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 Sep 2026

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09/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 149

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:32:56

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Voyage Media (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

5. GZM Shows (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. ART19 (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	224	BBC	58
2	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
3	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	157	Megaphone	78
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
6	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
7	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	3	Megaphone	63
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
9	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
10	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
11	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
12	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
13	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
14	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
15	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
16	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
17	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
18	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
19	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
20	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
21	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
22	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
23	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	386	ART19	63
24	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
25	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
26	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
27	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
28	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
29	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
30	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
31	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
32	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
33	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
34	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
35	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
36	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
37	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
38	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
39	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
40	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
41	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
42	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	712	Omny Studio	84
43	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
44	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
45	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
46	Transmissions From Nowhere	Distant Satellite	Fiction	2	Libsyn	52
47	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
48	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
49	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
50	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
51	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
52	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
53	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
54	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
55	Everything Agatha Christie	mycatandme7	Fiction	138	Podbean	42
56	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	17	Megaphone	73
57	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
58	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
59	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
60	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	104	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
62	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
63	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
64	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
65	Someone Is Killing The Wolfhounds	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
66	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	145	Spotify for Podcasters	42
67	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	113	Megaphone	53
68	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
69	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
70	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
71	The Cipher	BBC Sounds	Fiction	11	BBC	33
72	Dramas	BBC World Service	Fiction	16	BBC	59
73	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
74	Camlann - An Audio Drama	Tin Can Audio	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
75	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
77	Palace Intrigue Presents: King William	Caloroga Shark Media	Fiction	23	Spreaker	89
78	Hindsight- The Fracture	JD Walsh	Fiction	13	Libsyn	68
79	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
80	Path of Night Podcast	Path of Night	Fiction	218	Simplecast	48
81	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
82	Larkspur Underground	Plainview Public Radio	Fiction	16	Libsyn	58
83	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
84	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
85	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
86	Myths & Legends for Sleep	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Fiction	13	Podbean	68
87	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	369	Audioboom	68
88	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
89	The Horror of Dolores Roach	Gimlet	Fiction	16	Megaphone	73
90	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	59	BBC	28
91	The Hitler File	Voyage Media	Fiction	8	Spreaker	74
92	Red Meat Village	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Spreaker	74
93	Mystery Theater: Classic Old Time Radio Detective & Horror	Vintage Radio Network & Classic Audio Dramas or Classic OTR Suspense Network	Fiction	307	RedCircle	69
94	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	158	Spreaker	59
95	The Genome Killer	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
96	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	447	Megaphone	69
97	Sapphic Stories - Spicy WLW Fiction	Dipsea	Fiction	31	Captivate	58
98	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
99	Home Front	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	328	BBC	28
100	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	181	ART19	52

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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