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 27 Jun 2026

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06/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 149

Frequency: every 35 days

Duration: 00:34:33

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

5. Bloody FM (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (19 shows)

3. BBC (16 shows)

4. Spreaker (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	269	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	853	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	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
9	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
10	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
11	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
12	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
13	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
14	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
15	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
16	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
17	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
18	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
19	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
20	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
21	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
22	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
23	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
24	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
25	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
26	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
27	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1282	Acast	69
28	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
29	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
30	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
31	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
32	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
33	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
34	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
35	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	380	Audioboom	68
36	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
37	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
38	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
39	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	456	Megaphone	69
40	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	381	Audioboom	47
41	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
42	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
43	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
44	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
45	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
46	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	26	Megaphone	73
47	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
48	Fox Podcasts	Tony Holland-Martin	Fiction	124	Spotify for Podcasters	28
49	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
50	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	179	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
52	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	159	Libsyn	32
53	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
54	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
55	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	80	Megaphone	63
56	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	280	Spreaker	69
57	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
58	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
59	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
60	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
61	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
62	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
63	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	32	BBC	73
64	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
65	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
66	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
67	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	790	Acast	64
68	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
69	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
70	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
71	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
72	The Gospel of Haven	Bloody FM, Daisy McNamara	Fiction	30	Simplecast	73
73	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	722	Spreaker	43
74	Tales Of The Texas Rangers	Stacy Keach, Sr.	Fiction	570	Spreaker	43
75	Fake Psychic	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	33
76	BBC Writers	BBC Radio	Fiction	15	BBC	33
77	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	73	Spotify for Podcasters	59
78	The Sounds of Nightmares	Little Nightmares - Bandai Namco Europe	Fiction	12	Acast	64
79	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
80	Gaslight	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	58
81	1865	Airship / Audible Original	Fiction	25	ART19	79
82	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
83	Home Front	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	315	BBC	28
84	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
85	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	108	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	The Call of the Flame	Magnir Productions	Fiction	33	Squarespace	89
87	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
88	Endgame	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	89
89	Outbroken Anthology \| Zombie Stories	Joseph Algo	Fiction	19	Spotify for Podcasters	47
90	CARAVAN	The Whisperforge	Fiction	13	Megaphone	59
91	Unseen Sensation	Constel Daggers-Graye	Fiction	4	RedCircle	79
92	The Greater Good (No ads)	Pinball Productions	Fiction	16	Acast	42
93	The Grove	Roar Creative Productions	Fiction	9	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	The Directed Detective	The Directed Detective	Fiction	11	Buzzsprout	68
95	Not Quite Dead	Eira Major's Hanging Sloth	Fiction	75	Acast	69
96	Quest of Ruin	Scroll & Dagger	Fiction	51	Acast	89
97	Twilight Meridian	Wrong Dimension Productions	Fiction	12	Acast	94
98	Blood Ties	Audible Original	Fiction	6	ART19	63
99	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	169	Spreaker	59
100	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	12	BBC	28

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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