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 Dec 2025

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12/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 267

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:40:12

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Bloody FM (7 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

5. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (30 shows)

2. Acast (19 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. BBC (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	261	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	43	BBC	28
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	113	Megaphone	83
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	847	Simplecast	73
7	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
8	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
9	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	735	Audioboom	48
10	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	298	BBC	38
11	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	377	Megaphone	68
12	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
13	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
14	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	968	Megaphone	53
15	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
16	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1675	Simplecast	83
17	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	384	Megaphone	53
18	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
19	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
20	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	422	Simplecast	58
21	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
22	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
23	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
24	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
25	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
26	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	395	Megaphone	63
27	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
28	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
29	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
30	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
31	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
32	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	117	Megaphone	32
33	The Rift	The Rift	Fiction	45	RSS.com	52
34	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	80	Megaphone	48
35	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
36	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	176	Simplecast	68
37	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	443	Podbean	52
38	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
39	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
40	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
41	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	155	Libsyn	32
42	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	TV & Film	10	WideOrbit	58
43	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	150	Acast	59
44	Sophie Aldred's Ace Odyssey	Sophie Aldred	Fiction	32	Acast	53
45	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
46	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	78	Megaphone	63
47	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	555	Acast	89
48	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1276	Acast	69
49	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
50	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
51	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	58	Megaphone	43
52	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
53	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
54	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
55	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	572	Megaphone	59
56	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
57	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
58	Fabric	Miles Gibson	Fiction	10	RedCircle	74
59	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	332	Simplecast	83
60	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	114	Acast	94
61	Red Valley	Kontinue Productions	Fiction	49	ART19	58
62	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
63	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
64	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1409	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	273	Megaphone	63
66	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
67	MSA	My Story Animated	Fiction	274	Spotify for Podcasters	43
68	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
69	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
70	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	482	Megaphone	78
71	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
72	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
73	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
74	The Mario Bros. Show	Rainstorm Productions	Fiction	139	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	472	Simplecast	68
76	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
77	End of All Hope	Bloody FM	Fiction	101	Simplecast	68
78	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	307	Audioboom	53
79	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
80	Classic Detective Stories	John Anthony Walker	Fiction	69	Megaphone	53
81	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
82	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
83	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	378	Audioboom	68
84	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
85	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1012	RedCircle	63
86	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
87	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
88	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	429	Spotify for Podcasters	41
89	Scott Sigler Slices	Scott Sigler	Fiction	263	Megaphone	54
90	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	18	Acast	63
91	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	325	Libsyn	42
92	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	272	Audioboom	57
93	Scott Sigler's Galactic Football League (GFL) Series	Scott Sigler	Fiction	313	Megaphone	68
94	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	176	Megaphone	42
95	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
96	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	719	Spreaker	43
97	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
98	Solve This Murder	solvethismurder	Fiction	142	Podbean	62
99	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
100	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53

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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