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 Oct 2026

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10/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 158

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:35:38

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Bloody FM (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. QCODE (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
2	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	257	BBC	58
3	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	42	BBC	28
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	163	Megaphone	78
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	113	Megaphone	83
6	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	12	Omny Studio	73
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	845	Simplecast	73
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	38	Acast	89
9	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	297	BBC	38
10	Midnight Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	3	Omny Studio	53
11	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
12	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
13	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1271	Acast	69
14	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
15	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
16	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
17	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
18	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
19	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
20	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
21	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
22	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
23	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
24	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
25	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	175	Simplecast	68
26	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
27	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	77	Megaphone	63
28	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
29	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
30	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
31	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
32	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
33	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	35	Megaphone	89
34	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
35	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
36	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
37	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
38	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	51	ART19	83
39	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
40	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	377	Audioboom	47
41	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
42	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	24	Megaphone	73
43	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	268	Megaphone	63
44	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
45	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
46	Terms	Airship \| Wondery	Fiction	15	ART19	53
47	The Cipher	BBC Sounds	Fiction	11	BBC	33
48	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Megaphone	68
49	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	465	Audioboom	52
50	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
51	Solo: A Zombie Apocalypse Details temporarily unavailable	Tim Mullins	Fiction	50	Audioboom	53
52	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
53	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	271	Audioboom	57
54	Paranormal Activity	Paranormal Activity	Fiction	528	Spreaker	64
55	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1160	Spreaker	63
56	The Hitler File	Voyage Media	Fiction	8	Spreaker	74
57	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
58	The Divide	Definitely Human	Fiction	13	Acast	94
59	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	177	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
61	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	176	Megaphone	42
62	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
63	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	378	Audioboom	68
64	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
65	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
66	Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective	Radio Memories Network	Fiction	495	Libsyn	32
67	Your Mom's Romance Shelf	Alli Mowrey	Fiction	3	Unknown	63
68	TEEN GIRL TALK	Lani	Fiction	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
69	Ylem & Aether	Ylem Media	Fiction	3	Pinecast	63
70	Home Front	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	315	BBC	28
71	What Happened in Skinner	Mazama Entertainment	Fiction	34	RedCircle	73
72	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	35	ART19	48
73	Palace Intrigue Presents: King William	Caloroga Shark Media	Fiction	25	Spreaker	89
74	Dramas	BBC World Service	Fiction	16	BBC	59
75	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
76	Gaslight	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	58
77	Claybourne	Andrew Dubber	Fiction	84	Acast	63
78	La Estación Fantasma: El secreto de Gaudí	Agència Catalana de Turisme – ACT	Fiction	8	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
80	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
81	The Spirit of Schubert	BBC Radio 3	Fiction	37	BBC	33
82	The Writer	Little Ear Productions	Fiction	16	Acast	80
83	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69
84	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
85	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	537	Acast	53
86	Mythology & Fiction Explained	Marios Christou	Fiction	55	Megaphone	52
87	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	788	Acast	64
88	Everything Agatha Christie	mycatandme7	Fiction	138	Podbean	42
89	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	136	Megaphone	63
90	Up In Smoke	Penny4	Fiction	9	Audioboom	63
91	Classic Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets	Free Audiobook Library	Fiction	54	Spreaker	53
92	Ten Apocalypses	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	13	Captivate	69
93	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	280	Spreaker	69
94	In Another Room	Violet Hour Media	Fiction	14	Megaphone	69
95	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
96	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
97	Haunted UK Fiction: Tales of the Supernatural, Paranormal, and Uncanny	Steven Holloway & Melissa West	Fiction	78	Acast	43
98	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
99	Red Riding Hoods	Violet Hour Media	Fiction	13	Megaphone	69
100	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	124	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.

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