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 22 Apr 2026

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04/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 169

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:40:05

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (15 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Bloody FM (3 shows)

4. GZM Shows (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Acast (16 shows)

4. Audioboom (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	224	BBC	58
2	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	157	Megaphone	78
3	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
6	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
7	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
8	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
9	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
10	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
11	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
12	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
13	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
14	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
15	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
16	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
17	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
18	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
19	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
20	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
21	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
22	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
23	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
24	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
25	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
26	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
27	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	386	ART19	63
28	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
29	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
30	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
31	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
32	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
33	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
34	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
35	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
36	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
37	The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Audiobook	Raghvendra Singh	Fiction	19	RSS.com	68
38	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
39	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	59	BBC	28
40	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
41	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
42	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
43	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
44	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
45	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
46	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
47	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
48	Oaths & Empires	Oaths & Empires	Fiction	13	Audioboom	62
49	WE'RE NOT MEANT TO KNOW	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	55	Megaphone	43
50	Remnants : An Audio Drama	Eira Major's Hanging Sloth	Fiction	72	Acast	63
51	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
52	Scary Story, True Horror, Creepy Stories, ghost stories, haunted houses stories	jose miguel	Fiction	482	Spreaker	59
53	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
54	Give Me Away	Gideon Media	Fiction	54	Megaphone	59
55	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
56	Case Files: short crime fiction stories	Rachel Amphlett	Fiction	19	Acast	79
57	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
58	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
59	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
60	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	712	Omny Studio	84
61	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
62	Discworld 23 - Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)	Terry Pratchett	Fiction	9	RSS.com	68
63	The Lakes Of The Moon	Impala Films	Fiction	29	Acast	59
64	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
65	Strange Matter: The Witch Who Came in From the Cold	Realm	Fiction	117	Megaphone	89
66	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
67	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	83	ART19	73
68	Cloud 9 Anthology	Kobold Blue Productions	Fiction	7	Acast	84
69	The Antique Shop	Ghostly Thistle	Fiction	53	Buzzsprout	38
70	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	447	Megaphone	69
71	Uncanny Valley	DWM \| Realm	Fiction	12	Megaphone	63
72	Urban Legends After Dark	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Fiction	32	Podbean	68
73	Lakecastle	Sansrival	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	58
74	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
75	Up In Smoke	Penny4	Fiction	9	Audioboom	63
76	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
77	The Grey Rooms	The Grey Rooms Productions	Fiction	197	Spreaker	84
78	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	369	Audioboom	68
79	The Eldritch Episodes	Eldritch Episodes	Fiction	17	Spotify for Podcasters	53
80	Enter a New World Through Your Headphones With Free Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1972	Unknown	53
81	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
82	Forest 404	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	28	BBC	33
83	Haunted Happenstance	Haunted Happenstance	Fiction	114	Libsyn	63
84	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
85	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	104	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
87	Ghost Town	Pinball Productions	Fiction	11	Acast	53
88	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
89	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	143	Libsyn	32
90	Sincerely (Or, So I Thought) Yours	whimsterymedia	Fiction	11	Hello Audio	73
91	Lusus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	33
92	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
93	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
94	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
95	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	32	Megaphone	94
96	SOMNARIUM.	Haunted House Studios	Fiction	24	Acast	94
97	Severed Connections	Elowen Black	Fiction	8	Pinecast	49
98	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
99	Dreamboy	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	15	Megaphone	69
100	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	652	Spreaker	63

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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