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 02 Apr 2026

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04/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 230

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:46:48

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

2. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. Night Vale Presents (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (32 shows)

2. Acast (22 shows)

3. BBC (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	236	BBC	58
2	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	112	Megaphone	83
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	42	Acast	89
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	973	Simplecast	73
7	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
8	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
9	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
10	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
11	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	149	Megaphone	63
12	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
15	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
16	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	477	Megaphone	68
17	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
18	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
19	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
20	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
21	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
22	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
23	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
24	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
25	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
26	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
27	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
28	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
29	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
30	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	164	Acast	69
31	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
32	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
33	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
34	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
35	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
36	Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1992	Unknown	53
37	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
38	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
39	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
40	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
41	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
42	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
43	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	538	Acast	89
44	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
45	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
46	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
47	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1760	Simplecast	83
48	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
49	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
50	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
51	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
52	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	369	Libsyn	68
53	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
54	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
55	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	392	Megaphone	63
56	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	959	Megaphone	53
57	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
58	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	70	Acast	63
59	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
60	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	115	Megaphone	32
62	The Royals of Malibu	Emerald Audio	Fiction	54	Megaphone	69
63	James Pond, starring David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig	Listen & Often	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
64	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
65	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
66	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
67	I Am In Eskew	David Ward	Fiction	32	Acast	69
68	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	564	Megaphone	59
69	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
70	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
71	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
72	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
73	Fabric	Miles Gibson	Fiction	10	RedCircle	74
74	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
75	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
76	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
77	The Bright Sessions	Atypical Artists	Fiction	125	ART19	73
78	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	418	Megaphone	53
79	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
80	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	424	Spotify for Podcasters	41
81	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	140	Acast	59
82	Classic Drama Audiobooks	The Podcast Network	Fiction	91	Spreaker	54
83	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
84	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
85	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
86	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1377	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
88	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
89	Carry On, Jeeves - P.G. Wodehouse	P.G. Wodehouse	Fiction	95	Spreaker	49
90	The Unquiet Podcast: Stories for Dark Nights	Original Theatre and Max Pappenheim	Fiction	3	Squarespace	52
91	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	577	Simplecast	58
92	Jackie the Ripper	Stak	Fiction	22	Acast	59
93	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	234	Megaphone	48
94	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
95	Beyond the Dark	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	19	Megaphone	59
96	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	106	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
98	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	394	ART19	63
99	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
100	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	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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