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 30 Jun 2026

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06/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 138

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:36:15

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Bloody FM (3 shows)

4. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. BBC (14 shows)

4. Captivate (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 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 Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	157	Megaphone	78
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
6	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
7	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
8	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
9	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
10	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
11	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
12	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
13	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
14	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	386	ART19	63
15	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
16	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
17	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
18	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
19	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
20	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
21	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
22	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
23	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
24	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
25	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
26	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
27	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
28	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
29	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
30	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
31	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
32	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
33	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
34	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
35	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
36	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	59	BBC	28
37	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
38	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	447	Megaphone	69
39	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
40	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
41	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
42	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
43	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
44	Aftershock	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	63
45	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
46	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
47	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	158	Spreaker	59
48	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
49	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
50	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
51	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
52	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
53	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
54	Listen with Other	Giles Booth	Fiction	32	Unknown	73
55	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
56	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	8	ART19	53
57	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
58	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
59	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
60	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
61	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
62	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
63	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
64	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	104	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
66	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
67	Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series	Sanspants Radio	Fiction	231	Acast	78
68	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
69	The Sounds of Nightmares	Little Nightmares - Bandai Namco Europe	Fiction	12	Acast	64
70	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
71	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	32	Megaphone	94
72	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	143	Libsyn	32
73	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
74	Fox Podcasts	Tony Holland-Martin	Fiction	124	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Haunted UK Fiction: Tales of the Supernatural, Paranormal, and Uncanny	Steven Holloway & Melissa West	Fiction	70	Acast	43
76	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
77	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
78	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
79	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	369	Audioboom	68
80	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
81	The Cipher	BBC Sounds	Fiction	11	BBC	33
82	Spicy ASMR by Dipsea	Dipsea	Fiction	22	Captivate	43
83	Fictional Men Written By Women	Dipsea	Fiction	40	Captivate	48
84	Wake Of Corrosion	Shadow & Static Productions	Fiction	73	Acast	74
85	The Greater Good	Pinball Productions	Fiction	14	Acast	53
86	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
87	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
88	Classic Drama Audiobooks	The Podcast Network	Fiction	91	Spreaker	54
89	Eliza: A Robot Story	Crowd Network	Fiction	14	Megaphone	63
90	Roanoke Falls: A Horror History	Realm	Fiction	7	Megaphone	59
91	The Spirit of Schubert	BBC Radio 3	Fiction	37	BBC	33
92	The Last Emergency Broadcast	WTLEB 1720 AM	Fiction	31	Spotify for Podcasters	48
93	Ultimi attimi	Giuliomaria Garbellotto	Fiction	88	Megaphone	53
94	Two Dead Girls in Jubeliene	Ethan Wellin	Fiction	13	Buzzsprout	72
95	Philip Marlowe: Private Detective	SolvedMystery.com	Fiction	16	RedCircle	53
96	Story Time Animated	Story Time Animated	Fiction	777	Acast	69
97	Strawberry Spring	iHeartPodcasts and Audio Up, Inc.	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	59
98	Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	167	RedCircle	43
99	Zero Angels	Bad Rep Productions	Fiction	8	Captivate	69
100	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79

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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