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 26 Jun 2026

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06/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 144

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:33:53

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. BBC (14 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	264	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	43	BBC	28
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	849	Simplecast	73
6	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
7	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
9	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
10	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
11	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
12	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
13	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
14	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
15	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
16	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
17	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
18	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
19	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
20	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
21	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
22	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	394	ART19	63
23	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
24	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	83
25	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
26	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
27	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
28	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
29	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1279	Acast	69
30	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
31	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
32	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
33	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
34	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
35	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	178	Spotify for Podcasters	38
36	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
37	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	79	Megaphone	63
38	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
39	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	157	Libsyn	32
40	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
41	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
42	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
43	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
44	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
45	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
46	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
47	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
48	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	276	Megaphone	63
49	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
50	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
51	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
52	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
53	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
54	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	12	BBC	28
55	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
56	Outbroken Anthology \| Zombie Stories	Joseph Algo	Fiction	19	Spotify for Podcasters	47
57	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
58	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	790	Acast	64
59	Blood Ties	Audible Original	Fiction	6	ART19	63
60	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	720	Spreaker	43
61	Twilight Meridian	Wrong Dimension Productions	Fiction	12	Acast	94
62	Lakecastle	Sansrival	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	58
63	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	379	Audioboom	68
64	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
65	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
66	Ultimi attimi	Giuliomaria Garbellotto	Fiction	97	Megaphone	53
67	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
68	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
69	Fox Podcasts	Tony Holland-Martin	Fiction	124	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	The Stories of Sherlock Holmes	Classic Radio Shows	Fiction	16	Spreaker	43
71	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	280	Spreaker	69
72	How it Ends	How it Ends	Fiction	85	Megaphone	74
73	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
74	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	68
75	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	108	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	168	Spreaker	59
77	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
78	Signed in Blood	Evan O’Cuana	Fiction	22	Buzzsprout	73
79	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
80	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Simplecast	78
81	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
82	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	22	BBC	63
83	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	184	ART19	52
84	The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Audiobook	Raghvendra Singh	Fiction	19	RSS.com	68
85	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
86	SOMNARIUM.	Haunted House Studios	Fiction	25	Acast	74
87	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
88	Land's End: A Shepherd's Tale	Bibi June x Tin Can Audio	Fiction	6	Libsyn	52
89	Listen with Other	Giles Booth	Fiction	32	Unknown	73
90	catskull	Andas Productions	Fiction	28	ART19	69
91	Olive Hill	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	10	Megaphone	79
92	Waiting For October	D.J. Sylvis	Fiction	27	Megaphone	58
93	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
94	Middle:Below	Tin Can Audio	Fiction	17	Libsyn	53
95	The Man Who Was Thursday Radio Play	Andrew Wahlquist	Fiction	5	Unknown	58
96	Folxlore	In The Works x Tin Can Audio	Fiction	41	Libsyn	53
97	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
98	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
99	Someone Just Like You: Horror Stories	Jeremy Ellett	Fiction	29	Megaphone	68
100	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58

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.

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