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 May 2026

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05/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 204

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:36:46

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

3. Bloody FM (3 shows)

4. Voyage Media (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (36 shows)

2. Acast (21 shows)

3. BBC (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 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	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	837	Simplecast	73
7	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
8	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
9	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
10	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
11	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
12	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
13	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	372	Megaphone	68
14	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
15	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
16	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
17	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
18	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
19	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
20	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
21	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
22	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
23	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
24	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
25	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
26	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
27	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
28	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
29	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
30	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
31	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
32	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
33	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
34	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
35	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
36	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
37	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
38	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
39	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
40	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
41	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
42	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	393	Megaphone	63
43	Midst	Critical Role	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
44	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
45	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
46	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
47	James Pond, starring David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig	Listen & Often	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	Our Wars Have Ended	Eskew Productions	Fiction	10	Acast	84
49	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
50	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
51	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	116	Megaphone	32
52	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
53	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
54	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
55	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
56	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
57	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
58	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
59	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
60	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1655	Simplecast	83
61	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	45	Megaphone	32
62	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	542	Acast	89
63	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	424	Megaphone	53
64	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
65	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1253	Acast	69
66	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
67	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
68	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
69	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
70	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
71	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	371	Libsyn	68
72	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
73	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
74	Azathoth Blues	Jonas Kyratzes & Chris Christodoulou	Fiction	12	Podbean	68
75	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
76	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
77	Beyond the Dark	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	19	Megaphone	59
78	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1378	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	TWO THOUSAND AND LATE	Atypical Artists	Fiction	26	ART19	69
80	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	371	Audioboom	47
81	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
82	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
83	Harvey in Hell	Chris McClure	Fiction	24	Acast	38
84	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
85	Death by Dying	Evening Post Productions	Fiction	26	Megaphone	53
86	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
87	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
88	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	565	Megaphone	59
89	Case 63	Spotify Studios	Fiction	22	Megaphone	83
90	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
91	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
92	Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica	Long Cat Media	Fiction	161	ART19	83
93	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
94	Fawx & Stallion	Rambling Absurdities	Fiction	38	Megaphone	63
95	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
96	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
97	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
98	The Doctor Who Audio Dramas	Everlasting Films	Fiction	446	Podbean	37
99	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	43	ART19	83
100	Victoriocity	Victoriocity	Fiction	35	Libsyn	48

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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