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 sept. 2026

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09/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 116

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:30:24

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (14 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. Bloody FM (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Acast (9 shows)

5. ART19 (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	4	Megaphone	63
2	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	231	BBC	58
3	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	38	BBC	28
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	106	Megaphone	83
5	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
6	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	3	Omny Studio	53
7	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	34	Acast	89
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	832	Simplecast	73
9	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
10	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	291	BBC	38
11	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
12	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
13	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
14	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	166	Simplecast	68
15	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
16	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1246	Acast	69
17	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
18	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
19	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
20	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
21	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
22	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
23	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
24	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
25	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
26	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
27	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
28	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
29	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
30	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
31	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	58	BBC	28
32	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
33	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
34	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
35	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
36	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
37	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	368	Audioboom	47
38	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	34	Megaphone	89
39	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
40	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
41	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
42	The Hidden People	DWM \| Realm	Fiction	86	Megaphone	79
43	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	173	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
45	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	371	Audioboom	68
46	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	124	Spreaker	38
47	Lusus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	33
48	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	449	Megaphone	69
49	Terms	Airship \| Wondery	Fiction	15	ART19	53
50	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
51	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	19	Megaphone	73
52	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
53	The Cipher	BBC Sounds	Fiction	11	BBC	33
54	Myths & Legends for Sleep	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Fiction	15	Podbean	68
55	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	264	Audioboom	57
56	Transmissions From Nowhere	Distant Satellite	Fiction	3	Libsyn	52
57	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
58	The Gospel of Haven	Bloody FM, Daisy McNamara	Fiction	26	Simplecast	73
60	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
61	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
62	Up In Smoke	Penny4	Fiction	9	Audioboom	63
63	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
64	Lakecastle	Sansrival	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	58
65	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
66	The Greater Good (No ads)	Pinball Productions	Fiction	15	Acast	42
67	Gaslight	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	58
68	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
69	The Mantawauk Caves	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	16	Omny Studio	59
70	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
71	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
72	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
73	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
74	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
75	Its Grim Up North	Reece Pickering & Alex Akers	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	33
76	Tales of the Echowood	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	29	Megaphone	59
77	Nine To Midnight	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	49	Libsyn	68
78	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	263	Megaphone	63
79	Urban Legends After Dark	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Fiction	33	Podbean	68
80	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
81	The Farm - a mystery audio drama	Little Fish Entertainment, LLC	Fiction	10	Podbean	78
82	In Media Res	Good Story Guild	Fiction	12	Unknown	69
83	Dramas	BBC World Service	Fiction	16	BBC	59
84	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
85	Land's End: A Shepherd's Tale	Bibi June x Tin Can Audio	Fiction	6	Libsyn	52
86	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
87	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	716	Spreaker	53
88	Discworld 39 - Snuff by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook) Details temporarily unavailable	Terry Pratchett	Drama	36	N/A	N/A
89	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
90	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
91	The Dark Place with Dante: True Paranormal Stories	Samsard	Fiction	25	Podbean	42
92	The Spirit of Schubert	BBC Radio 3	Fiction	37	BBC	33
93	The Greatest Matter	HeadStuff Podcasts & Conor Reid	Fiction	16	Megaphone	74
94	DEADHOUSE	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	4	BBC	49
95	The Lost Cat Podcast	A P Clarke	Fiction	49	Libsyn	32
96	Weeping Cedars	J.W.G. Wise	Fiction	115	Unknown	53
97	The Beacon	Wizzard Wizzard Productions	Fiction	40	Pinecast	53
98	The Bonds of Affection	Chris Cote & Dayle Kerry	Fiction	7	Libsyn	53
99	Finding Atlas [To Have & To Hold]	Angel Andrews	Fiction	3	Pinecast	53
100	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	145	Libsyn	32

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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