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 07 Jul 2026

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07/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 151

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:36:08

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

5. Bloody FM (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. ART19 (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	264	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	43	BBC	28
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	849	Simplecast	73
6	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
7	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
9	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
10	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	394	ART19	63
11	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
12	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
15	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
16	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
17	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
18	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
19	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
20	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
21	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
22	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
23	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1279	Acast	69
24	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
25	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
26	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
27	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
28	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
29	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
30	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
31	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
32	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Simplecast	78
33	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
34	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
35	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	178	Spotify for Podcasters	38
36	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
37	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
38	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	83
39	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
40	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
41	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
42	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
43	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
44	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
45	PodCastle	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	43
46	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	379	Audioboom	68
47	Lakecastle	Sansrival	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	58
48	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	108	Spotify for Podcasters	28
49	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	79	Megaphone	63
50	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
51	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
52	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
53	Philip Marlowe Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts	Fiction	109	Spreaker	42
54	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
55	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
56	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
57	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	178	Megaphone	42
58	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
59	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
60	We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	13	Acast	79
61	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	168	Spreaker	59
62	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	73	Spotify for Podcasters	59
63	TRUE Scary Stories for Sleep +Rain Sounds	Midnight Lullaby	Fiction	48	Spotify for Podcasters	48
64	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
65	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	280	Spreaker	69
66	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	36	Megaphone	89
67	NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	133	Megaphone	32
68	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	790	Acast	64
69	Forest 404	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	28	BBC	33
70	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
71	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	157	Libsyn	32
72	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	37	ART19	48
73	The Mantawauk Caves	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	16	Omny Studio	53
74	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
75	Fox Podcasts	Tony Holland-Martin	Fiction	124	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	The Sterling Girl	Nico Emmet	Fiction	1	RSS.com	38
77	The Best Dam Camp: A Percy Jackson Podcast	The Best Dam Camp	Fiction	185	Audioboom	57
78	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
79	Blood Ties	Audible Original	Fiction	6	ART19	63
80	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
81	Fictional Men Written By Women	Dipsea	Fiction	40	Captivate	48
82	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
83	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
84	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
85	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
86	Mason and Fricker's Eldritch Stories	Short tales of the wondrous and strange	Fiction	47	Substack	43
87	The Farm - a mystery audio drama	Little Fish Entertainment, LLC	Fiction	10	Podbean	78
88	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
89	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	22	BBC	63
90	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
91	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
92	The Greater Good (No ads)	Pinball Productions	Fiction	16	Acast	42
93	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
94	Highgate Wood	Palimpsest Productions	Fiction	10	Megaphone	64
95	Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series	Sanspants Radio	Fiction	203	Acast	78
96	Crime Adjacent	Chase Patrick	Fiction	67	ART19	79
97	Doctor Who: Redacted	BBC Sounds	Fiction	18	BBC	43
98	Middle:Below	Tin Can Audio	Fiction	17	Libsyn	53
99	DEADHOUSE	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	4	BBC	49
100	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	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.

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