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 15 May 2026

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05/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 157

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:41:39

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 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 (24 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Audioboom (6 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 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	225	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	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
11	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
12	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
13	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
14	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
15	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
16	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
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	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
21	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
22	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
23	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
24	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
25	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
26	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
27	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
28	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
29	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
30	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
31	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
32	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
33	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
34	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
35	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
36	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
37	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
38	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
39	Hindsight- The Fracture	JD Walsh	Fiction	13	Libsyn	68
40	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
41	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	113	Megaphone	53
42	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
43	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
44	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
45	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
46	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
47	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
48	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
49	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
50	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
51	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
52	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
53	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
54	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
55	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
56	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
57	The Woman in White	Wilkie Collins	Fiction	38	Spreaker	64
58	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
59	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
60	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
61	Hunted	Dick Wolf, Wolf Entertainment & Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	69
62	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
63	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
65	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
66	Up In Smoke	Penny4	Fiction	9	Audioboom	63
67	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
68	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
69	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
70	Vault Veritas: SCP Files	Vault Veritas	Fiction	112	Podbean	52
71	The Genome Killer	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
72	Aftershock	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	63
73	Lakecastle	Sansrival	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	58
74	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
75	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
76	Your Gateway to Endless Possibilities to get Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1988	Unknown	53
77	Nightshifted: An Urban Fantasy Audiobook \| Daily Chapters	Cassie Alexander \| Urban Fantasy, Shifter Romance	Fiction	79	Spreaker	79
78	Give Me Away	Gideon Media	Fiction	54	Megaphone	59
79	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
80	Shipworm	Two-Up	Fiction	2	Megaphone	69
81	The Greater Good	Pinball Productions	Fiction	14	Acast	53
82	Neuverse Media	Tim Maxwell	Fiction	77	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Discworld 25 - The Truth by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	terry-pratchett	Fiction	10	RSS.com	58
84	SOMNARIUM.	Haunted House Studios	Fiction	24	Acast	94
85	Ghost Town	Pinball Productions	Fiction	11	Acast	53
86	Beckett on RTÉ Drama on One	RTÉ Drama On One	Fiction	6	Unknown	38
87	Restart	BBC Radio 4 Extra	Fiction	9	BBC	33
88	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	713	Omny Studio	84
89	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
90	Horror Stories Podcast	Robert Crandall	Fiction	232	Libsyn	52
91	Knifepoint Horror	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	129	Megaphone	43
92	Syntax	Twin Strangers Productions	Fiction	70	Pinecast	73
93	The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Full Audiobook)	Don Miguel Ruiz	Fiction	4	RSS.com	68
94	The Lion's Den	Voyage Media	Fiction	7	Megaphone	63
95	The Far Meridian	The Whisperforge	Fiction	46	Megaphone	53
96	Mabinogi: Lost Legends and Dark Magic	BBC Radio Wales	Fiction	16	BBC	38
97	Tales of the Echowood	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	29	Megaphone	59
98	RadioDrama	Karenina	Fiction	31	Spotify for Podcasters	63
99	Erci Malayalam Podcast	Team Erci	Fiction	96	Spotify for Podcasters	22
100	The Shakespeare Sessions	BBC Radio 3	Fiction	11	BBC	33

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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