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 13 May 2026

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05/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 148

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:39:36

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (14 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 (26 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (7 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	105	Megaphone	83
2	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	226	BBC	58
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
5	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
6	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
7	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
8	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
9	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
10	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
11	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
12	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
13	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
14	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
15	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
16	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
17	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
18	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
19	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
20	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
21	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
22	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
23	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
24	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
25	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
26	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1243	Acast	69
27	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
28	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
29	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
30	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
31	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
32	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
33	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
34	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
35	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
36	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
37	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
38	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
39	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
40	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
41	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
42	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
43	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
44	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	367	Audioboom	47
45	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
46	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
47	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	113	Megaphone	53
48	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
49	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
50	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
51	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
52	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
53	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
54	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
55	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
56	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
57	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	The Woman in White	Wilkie Collins	Fiction	38	Spreaker	64
59	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
60	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
61	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	28
62	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	449	Megaphone	69
63	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
64	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
65	Hunted	Dick Wolf, Wolf Entertainment & Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	69
66	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
67	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
68	Cloud 9 Anthology	Kobold Blue Productions	Fiction	7	Acast	84
69	Fake Psychic	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	33
70	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
71	Discworld 21 - Jingo by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	11	RSS.com	52
72	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
73	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
74	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
75	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
76	The Mind Doctor	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
77	Re: Carmilla	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	19	Megaphone	48
78	Discworld 33 - Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	11	RSS.com	68
79	Discworld 25 - The Truth by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	terry-pratchett	Fiction	10	RSS.com	58
80	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
81	Hear It In Horror Podcast	Dabbed in Ink	Fiction	17	Buzzsprout	57
82	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
83	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
84	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
85	Give Me Away	Gideon Media	Fiction	54	Megaphone	59
86	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
87	Classic Drama Audiobooks	The Podcast Network	Fiction	91	Spreaker	54
88	Forest 404	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	28	BBC	33
89	How it Ends	How it Ends	Fiction	85	Megaphone	74
90	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
91	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
92	Dreamboy	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	15	Megaphone	69
93	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
94	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
95	The Wicked Library	9th Story Studios LLC	Fiction	237	Feedpress	69
96	Discworld 29 - Night Watch by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	11	RSS.com	68
97	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	783	Acast	64
98	36 Questions – The Podcast Musical	Two-Up	Fiction	5	Megaphone	48
99	Up In Smoke	Penny4	Fiction	9	Audioboom	63
100	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63

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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