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 Aug 2026

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08/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 125

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:36:30

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Two-Up (3 shows)

5. QCODE (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	265	BBC	58
2	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
3	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
5	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	32	BBC	73
6	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
7	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	850	Simplecast	73
9	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
10	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
11	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
12	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
13	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
14	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
15	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
16	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
17	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
18	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
19	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
20	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
21	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	33	ART19	68
22	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
23	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
24	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
25	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
26	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
27	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
28	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
29	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
30	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
31	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
32	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
33	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	79	Megaphone	63
34	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1281	Acast	69
35	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
36	Everything Agatha Christie	mycatandme7	Fiction	138	Podbean	42
37	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
38	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
39	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
40	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	25	Megaphone	73
41	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
42	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	178	Spotify for Podcasters	38
43	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
44	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
45	The Sunfall Train	REDSHIFT	Fiction	0	Unknown	39
46	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
47	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
48	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
49	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
50	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
51	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
52	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
53	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	379	Audioboom	68
54	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
55	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	12	BBC	28
56	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
57	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	40	Megaphone	38
58	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
59	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
60	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
61	Horror Stories Podcast	Robert Crandall	Fiction	232	Libsyn	52
62	Disney Conspiracy Theories	Amina	Fiction	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series	Sanspants Radio	Fiction	203	Acast	78
64	In Another Room	Violet Hour Media	Fiction	14	Megaphone	69
65	The Farm - a mystery audio drama	Little Fish Entertainment, LLC	Fiction	10	Podbean	78
66	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
67	Les Maîtres du mystère	INA	Fiction	179	Octopus	64
68	A Scottish Podcast the Audio Drama Series	Jester's Baffies Productions	Fiction	54	Libsyn	62
69	Gaslight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
70	Shipworm	Two-Up	Fiction	2	Megaphone	69
71	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
72	ROAR	Spirit Studios & Kellie Shirley	Fiction	7	Acast	64
73	Rainbow Girl	Jane Green	Fiction	12	Megaphone	59
74	The Mind Doctor	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
75	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	166	Spotify for Podcasters	42
76	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
77	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	68
78	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
79	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	108	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
81	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
82	October's Children	Jacob Mandell & Derrick Valen in collaboration with ArcanaCast	Fiction	11	Captivate	59
83	Its Grim Up North	Reece Pickering & Alex Akers	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	33
84	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
85	36 Questions – The Podcast Musical	Two-Up	Fiction	5	Megaphone	48
86	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
87	Brett’s Old Time Radio Show	Brett Orchard	Fiction	100	Podbean	58
88	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	280	Spreaker	69
89	The Hatred \| A Supernatural Thriller Miniseries	Madhouse Radio	Fiction	13	Acast	68
90	Crystal Blue	Bloody FM	Fiction	11	Simplecast	69
91	Solo: A Zombie Apocalypse Details temporarily unavailable	Tim Mullins	Fiction	50	Audioboom	53
92	Classic Drama Audiobooks	The Podcast Network	Fiction	131	Spreaker	54
93	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
94	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
95	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
96	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
97	The Beautiful Liar	QCODE	Fiction	10	Megaphone	89
98	The Cellar Letters	Jamie Petronis	Fiction	100	Acast	63
99	Gather The Suspects	MadeUp Audio Productions	Fiction	10	Captivate	73
100	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38

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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