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 Aug 2026

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08/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 133

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:31:01

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Bloody FM (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Realm (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. BBC (12 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 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	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
6	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
9	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
10	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
11	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
12	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
13	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
14	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
15	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
16	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
17	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
18	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
19	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
20	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
21	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
22	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
23	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
24	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
25	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
26	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
27	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
28	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
29	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
30	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
31	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
32	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
33	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
34	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
35	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
36	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
37	The Farm - a mystery audio drama	Little Fish Entertainment, LLC	Fiction	10	Podbean	78
38	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
39	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
40	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
41	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
42	Nightmare Soup	Bloody FM	Fiction	17	Megaphone	83
43	The Midnight Hour	Crown Noir Studios	Fiction	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	How it Ends	How it Ends	Fiction	85	Megaphone	74
45	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
46	Journey to the West - An Audio Drama Series	The Fifth Monkey	Fiction	104	Spotify for Podcasters	42
47	36 Questions – The Podcast Musical	Two-Up	Fiction	5	Megaphone	48
48	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
49	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	59	BBC	28
50	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
51	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
52	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
53	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
54	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
55	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
56	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
57	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	160	Spreaker	59
58	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
59	DEADHOUSE	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	4	BBC	49
60	Home Front	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	326	BBC	28
61	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
62	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
63	Sapphic Stories - Spicy WLW Fiction	Dipsea	Fiction	31	Captivate	58
64	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
65	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Burning Rock Radio	Lauren Lofthus	Fiction	46	RedCircle	43
67	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
68	Up In Smoke	Penny4	Fiction	9	Audioboom	63
69	VintageRadioShows.com	VintageRadioShows.com	Fiction	310	Unknown	33
70	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
71	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
72	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	146	Spotify for Podcasters	42
73	This House Will Devour You	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	30	Captivate	63
74	Severed Connections	Elowen Black	Fiction	8	Pinecast	49
75	The Sounds of Nightmares	Little Nightmares - Bandai Namco Europe	Fiction	12	Acast	64
76	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
77	Red Riding Hoods	Violet Hour Media	Fiction	13	Megaphone	69
78	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
79	Audio Fiction Releases: A Cambridge Geek Podcast	The Cambridge Geek	Fiction	997	Unknown	28
80	Story	Bloody FM	Fiction	56	Simplecast	43
81	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
82	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
83	Silkhaven Pulp	Za'chary Westbrook	Fiction	9	Captivate	58
84	Lakecastle	Sansrival	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	58
85	Weeping Cedars	J.W.G. Wise	Fiction	115	Unknown	53
86	SOMNARIUM.	Haunted House Studios	Fiction	24	Acast	94
87	Cassettes	Sonoro	Fiction	17	Megaphone	49
88	Dear LOVE	Love Radio Manila	Fiction	376	Omny Studio	63
89	Gabi ng Lagim	DZRH	Fiction	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
90	Romance Sleep Stories	Scarlett Sinclair	Fiction	42	Spreaker	49
91	The Mind Doctor	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
92	Delivered	Cheshire Cat Productions	Fiction	1	RSS.com	42
93	1984, by George Orwell	Audiobooks by Librivox	Fiction	25	Spreaker	49
94	AMAHDALIA	C.J. Cunningham	Fiction	4	RSS.com	79
95	Signed in Blood	Evan O’Cuana	Fiction	22	Buzzsprout	73
96	WKGF Presents: The Witching Hour - Coast to Coast & Beyond	Max Thorn, WKGF Radio Archives, Watch the Sky Productions, Grant Fieldgrove	Fiction	24	Libsyn	58
97	Marigold Breach starring Jameela Jamil and Manny Jacinto	Realm	Fiction	1	Megaphone	69
98	FOLKLORE	Folklore Podcast	Fiction	22	Spotify for Podcasters	43
99	Neuverse Media	Tim Maxwell	Fiction	77	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Y2K Audio Drama	Karin Heimdahl	Fiction	99	Acast	79

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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