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 10 juin 2026

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06/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 126

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:31:40

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. QCODE (4 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

5. Voyage Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Acast (17 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Audioboom (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
2	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
5	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
7	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
9	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
10	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
11	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
12	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
15	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
16	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
17	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
18	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
19	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
20	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
21	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
22	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
23	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
24	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
25	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
26	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
27	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
28	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
29	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
30	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
31	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
32	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
33	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
34	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
35	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
36	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
37	Haunted UK Fiction: Tales of the Supernatural, Paranormal, and Uncanny	Steven Holloway & Melissa West	Fiction	70	Acast	43
38	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
39	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
40	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
41	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
42	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
43	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
44	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
45	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
46	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
47	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
48	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
49	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
50	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	783	Acast	64
52	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
53	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
54	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
55	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
56	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
57	Highgate Wood	Palimpsest Productions	Fiction	10	Megaphone	64
58	Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series	Sanspants Radio	Fiction	231	Acast	78
59	Mythology & Fiction Explained	Marios Christou	Fiction	64	Megaphone	58
60	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
61	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
62	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
63	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
64	The Love Talker	Alien Ghost Robot / Celebrity Tumour	Fiction	15	ART19	63
65	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
66	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	59	BBC	28
67	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
68	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
69	Solo: A Zombie Apocalypse	Tim Mullins	Fiction	50	Audioboom	53
71	Discworld 19 - Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	10	RSS.com	52
72	Discworld 31 - Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	10	RSS.com	68
73	The Genome Killer	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
74	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
75	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
76	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
77	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
78	Doctor Who: Redacted	BBC Sounds	Fiction	18	BBC	43
79	Gaslight	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	58
80	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
81	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
82	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
83	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
84	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
85	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
86	The Spirit of Schubert	BBC Radio 3	Fiction	37	BBC	33
87	The Sounds of Nightmares	Little Nightmares - Bandai Namco Europe	Fiction	12	Acast	64
88	Mr. Buchman Goes To Washington	Voyage Media	Fiction	7	Megaphone	63
89	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
90	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
91	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
92	The Sink: A Sleep Aid	BBC Sounds	Fiction	7	BBC	43
93	The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen	Wolf at the Door, Alex Kemp	Fiction	21	Megaphone	48
94	Discworld 23 - Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	9	RSS.com	68
95	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
96	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
97	Discworld 36 - Making Money by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	10	RSS.com	68
98	Smut Loving Canadian💋	Smut Loving Canadian💋 Hosted By Sara 🖤	Fiction	45	Spotify for Podcasters	48
99	Lakecastle	Sansrival	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	58
100	Bedtime Stories With Salty Vixen	Salty Vixen	Arts	486	Acast	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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