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 20 Jul 2026

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07/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 127

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:33:46

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (14 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

4. GZM Shows (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Captivate (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	264	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
5	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	850	Simplecast	73
7	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
9	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
10	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	37	ART19	48
11	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
12	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
13	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
14	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
15	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
16	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
17	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
18	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
19	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
20	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1280	Acast	69
21	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
22	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
23	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
24	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
25	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
26	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Simplecast	78
27	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
28	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
29	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	25	Megaphone	73
30	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
31	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
32	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
33	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	22	BBC	63
34	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	79	Megaphone	63
35	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
36	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
37	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
38	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
39	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
40	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
41	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
42	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
43	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
44	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
45	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
46	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
47	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
48	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
49	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
50	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
51	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
52	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
53	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
54	Listen with Other	Giles Booth	Fiction	32	Unknown	73
55	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
56	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	178	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
58	Aftershock	Nomadic Engine	Fiction	24	Acast	58
59	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
60	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	73	Spotify for Podcasters	59
61	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
62	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
63	Gather The Suspects	MadeUp Audio Productions	Fiction	10	Captivate	73
64	When the Roses Bloom Again	When the Roses Bloom Again	Fiction	109	Unknown	43
65	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
66	Two Dead Girls in Jubeliene	Ethan Wellin	Fiction	13	Buzzsprout	72
67	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
68	Fake Psychic	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	33
69	Forest 404	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	28	BBC	33
70	We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	13	Acast	79
71	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
72	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
73	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	379	Audioboom	68
74	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	108	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	12	BBC	28
76	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
77	Brett’s Old Time Radio Show	Brett Orchard	Fiction	100	Podbean	58
78	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
79	Not Quite Dead	Eira Major's Hanging Sloth	Fiction	75	Acast	69
80	Palace Intrigue Presents: King William	Caloroga Shark Media	Fiction	26	Spreaker	89
81	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	280	Spreaker	69
82	Dark Tome	Fred Greenhalgh	Fiction	39	Megaphone	68
83	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
84	CARAVAN	The Whisperforge	Fiction	13	Megaphone	59
85	Tales of Myths and Legends	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Fiction	38	Spotify for Podcasters	32
86	The Ballad Of Anne & Mary	Long Cat Media	Fiction	9	ART19	63
87	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	157	Libsyn	32
88	Tomorrow	GZM Shows	Fiction	57	ART19	73
89	Philip Marlowe Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts	Fiction	109	Spreaker	42
90	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
91	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
92	The Wyrd Side	Alexandra M. Barrow and Finn Cresswell	Fiction	15	Acast	73
93	Sapphic Stories - Spicy WLW Fiction	Dipsea	Fiction	31	Captivate	58
94	Its Grim Up North	Reece Pickering & Alex Akers	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	Horror Stories Podcast	Robert Crandall	Fiction	232	Libsyn	52
96	Legend of the Bones	legendofthebones	Fiction	80	Podbean	52
97	Discworld 24 - The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	12	RSS.com	52
98	How it Ends	How it Ends	Fiction	85	Megaphone	74
99	Additional Postage Required	Jay Petrequin	Fiction	14	Pinecast	53
100	Silas Marner	Georg Eliot	Fiction	29	Spreaker	54

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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