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 09 janv. 2026

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01/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 187

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:48:02

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (16 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Bloody FM (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Fool and Scholar Productions (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	231	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	106	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	38	BBC	28
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	34	Acast	89
6	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
7	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	291	BBC	38
8	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
9	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
10	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
11	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
12	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
13	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
14	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
15	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	166	Simplecast	68
16	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
17	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
18	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
19	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
20	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
21	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1246	Acast	69
22	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
23	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
24	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
25	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
26	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
27	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
28	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
29	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	145	Libsyn	32
30	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
31	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
32	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
33	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
34	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	368	Audioboom	47
35	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
36	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	173	Spotify for Podcasters	38
37	The Designated Mourner	Gideon Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	59
38	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	106	Spotify for Podcasters	28
39	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
40	Gunsmoke	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	475	Castos	53
41	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
42	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	263	Megaphone	63
43	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
44	Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal	Cineverse, Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	12	Simplecast	73
45	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
46	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	371	Audioboom	68
47	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
48	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	172	Megaphone	42
49	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
50	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
51	Dragnet	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	350	Castos	49
52	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
53	Give Me Away	Gideon Media	Fiction	54	Megaphone	59
54	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
55	Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1992	Unknown	53
56	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
57	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	718	Omny Studio	84
58	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	449	Megaphone	69
59	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
60	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
61	Endgame	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	89
62	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
63	The Search For Gillian Gold - A Paranormal Mystery Podcast	Nine Ladies Productions	Fiction	17	Buzzsprout	58
64	WE'RE NOT MEANT TO KNOW	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	55	Megaphone	43
65	Christmas Ghost Stories	Jon Briggs	Fiction	13	Buzzsprout	73
66	The Divide	Definitely Human	Fiction	13	Acast	94
67	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	264	Audioboom	57
68	Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series	Sanspants Radio	Fiction	231	Acast	78
69	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	58	BBC	28
70	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
71	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
72	Elias The Caretaker	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	RedCircle	78
73	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
74	PodCastle	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	43
75	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
76	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
77	Fake Psychic	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	33
78	Its Grim Up North	Reece Pickering & Alex Akers	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	33
79	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	716	Spreaker	53
80	Boom: A Serial Drama	Observer Pictures \| Realm	Fiction	60	Megaphone	69
81	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	34	Megaphone	89
82	Candela Obscura	Critical Role	Fiction	15	Spotify for Podcasters	53
83	The Strange Tales of Virgil Kaylock	John Ramm	Fiction	21	Podbean	42
84	Beatrix Greene	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	84
85	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
86	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
87	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
88	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	124	Spreaker	38
89	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
90	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
91	The Hidden People	DWM \| Realm	Fiction	86	Megaphone	79
92	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	160	Spreaker	59
93	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
94	Forgotten Detectives of Old Time Radio\|Mystery Audio Dramas	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts	Fiction	125	Spreaker	53
95	Classic Drama Audiobooks	The Podcast Network	Fiction	91	Spreaker	54
96	The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen	Wolf at the Door, Alex Kemp	Fiction	21	Megaphone	48
97	Fox Podcasts	Tony Holland-Martin	Fiction	124	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
99	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
100	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78

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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