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 25 Aug 2026

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08/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 138

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:34:55

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Bloody FM (3 shows)

4. Voyage Media (3 shows)

5. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	224	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	157	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	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
12	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	386	ART19	63
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
15	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
16	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
17	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
18	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
19	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
20	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
21	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
22	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
23	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
24	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
25	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
26	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
27	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
28	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
29	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
30	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
31	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
32	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
33	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
34	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
35	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
36	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
37	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
38	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
39	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
40	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
41	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
42	The Cipher	BBC Sounds	Fiction	11	BBC	33
43	Gaslight	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	58
44	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
45	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
46	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
47	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	447	Megaphone	69
48	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
49	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	17	Megaphone	73
50	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
51	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
52	Fox Podcasts	Tony Holland-Martin	Fiction	124	Spotify for Podcasters	28
53	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
54	Listen with Other	Giles Booth	Fiction	32	Unknown	73
55	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
56	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
57	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
58	The Ballad Of Anne & Mary	Long Cat Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	69
59	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	158	Spreaker	59
60	The Greater Good	Pinball Productions	Fiction	14	Acast	53
61	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
63	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
64	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	369	Audioboom	68
65	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	59	BBC	28
66	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
67	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
68	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
69	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
70	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
71	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
72	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
73	The Genome Killer	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
74	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
75	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
76	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
77	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
78	Endgame	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	89
79	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	36	Megaphone	38
80	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
81	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
82	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
83	Aftershock	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	63
84	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
85	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
86	Disney Conspiracy Theories	Amina	Fiction	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	145	Spotify for Podcasters	42
88	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
89	Drama On One	RTÉ Radio 1	Fiction	124	Unknown	43
90	Forest 404	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	28	BBC	33
91	Everything Agatha Christie	mycatandme7	Fiction	138	Podbean	42
92	1984, by George Orwell	Audiobooks by Librivox	Fiction	25	Spreaker	49
93	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
94	VintageRadioShows.com	VintageRadioShows.com	Fiction	310	Unknown	33
95	The Gospel of Haven	Bloody FM, Daisy McNamara	Fiction	26	Simplecast	73
96	The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky	Dream audio books	Fiction	96	Spreaker	59
97	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
98	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
99	The Divide	Definitely Human	Fiction	13	Acast	94
100	Legend of the Bones	legendofthebones	Fiction	80	Podbean	52

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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