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 06 Apr 2026

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04/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 201

Frequency: every 42 days

Duration: 00:51:01

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. GZM Shows (3 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. hotaudiobook.com (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. BBC (12 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (11 shows)

5. ART19 (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	236	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
3	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
6	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
7	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
8	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
9	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
10	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
11	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
12	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
13	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
14	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
15	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
16	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
17	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
18	Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1992	Unknown	53
19	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
20	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
21	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
22	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
23	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
24	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
25	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
26	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
27	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
28	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
29	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
30	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	174	Megaphone	42
31	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
32	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
33	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
34	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
35	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
36	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	57	BBC	28
37	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
38	The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Audiobook	Raghvendra Singh	Fiction	19	RSS.com	68
39	Classic Drama Audiobooks	The Podcast Network	Fiction	91	Spreaker	54
40	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
41	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
42	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
43	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	124	Spreaker	38
44	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
45	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	372	Audioboom	68
46	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
47	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
48	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
49	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
50	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
51	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
52	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
53	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	717	Spreaker	53
54	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	450	Megaphone	69
55	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
56	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
57	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	106	Spotify for Podcasters	28
58	How it Ends	How it Ends	Fiction	85	Megaphone	74
59	Give Me Away	Gideon Media	Fiction	54	Megaphone	59
60	The Stories of Sherlock Holmes	Classic Radio Shows	Fiction	16	Spreaker	43
61	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
62	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
63	Rainbow Girl	Jane Green	Fiction	12	Megaphone	59
64	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
65	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
66	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
67	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
68	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	147	Libsyn	32
69	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	263	Megaphone	63
70	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
71	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
72	Enter a New World Through Your Headphones With Free Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1972	Unknown	53
73	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
74	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
75	The Unquiet Podcast: Stories for Dark Nights	Original Theatre and Max Pappenheim	Fiction	3	Squarespace	52
76	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
77	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
78	Philip Marlowe Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts	Fiction	109	Spreaker	42
79	Sherlock Holmes	Craig Hart	Fiction	10	Transistor	63
80	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	785	Acast	64
81	Strange Matter: The Witch Who Came in From the Cold	Realm	Fiction	117	Megaphone	89
82	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	85	ART19	73
83	Dark Tome	Fred Greenhalgh	Fiction	39	Megaphone	68
84	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
85	Ostium Podcast	The Ostium Network	Fiction	333	Acast	63
86	Discworld 20 - Hogfather by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	11	RSS.com	58
87	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
88	The Lion's Den	Voyage Media	Fiction	7	Megaphone	63
89	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
90	Fake Psychic	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	33
91	Black Museum	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	52	RedCircle	60
92	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
93	Fox Podcasts	Tony Holland-Martin	Fiction	124	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Discworld 24 - The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	12	RSS.com	52
95	The Lord of the Rings Disc 1	Raghvendra Singh	Fiction	5	RSS.com	62
96	Haunted UK Fiction: Tales of the Supernatural, Paranormal, and Uncanny	Steven Holloway & Melissa West	Fiction	73	Acast	43
97	Discworld 37 - Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	11	RSS.com	68
98	Beatrix Greene	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	84
99	Dangerously Yours	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	16	Spreaker	54
100	The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky	Dream audio books	Fiction	96	Spreaker	59

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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