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 Aug 2026

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08/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 147

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:32:05

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

5. GZM Shows (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Acast (16 shows)

4. ART19 (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	224	BBC	58
2	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	157	Megaphone	78
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
4	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
5	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
6	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
7	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
8	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
9	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
10	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
11	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
12	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
13	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
14	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	386	ART19	63
15	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
16	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
17	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
18	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
19	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
20	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
21	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
22	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
23	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
24	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
25	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
26	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
27	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
28	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
29	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
30	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
31	Larkspur Underground	Plainview Public Radio	Fiction	16	Libsyn	58
32	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
33	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
34	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
35	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
36	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
37	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
38	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
39	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
40	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
41	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
42	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
43	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
44	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
45	Everything Agatha Christie	mycatandme7	Fiction	138	Podbean	42
46	What Happened in Skinner	Mazama Entertainment	Fiction	34	RedCircle	73
47	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
48	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
49	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
50	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
51	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	59	BBC	28
52	The Sink: A Sleep Aid	BBC Sounds	Fiction	7	BBC	43
53	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
54	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	447	Megaphone	69
55	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
56	Romantasy - Spicy Fantasy Stories	Dipsea	Fiction	11	Captivate	68
57	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
59	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
60	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
61	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
62	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	181	ART19	52
63	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
64	Chesterton Radio	Chesterton Radio	Fiction	402	Substack	59
65	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
66	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	369	Audioboom	68
67	Dreamboy	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	15	Megaphone	69
68	The Cipher	BBC Sounds	Fiction	11	BBC	33
69	Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	9	BBC	43
70	Haunted UK Fiction: Tales of the Supernatural, Paranormal, and Uncanny	Steven Holloway & Melissa West	Fiction	70	Acast	43
71	PodCastle	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	43
72	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
73	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
74	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	712	Omny Studio	84
75	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
76	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
77	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
78	Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series	Sanspants Radio	Fiction	231	Acast	78
79	Listen with Other	Giles Booth	Fiction	32	Unknown	73
80	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
81	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
82	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
83	Harry Price's The Most Haunted House in England	E O Higgins	Fiction	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
85	Violet's Shadow Murder Mysteries	Greta Craig	Fiction	13	Acast	73
86	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	32	Megaphone	94
87	The Neighbourhood Watch	matt wright	Fiction	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	The Stories of Sherlock Holmes	Classic Radio Shows	Fiction	16	Spreaker	43
89	Gap Time	Gap Time	Fiction	104	RSS.com	38
90	Ghost Town	Pinball Productions	Fiction	11	Acast	53
91	The Gospel of Haven	Bloody FM, Daisy McNamara	Fiction	26	Simplecast	73
92	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
93	The Greater Good	Pinball Productions	Fiction	14	Acast	53
94	Illegal Broadcast: Helldivers Game Podcast	JumperScape Audio	Fiction	29	Megaphone	27
95	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
96	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
97	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	8	ART19	53
98	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
99	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
100	Everyone's Happy	GravyTree Media	Fiction	12	Acast	84

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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