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 May 2026

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05/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 213

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:37:18

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Voyage Media (3 shows)

3. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (35 shows)

2. Acast (24 shows)

3. BBC (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	241	BBC	58
2	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	110	Megaphone	83
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	40	BBC	28
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	837	Simplecast	73
6	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
7	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
8	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
9	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
10	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
11	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	372	Megaphone	68
12	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
13	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
14	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
15	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
16	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
17	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
18	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
19	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
20	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
21	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
22	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
23	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
24	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
25	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
26	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
27	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
28	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
29	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
30	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
31	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
32	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
33	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
34	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
35	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
36	Midst	Critical Role	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
37	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
38	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
39	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	393	Megaphone	63
40	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
41	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
42	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
43	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1253	Acast	69
44	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
45	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
46	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	45	Megaphone	32
47	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1655	Simplecast	83
48	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
49	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
50	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	371	Libsyn	68
51	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
52	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
53	Harvey in Hell	Chris McClure	Fiction	24	Acast	38
54	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
55	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
56	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
57	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
58	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
59	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
60	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1378	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
62	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	542	Acast	89
63	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
64	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
65	Azathoth Blues	Jonas Kyratzes & Chris Christodoulou	Fiction	12	Podbean	68
66	James Pond, starring David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig	Listen & Often	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
68	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
69	Our Wars Have Ended	Eskew Productions	Fiction	10	Acast	84
70	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
71	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	116	Megaphone	32
72	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
73	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
74	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	424	Megaphone	53
75	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
76	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
77	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
78	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
79	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
80	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
81	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
82	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
83	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
84	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
85	Death by Dying	Evening Post Productions	Fiction	26	Megaphone	53
86	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	371	Audioboom	47
87	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	565	Megaphone	59
88	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
89	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
90	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
91	Not Quite Dead	Eira Major's Hanging Sloth	Fiction	74	Acast	74
92	Fawx & Stallion	Rambling Absurdities	Fiction	38	Megaphone	63
93	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
94	Beyond the Dark	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	19	Megaphone	59
95	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
96	Case 63	Spotify Studios	Fiction	22	Megaphone	83
97	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	70	Acast	63
98	The Penumbra Podcast	Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert	Fiction	223	Acast	79
99	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1009	RedCircle	63
100	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52

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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