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 16 sept. 2026

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09/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 140

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:32:58

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Bloody FM (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	4	Megaphone	63
2	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	227	BBC	58
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
5	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
6	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	105	Megaphone	83
7	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	2	Omny Studio	53
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
9	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	830	Simplecast	73
10	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
11	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
12	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
13	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
14	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	165	Simplecast	68
15	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
16	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
17	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
18	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
19	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
20	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
21	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
22	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
23	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
24	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
25	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
26	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
27	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
28	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
29	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
30	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
31	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
32	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
33	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	368	Audioboom	47
34	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1243	Acast	69
35	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
36	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
37	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
38	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
39	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
40	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	58	BBC	28
41	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
42	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
43	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
44	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
45	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
46	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
47	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
48	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
49	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
51	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
52	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
53	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
54	The Cipher	BBC Sounds	Fiction	11	BBC	33
55	Lakecastle	Sansrival	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	58
56	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
57	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
58	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
59	Gaslight	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	58
60	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	263	Audioboom	57
61	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
62	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
63	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
64	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
65	The Stories of Sherlock Holmes	Classic Radio Shows	Fiction	16	Spreaker	43
66	The Hidden People	DWM \| Realm	Fiction	86	Megaphone	79
67	Crystal Blue	Bloody FM	Fiction	11	Simplecast	69
68	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	449	Megaphone	69
69	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
70	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
71	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
72	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
73	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
74	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
75	The Writer	Little Ear Productions	Fiction	16	Acast	80
76	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
77	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
79	Sapphic Stories - Spicy WLW Fiction	Dipsea	Fiction	31	Captivate	58
80	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
81	Curse of Strahdanya - A Legends of Avantris Podcast	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	45	Podbean	47
82	Syntax	Twin Strangers Productions	Fiction	70	Pinecast	73
83	Ghost Tape	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
84	Neuverse Media	Tim Maxwell	Fiction	77	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Listen with Other	Giles Booth	Fiction	32	Unknown	73
86	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
87	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
88	Camlann - An Audio Drama	Tin Can Audio	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
89	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	34	Megaphone	89
90	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
91	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
92	Paranormal Activity	Paranormal Activity	Fiction	507	Spreaker	64
93	Messy Minutes	Becs and Mel	Fiction	15	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Its Grim Up North	Reece Pickering & Alex Akers	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	Earth Break	Skylark Media	Fiction	9	Audioboom	53
96	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
97	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	160	Spreaker	59
98	The Gospel of Haven	Bloody FM, Daisy McNamara	Fiction	26	Simplecast	73
99	Hindsight- The Fracture	JD Walsh	Fiction	13	Libsyn	68
100	Home Front	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	325	BBC	28

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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