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 24 Aug 2026

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08/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 133

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:34:03

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

5. Bloody FM (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 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	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
6	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
7	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
9	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
10	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
11	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
12	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
15	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
16	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
17	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
18	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
19	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
20	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
21	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
22	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
23	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
24	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
25	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
26	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
27	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
28	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
29	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
30	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
31	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
32	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
33	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
34	Listen with Other	Giles Booth	Fiction	32	Unknown	73
35	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
36	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
37	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
38	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
39	Gaslight	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	58
40	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
41	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
42	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
43	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	59	BBC	28
44	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
45	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
46	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
47	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
48	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
49	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	36	Megaphone	38
50	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
51	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
52	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
53	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
54	The Cipher	BBC Sounds	Fiction	11	BBC	33
55	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
56	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
57	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
58	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
59	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
60	Aftershock	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	63
61	Everything Agatha Christie	mycatandme7	Fiction	138	Podbean	42
62	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
63	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	160	Spreaker	59
64	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
65	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
66	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
67	The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky	Dream audio books	Fiction	96	Spreaker	59
68	It's All in the Cards Podcast	Dabbed in Ink	Fiction	110	Buzzsprout	37
69	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
70	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
71	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
72	Wake Of Corrosion	Shadow & Static Productions	Fiction	73	Acast	74
73	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
74	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
75	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
76	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
77	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
78	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
79	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
80	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
81	Dreamboy	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	15	Megaphone	69
82	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
83	The Genome Killer	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
84	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
85	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
86	Fox Podcasts	Tony Holland-Martin	Fiction	124	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
88	Oaths & Empires	Oaths & Empires	Fiction	13	Audioboom	62
89	The Spirit of Schubert	BBC Radio 3	Fiction	37	BBC	33
90	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	143	Libsyn	32
91	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
92	Up In Smoke	Penny4	Fiction	9	Audioboom	63
93	The Laugh Track	The Icebox Radio Theater	Fiction	14	Squarespace	42
95	The Devil And Mr O \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	36	Spreaker	59
96	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
97	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
98	The Ballad Of Anne & Mary	Long Cat Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	69
99	Omen \| A Fantasy Audio Drama	Tim Krause	Fiction	16	Megaphone	68
100	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53

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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