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 Oct 2026

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10/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 166

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:38:01

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

5. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	6	Megaphone	63
2	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	242	BBC	58
3	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	40	BBC	28
4	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	7	Omny Studio	63
5	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
6	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	110	Megaphone	83
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	838	Simplecast	73
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	36	Acast	89
9	Drift Into Dreams A Closing Blessing Elevated Open	Jessica rodriguez	Fiction	149	RedCircle	43
10	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
11	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
12	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
13	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
14	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1254	Acast	69
15	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
16	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
17	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
18	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
19	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	372	Audioboom	47
20	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
21	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	170	Simplecast	68
22	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
23	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
24	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
25	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
26	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
27	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
28	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
29	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
30	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
31	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
32	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
33	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
34	The Divide	Definitely Human	Fiction	13	Acast	94
35	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	21	Megaphone	73
36	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	267	Audioboom	57
37	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
38	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	44	ART19	83
39	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
40	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
41	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
42	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	718	Spreaker	53
43	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
44	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
45	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
46	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
47	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
48	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
49	Home Front	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	315	BBC	28
50	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
51	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
52	Terms	Airship \| Wondery	Fiction	15	ART19	53
53	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
54	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
55	Mythology & Fiction Explained	Marios Christou	Fiction	64	Megaphone	58
56	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	107	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	727	Omny Studio	84
58	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	7	Acast	74
59	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
60	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
61	The Writer	Little Ear Productions	Fiction	16	Acast	80
62	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
63	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
64	The Cipher	BBC Sounds	Fiction	11	BBC	33
65	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
66	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
67	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	279	Spreaker	69
68	Everything Agatha Christie	mycatandme7	Fiction	138	Podbean	42
69	Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective	Radio Memories Network	Fiction	491	Libsyn	32
70	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
71	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	175	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	174	Megaphone	42
73	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	373	Audioboom	68
74	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
75	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
76	西游记后传之孙悟空探案 \| 侦探推理\|孙悟空	呦呦鹿鸣儿童睡前故事	Fiction	268	Ximalaya	54
77	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
78	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1140	Spreaker	63
79	Spicy ASMR by Dipsea	Dipsea	Fiction	22	Captivate	43
80	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
81	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	265	Megaphone	63
82	Audio Fiction Trailers: A Cambridge Geek Podcast	The Cambridge Geek	Fiction	430	Podbean	38
83	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	165	Spreaker	59
84	Give Me Away	Gideon Media	Fiction	54	Megaphone	59
85	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
86	Fake Psychic	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	33
87	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
88	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
89	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
90	Classic Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets	Free Audiobook Library	Fiction	45	Spreaker	53
91	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
92	رادیو جاده \| داستان و نمایش های صوتی	رضا صفوی	Fiction	72	Acast	48
93	Le Comte de Monte-Cristo	INA	Fiction	38	Octopus	64
94	Doctor Who: Redacted	BBC Sounds	Fiction	18	BBC	43
95	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
96	Fox Podcasts	Tony Holland-Martin	Fiction	124	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
98	The Farm - a mystery audio drama	Little Fish Entertainment, LLC	Fiction	10	Podbean	78
99	Dustwalker: A Science-Fantasy Audio Drama	Calamity Valley Productions	Fiction	9	Pinecast	68
100	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33

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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