Apple Podcast Rankings - Great Britain - Fiction

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 01 Feb 2026

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02/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 238

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:38:20

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Bloody FM (5 shows)

3. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Chilling Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. BBC (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	241	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	110	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	40	BBC	28
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	837	Simplecast	73
7	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
8	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
9	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
10	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
11	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
12	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	372	Megaphone	68
13	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
14	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
15	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
16	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1655	Simplecast	83
17	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
18	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
19	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
20	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
21	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
22	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
23	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
24	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
25	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
26	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
27	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
28	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
29	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
30	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
31	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
32	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
33	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
34	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1253	Acast	69
35	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
36	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	393	Megaphone	63
37	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
38	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
39	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	116	Megaphone	32
40	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
41	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
42	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
43	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
44	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
45	The ladyaureliaravenshadepresents’s Podcast	ladyaureliaravenshadepresents	Fiction	45	Podbean	62
46	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	542	Acast	89
47	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
48	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
49	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
50	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
51	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	371	Audioboom	47
52	Mirror Falls (with Tod Maffin)	Tod Maffin	Comedy	13	RedCircle	38
53	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
54	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
55	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
56	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
57	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
58	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1378	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
60	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
61	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	326	Simplecast	83
62	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
63	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	273	Simplecast	53
64	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
65	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
66	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	121	Omny Studio	63
67	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
68	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
69	Listen with Other	Giles Booth	Fiction	32	Unknown	73
70	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	468	Simplecast	68
71	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
72	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
73	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
74	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
75	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	45	Megaphone	32
76	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
77	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
78	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
79	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
80	Solve This Murder	solvethismurder	Fiction	139	Podbean	62
81	The Hexings	Emily	Fiction	10	Podbean	68
82	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	373	Audioboom	68
83	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
84	Arbitor Ian's Warhammer Book Club with Mira Manga	Arbitor Ian	Fiction	65	Libsyn	42
85	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	565	Megaphone	59
86	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
87	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	320	Libsyn	42
88	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
89	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
90	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
91	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
92	Station 151	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	42	Megaphone	78
93	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
94	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
95	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
96	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	76	Megaphone	38
97	Tolkien Lord Of The Rings - BBC	BRIAN SIBLEY	Fiction	13	Spotify for Podcasters	58
98	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
99	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1009	RedCircle	63
100	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68

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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