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 03 Feb 2026

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02/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 247

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:39:10

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. Chilling Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (35 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. BBC (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	241	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	40	BBC	28
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	110	Megaphone	83
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	837	Simplecast	73
7	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
8	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
9	Project Bläckfisk	Amber Sykes	Fiction	7	RedCircle	53
10	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
11	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	372	Megaphone	68
12	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
13	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
14	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
15	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
16	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
17	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
18	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
19	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
20	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1655	Simplecast	83
21	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
22	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
23	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
24	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
25	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
26	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
27	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
28	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
29	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
30	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	542	Acast	89
31	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
32	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1253	Acast	69
33	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
34	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
35	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	393	Megaphone	63
36	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
37	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
38	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
39	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
40	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
41	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
42	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
43	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	116	Megaphone	32
44	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
45	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
46	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
47	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
48	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
49	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	121	Omny Studio	63
51	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
52	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
53	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
54	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
55	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
56	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
57	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
58	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1378	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
60	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
61	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
62	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
63	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
64	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
65	Listen with Other	Giles Booth	Fiction	32	Unknown	73
66	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	265	Megaphone	63
67	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
68	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
69	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
70	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
71	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
72	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
73	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
74	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
75	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	273	Simplecast	53
76	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
77	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
78	Harry Potter Audio Books, Read aloud podcast	Swastik Seth	Fiction	2	Hubhopper	32
79	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	371	Audioboom	47
80	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1009	RedCircle	63
81	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
82	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	565	Megaphone	59
83	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
84	I/O	Phantom Customer	Science Fiction	10	N/A	N/A
85	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
86	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
87	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
88	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
89	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
90	Lorekeeper's Librarium	Tobias Weaver	Fiction	88	RedCircle	48
91	Solve This Murder	solvethismurder	Fiction	139	Podbean	62
92	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
93	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
94	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
95	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	468	Simplecast	68
96	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
97	The Hexings	Emily	Fiction	10	Podbean	68
98	Arbitor Ian's Warhammer Book Club with Mira Manga	Arbitor Ian	Fiction	65	Libsyn	42
99	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
100	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	174	Megaphone	42

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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