 404	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	28	BBC	33
82	Duskhaven Point	Melinda Janet	Fiction	12	Buzzsprout	79
83	The Hitler File	Voyage Media	Fiction	8	Spreaker	74
84	DEADHOUSE	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	4	BBC	49
85	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
86	Ghost Town	Pinball Productions	Fiction	11	Acast	53
87	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
88	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
89	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
90	This House Will Devour You	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	30	Captivate	63
91	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	36	Megaphone	38
92	Its Grim Up North	Reece Pickering & Alex Akers	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	33
93	Ultimi attimi	Giuliomaria Garbellotto	Fiction	88	Megaphone	53
94	Someone Is Killing The Wolfhounds	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
95	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	34	Megaphone	89
96	Sherlock Holmes	Craig Hart	Fiction	10	Transistor	63
97	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
98	The Power of My Positive Self-Belief Is Transforming My Life	Not Half	Fiction	40	Acast	38
99	DEADWOOD	Saniyah Hill	Fiction	23	Pinecast	73
100	Les Misérables	Victor Hugo	Fiction	55	Spreaker	64

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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