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 mai 2026

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05/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 161

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:37:18

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. GZM Shows (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. BBC (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. ART19 (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
6	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
7	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
8	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
9	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
10	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
11	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
12	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
13	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
14	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
15	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
16	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
17	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
18	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
19	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
20	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
21	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
22	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
23	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
24	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
25	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
26	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
27	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
28	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
29	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
30	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
31	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
32	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
33	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
34	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
35	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
36	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
37	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
38	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
39	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
40	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
41	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
42	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
43	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
44	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
45	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
46	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
47	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
48	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
49	Highgate Wood	Palimpsest Productions	Fiction	10	Megaphone	64
50	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
51	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
52	Strawberry Spring	iHeartPodcasts and Audio Up, Inc.	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	59
53	Crime Adjacent	Chase Patrick	Fiction	67	ART19	79
54	Classic Drama Audiobooks	The Podcast Network	Fiction	91	Spreaker	54
55	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
56	ARD Radio Tatort	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Fiction	6	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
57	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
58	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
59	Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series	Sanspants Radio	Fiction	231	Acast	78
60	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
61	Lakecastle	Sansrival	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	58
62	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
63	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
64	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	506	Acast	53
65	The Midweek Drama Details temporarily unavailable	Bamalam Productions	Fiction	38	Audioboom	43
66	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
68	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
69	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
70	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
71	Barren	Ridiculous Danger	Fiction	7	Spotify for Podcasters	53
72	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
73	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
74	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
75	Give Me Away	Gideon Media	Fiction	54	Megaphone	59
76	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
77	Wake Of Corrosion	Shadow & Static Productions	Fiction	73	Acast	74
78	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
79	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
80	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	8	ART19	53
81	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
82	Haunted UK Fiction: Tales of the Supernatural, Paranormal, and Uncanny	Steven Holloway & Melissa West	Fiction	70	Acast	43
83	The Campus Game	Sisan Fregene	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	53
84	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
85	How it Ends	How it Ends	Fiction	85	Megaphone	74
86	The Angel of Vine	Vox Populi	Fiction	11	Omny Studio	73
87	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	143	Libsyn	32
88	Forest 404	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	28	BBC	33
89	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
90	Fortune of the Rougons, The by Émile Zola (1840 - 1902)	ciesse	Fiction	16	Spreaker	59
91	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
92	Dark Night Tales with Brian King	DarkNightTales	Fiction	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	TEEN GIRL TALK	Lani	Fiction	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
94	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	83	ART19	73
95	Roanoke Falls: A Horror History	Realm	Fiction	7	Megaphone	59
96	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
97	Stories From: The Low Season	Wolf at the Door Studios	Fiction	11	Megaphone	48
98	Treasure Island 2020	GZM Shows	Fiction	11	ART19	68
99	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
100	Points of Articulation	Points of Articulation	Fiction	56	Acast	64

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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