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 Aug 2025

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08/06/2025

Average data

Episodes: 134

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:41:28

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (18 shows)

2. Voyage Media (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (4 shows)

5. Fool and Scholar Productions (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (20 shows)

2. Megaphone (19 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Spreaker (7 shows)

5. ART19 (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
5	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
6	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
7	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
8	Elias The Caretaker	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	RedCircle	78
9	The Mind Doctor	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
10	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
11	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
12	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
13	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
14	Its Grim Up North	Reece Pickering & Alex Akers	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	33
15	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	33	Megaphone	89
16	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
17	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
18	The Genome Killer	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
19	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
20	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
21	The Search For Gillian Gold - A Paranormal Mystery Podcast	Nine Ladies Productions	Fiction	17	Buzzsprout	58
22	The Handmaid's Tale	Wondery	Fiction	6	ART19	69
23	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
24	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
25	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
26	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
27	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
28	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
29	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
30	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
31	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
32	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
33	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	143	Libsyn	32
34	The Piper	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	43
35	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
36	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
37	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
38	Classic Drama Audiobooks	The Podcast Network	Fiction	91	Spreaker	54
39	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
40	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
41	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
42	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
43	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
44	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
45	The Hatred	Madhouse Radio	Fiction	13	Megaphone	53
46	Unsinkable	Datura Studios & North Atlantic Ridge	Fiction	3	ART19	59
47	Shorts	Ben Burrell	Fiction	11	Acast	69
48	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
49	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
50	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
52	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
53	Fake Psychic	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	33
54	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
55	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
56	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
57	Up In Smoke	Penny4	Fiction	9	Audioboom	63
58	How Copy	Why Not Theatre Company	Fiction	15	Spotify for Podcasters	53
59	We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	13	Acast	79
60	Home Front	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	326	BBC	28
61	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
62	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
63	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
64	Candela Obscura	Critical Role	Fiction	15	Spotify for Podcasters	53
65	Camlann - An Audio Drama	Tin Can Audio	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
66	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
67	The Directed Detective	The Directed Detective	Fiction	11	Buzzsprout	68
68	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
69	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
70	A MURDER IN MONTECITO	Sonoro	Fiction	8	Simplecast	63
71	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
72	Echoes of Rygoria	CJ Lindsey	Fiction	4	Megaphone	59
73	Crime Adjacent	Chase Patrick	Fiction	67	ART19	79
74	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
75	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
76	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	59	BBC	28
77	Land's End: A Shepherd's Tale	Bibi June x Tin Can Audio	Fiction	6	Libsyn	58
78	Strawberry Spring	iHeartPodcasts and Audio Up, Inc.	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	59
79	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
80	The Hacker Chronicles	Tenable	Fiction	28	Casted	63
81	Sherlock Holmes	Craig Hart	Fiction	10	Transistor	63
82	Fox Podcasts	Tony Holland-Martin	Fiction	124	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	DEADHOUSE	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	4	BBC	49
84	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	160	Spreaker	59
85	Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1992	Unknown	53
86	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
87	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
88	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
89	Crystal Blue	Bloody FM	Fiction	11	Simplecast	69
90	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
91	Romantasy - Spicy Fantasy Stories	Dipsea	Fiction	11	Captivate	68
92	Tales from the Witcher	Jacob Gerstel	Fiction	86	Buzzsprout	73
93	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
94	Broadway Is My Beat	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	166	RedCircle	64
95	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
96	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
97	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
98	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
99	Hamlet	Make-Believe Association	Fiction	8	Libsyn	58
100	The Hitler File	Voyage Media	Fiction	8	Spreaker	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.

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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