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 17 Apr 2026

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04/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 166

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:45:11

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Bloody FM (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. GZM Shows (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. RSS.com (7 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
6	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
7	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
8	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
9	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
10	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
11	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
12	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
13	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
14	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
15	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
16	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
17	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
18	The Search For Gillian Gold - A Paranormal Mystery Podcast	Nine Ladies Productions	Fiction	17	Buzzsprout	58
19	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
20	Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1992	Unknown	53
21	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
22	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
23	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
24	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
25	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
26	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
27	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
28	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
29	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
30	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
32	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
33	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
34	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
35	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
36	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
37	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
38	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
39	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
40	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
41	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
42	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
43	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
44	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
45	The Midnight Hour	Crown Noir Studios	Fiction	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
46	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
47	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
48	The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Audiobook	Raghvendra Singh	Fiction	19	RSS.com	68
49	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
50	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
51	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
52	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
53	Discworld 23 - Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	9	RSS.com	68
54	Give Me Away	Gideon Media	Fiction	54	Megaphone	59
55	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
56	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
57	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
58	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
59	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
60	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
61	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
62	Boom: A Serial Drama	Observer Pictures \| Realm	Fiction	60	Megaphone	69
63	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
64	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	33	Megaphone	89
65	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
66	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
67	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	36	Megaphone	38
68	Discworld 34 - Thud! by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	6	RSS.com	68
69	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
70	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
71	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	83	ART19	73
72	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
73	Not Quite Dead	Eira Major's Hanging Sloth	Fiction	74	Acast	74
74	Bedtime Story	Bedtime Story	Fiction	321	Spreaker	64
75	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
76	Classic Drama Audiobooks	The Podcast Network	Fiction	91	Spreaker	54
77	Uncanny Valley	DWM \| Realm	Fiction	12	Megaphone	63
78	Strange Matter: The Witch Who Came in From the Cold	Realm	Fiction	117	Megaphone	89
79	Severed Connections	Elowen Black	Fiction	8	Pinecast	49
80	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
81	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
82	Discworld 21 - Jingo by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	11	RSS.com	52
83	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	143	Libsyn	32
84	Off The Hook	KBLX	Fiction	100	Unknown	43
85	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
86	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
87	Discworld 19 - Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	10	RSS.com	52
88	Lusus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	33
89	Sherlock Holmes Gielgud & Richardson	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	17	RedCircle	64
90	Omen \| A Fantasy Audio Drama	Tim Krause	Fiction	16	Megaphone	68
91	Oaths & Empires	Oaths & Empires	Fiction	13	Audioboom	62
92	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
93	Sandra	Gimlet	Fiction	10	Megaphone	74
94	The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Full Audiobook)	Don Miguel Ruiz	Fiction	4	RSS.com	68
95	Everyone's Happy	GravyTree Media	Fiction	12	Acast	84
96	Haunted UK Fiction: Tales of the Supernatural, Paranormal, and Uncanny	Steven Holloway & Melissa West	Fiction	70	Acast	43
97	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
98	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
99	Zoic	Haunted by Birds	Fiction	11	Libsyn	89
100	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	656	Simplecast	68

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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