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 12 May 2026

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05/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 165

Frequency: every 35 days

Duration: 00:38:54

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (15 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Spreaker (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
2	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	224	BBC	58
3	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	157	Megaphone	78
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
6	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
7	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
8	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
9	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
10	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
11	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
12	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
13	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
14	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
15	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
16	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
17	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
18	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
19	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
20	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
21	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
22	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
23	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
24	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
25	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
26	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	386	ART19	63
27	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
28	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
29	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
30	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
31	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
32	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
33	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
34	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
35	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
36	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
37	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
38	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
39	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
40	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
41	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
42	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
43	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
45	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
46	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
47	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
48	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
49	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
50	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
51	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	104	Spotify for Podcasters	28
52	Hear It In Horror Podcast	Dabbed in Ink	Fiction	17	Buzzsprout	57
53	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
54	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
55	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
56	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
57	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
58	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
59	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
60	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
61	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	447	Megaphone	69
62	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
63	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
64	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
65	36 Questions – The Podcast Musical	Two-Up	Fiction	5	Megaphone	48
66	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
67	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
68	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	59	BBC	28
69	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
70	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
71	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	712	Omny Studio	84
72	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
73	Workplace Entanglement	10X Pod Group	Fiction	153	Acast	64
74	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
75	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
76	The Hitler File	Voyage Media	Fiction	8	Spreaker	74
77	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
78	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	369	Audioboom	68
79	Cloud 9 Anthology	Kobold Blue Productions	Fiction	7	Acast	84
80	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
81	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	32	Megaphone	94
82	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
83	Haunted UK Fiction: Tales of the Supernatural, Paranormal, and Uncanny	Steven Holloway & Melissa West	Fiction	70	Acast	43
84	Fake Psychic	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	33
85	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
86	Duskhaven Point	Melinda Janet	Fiction	12	Buzzsprout	79
87	How it Ends	How it Ends	Fiction	85	Megaphone	74
88	Lear in Lockdown - Studying King Lear	RTÉ Drama on One	Fiction	66	Unknown	38
89	Fox Podcasts	Tony Holland-Martin	Fiction	124	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Discworld 21 - Jingo by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	11	RSS.com	52
91	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
92	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
93	A Scottish Podcast the Audio Drama Series	Jester's Baffies Productions	Fiction	54	Libsyn	62
94	DEADHOUSE	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	4	BBC	49
95	The Bardic Hearth	Chase Noseworthy	Fiction	29	ART19	83
96	Home Front	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	328	BBC	28
97	Suspense - Old Time Radio	theaterofthemind-otr.com	Fiction	816	Spreaker	69
98	The Mind Doctor	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
99	The Angel of Vine	Vox Populi	Fiction	11	Omny Studio	73
100	Doctor Who: Redacted	BBC Sounds	Fiction	18	BBC	43

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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