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 08 Aug 2026

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08/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 134

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:34:11

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Bloody FM (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. GZM Shows (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. BBC (15 shows)

4. ART19 (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	265	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
4	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
5	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
6	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	32	BBC	73
7	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	850	Simplecast	73
9	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
10	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
11	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
12	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
13	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
14	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
15	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
16	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
17	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	79	Megaphone	63
18	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
19	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
20	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
21	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	33	ART19	68
22	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
23	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
24	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1281	Acast	69
25	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
26	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	25	Megaphone	73
27	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
28	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
29	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
30	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
31	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
32	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
33	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
34	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
35	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
36	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
37	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
38	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
39	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
40	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
41	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
42	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
43	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	379	Audioboom	68
44	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	36	Megaphone	89
45	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
46	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
47	The Cipher	BBC Sounds	Fiction	11	BBC	33
48	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
49	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	746	Omny Studio	84
50	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
51	The Spirit of Schubert	BBC Radio 3	Fiction	37	BBC	33
52	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
53	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
54	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
55	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	178	Spotify for Podcasters	38
56	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
57	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
58	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
59	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
60	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
61	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
62	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	721	Spreaker	43
63	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
64	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
65	The Farm - a mystery audio drama	Little Fish Entertainment, LLC	Fiction	10	Podbean	78
66	This House Will Devour You	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	30	Captivate	63
67	The Dead	Bloody FM	Fiction	45	Megaphone	53
68	The Milkman of St. Gaff's	Christopher Scott McClure	Fiction	54	Acast	38
69	Fox Podcasts	Tony Holland-Martin	Fiction	124	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	157	Libsyn	32
71	Haunted UK Fiction: Tales of the Supernatural, Paranormal, and Uncanny	Steven Holloway & Melissa West	Fiction	80	Acast	43
72	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
73	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
74	Strawberry Spring	iHeartPodcasts and Audio Up, Inc.	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	59
75	Give Me Away	Gideon Media	Fiction	54	Megaphone	59
76	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
77	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
78	Nightmare Soup	Bloody FM	Fiction	17	Megaphone	83
79	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
80	Elias The Caretaker	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	RedCircle	78
81	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
82	The Disappearances of Lydia Fountayne	McClintock & Coffyn	Fiction	12	Pinecast	78
83	Wake Of Corrosion	Shadow & Static Productions	Fiction	73	Acast	74
84	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
85	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	179	Megaphone	42
86	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	68
87	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
88	刑侦冤家\|法医\|悬疑\|多人有声剧	冷静之声	Fiction	93	Ximalaya	49
89	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
90	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
91	Knifepoint Horror	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	129	Megaphone	43
92	Fake Psychic	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	33
93	قصه های هزار و یک شب	Zeinab Khosravinia	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
95	NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	133	ART19	57
96	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	90	ART19	73
97	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
98	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	35	Acast	94
99	TEEN GIRL TALK	Lani	Fiction	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
100	Gather The Suspects	MadeUp Audio Productions	Fiction	10	Captivate	73

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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