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 05 May 2026

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05/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 135

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:35:44

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (15 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

3. QCODE (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Bloody FM (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Spreaker (7 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	109	Megaphone	83
2	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	240	BBC	58
3	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
6	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
7	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
8	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
9	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
10	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
11	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
12	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
13	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
14	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
15	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
16	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
17	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
18	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
19	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
20	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
21	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1251	Acast	69
22	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
23	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
24	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
25	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
26	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
27	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
28	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
29	Cloud 9 Anthology	Kobold Blue Productions	Fiction	7	Acast	84
30	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
31	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
32	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
33	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
34	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
35	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
36	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
37	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
38	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
39	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	370	Audioboom	47
40	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
41	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
42	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
43	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	128	Megaphone	63
44	Listen with Other	Giles Booth	Fiction	32	Unknown	73
45	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
46	Lakecastle	Sansrival	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	58
47	WE'RE NOT MEANT TO KNOW	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	56	Megaphone	43
48	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
49	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
50	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
51	Fictional Men Written By Women	Dipsea	Fiction	40	Captivate	48
52	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
53	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
54	Classic Drama Audiobooks	The Podcast Network	Fiction	91	Spreaker	54
55	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
56	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
57	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
58	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	264	Megaphone	63
59	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
60	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
61	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
62	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
63	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
64	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	43	ART19	83
65	Roanoke Falls: A Horror History	Realm	Fiction	7	Megaphone	59
66	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
67	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
68	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
69	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
70	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
71	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
72	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
73	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
74	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
75	Maxine Miles: Volume I	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	19	Omny Studio	59
76	Not Quite Dead	Eira Major's Hanging Sloth	Fiction	74	Acast	74
77	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
78	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
79	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	174	Megaphone	42
80	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
81	M.U.S.E.	DWM \| Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	63
82	Its Grim Up North	Reece Pickering & Alex Akers	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	33
83	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	718	Spreaker	53
84	Mabinogi: Lost Legends and Dark Magic	BBC Radio Wales	Fiction	16	BBC	38
85	The Cipher	BBC Sounds	Fiction	11	BBC	33
86	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
87	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
88	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
89	Electric Easy	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
90	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
91	Points of Articulation	Points of Articulation	Fiction	56	Acast	64
92	The Beating Heartland	Beating Heartland Podcasts	Fiction	47	Spotify for Podcasters	43
93	The Beautiful Liar	QCODE	Fiction	10	Megaphone	89
94	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
95	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
96	Severed Connections	Elowen Black	Fiction	8	Pinecast	49
97	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
98	The Angel of Vine	Vox Populi	Fiction	11	Omny Studio	73
99	Zoic	Haunted by Birds	Fiction	11	Libsyn	89
100	Urban Legends After Dark	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Fiction	33	Podbean	68

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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