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 21 Jul 2026

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07/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 115

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:31:55

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (15 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

4. Voyage Media (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. BBC (19 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. Spreaker (7 shows)

5. ART19 (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
5	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
6	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
8	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
9	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
10	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
11	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
12	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
13	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
14	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
15	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
16	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
17	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
18	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
19	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
20	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
21	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
22	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
23	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
24	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
25	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
26	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
27	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
28	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
29	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
30	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
31	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
32	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
33	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
34	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
35	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
36	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
37	The Ballad Of Anne & Mary	Long Cat Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	69
38	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
39	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
40	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
41	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
42	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
43	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
44	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
45	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
46	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
47	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
49	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
50	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
51	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
52	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
53	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
54	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
55	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
56	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
57	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
58	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
59	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
60	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
61	The Hitler File	Voyage Media	Fiction	8	Spreaker	74
62	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
63	Aftershock	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	63
64	Listen with Other	Giles Booth	Fiction	32	Unknown	73
65	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
66	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
67	When the Roses Bloom Again	When the Roses Bloom Again	Fiction	109	Unknown	43
68	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	59	BBC	28
69	Brett’s Old Time Radio Show	Brett Orchard	Fiction	100	Podbean	58
70	The Sounds of Nightmares	Little Nightmares - Bandai Namco Europe	Fiction	12	Acast	64
71	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
72	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
73	Dramas	BBC World Service	Fiction	16	BBC	59
74	Endgame	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	89
75	The Sink: A Sleep Aid	BBC Sounds	Fiction	7	BBC	43
76	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
77	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
78	Classic Drama Audiobooks	The Podcast Network	Fiction	91	Spreaker	54
79	Irish Folklore Archive	Irish Folklore Archive	Fiction	5	Spotify for Podcasters	43
80	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
81	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
82	Gaslight	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	58
83	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
84	The Greater Good	Pinball Productions	Fiction	14	Acast	53
85	Ghost Town	Pinball Productions	Fiction	11	Acast	53
86	Once Upon A Duck	SkillsHub Enterprises	Fiction	4	Unknown	63
87	The Shakespeare Sessions	BBC Radio 3	Fiction	11	BBC	33
88	Tales of Myths and Legends	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Fiction	28	Podbean	68
89	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
91	My Own Shakespeare	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	30	BBC	33
92	Ostium Podcast	The Ostium Network	Fiction	333	Acast	63
93	逃离柬埔寨	黑色保险箱	Fiction	63	Ximalaya	49
94	The Price of Fear - Nighttime Radio	Vincent Price	Fiction	10	Spreaker	38
95	Better Men Elsewhere	Chiral Studios	Fiction	29	Podbean	73
96	Legend of the Bones	legendofthebones	Fiction	80	Podbean	52
97	The Heart Bleeds Lavender	Shaymeless Studios	Fiction	3	RSS.com	57
98	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
99	We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	13	Acast	79
100	Forest 404	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	28	BBC	33

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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