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 04 May 2026

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05/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 198

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:36:44

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

3. Voyage Media (3 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (40 shows)

2. Acast (21 shows)

3. BBC (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	228	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	105	Megaphone	83
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	830	Simplecast	73
6	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
7	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
8	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
9	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
10	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	291	BBC	38
11	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
12	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
13	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	729	Audioboom	48
14	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
15	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
16	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	369	Megaphone	68
17	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
18	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
19	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
20	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
21	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	419	Simplecast	58
22	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
23	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
24	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
25	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
26	Hell or High Rollers	Hell or High Rollers	Fiction	111	Acast	94
27	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
28	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
29	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
30	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
31	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
32	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
33	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
34	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
35	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	391	Megaphone	63
36	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
37	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
38	James Pond, starring David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig	Listen & Often	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
39	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
40	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	532	Acast	89
41	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	955	Megaphone	53
42	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	138	Acast	59
43	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	165	Simplecast	68
44	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	86	Megaphone	63
45	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
46	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
47	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1641	Simplecast	83
48	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
49	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	114	Megaphone	32
50	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
51	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
52	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
53	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1244	Acast	69
54	Midst	Critical Role	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
55	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
56	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	423	Spotify for Podcasters	41
57	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
58	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
59	Our Wars Have Ended	Eskew Productions	Fiction	9	Acast	84
60	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
61	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
62	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
63	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
64	Azathoth Blues	Jonas Kyratzes & Chris Christodoulou	Fiction	12	Podbean	68
65	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
66	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
67	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	151	Megaphone	48
68	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	368	Libsyn	68
69	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	57	Megaphone	53
70	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
71	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
72	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
73	Death by Dying	Evening Post Productions	Fiction	26	Megaphone	53
74	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
75	Fawx & Stallion	Rambling Absurdities	Fiction	38	Megaphone	63
76	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1006	RedCircle	73
77	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
78	Lakecastle	Sansrival	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	58
79	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
80	WE'RE NOT MEANT TO KNOW	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	55	Megaphone	43
81	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
82	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
83	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	368	Audioboom	47
84	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	43	Megaphone	52
86	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
87	Bloodthirsty Hearts	QCODE \| Tenderfoot TV	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
88	Hell or High Rollers - One Shots	Hell or High Rollers	Fiction	9	Acast	43
89	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
90	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	Fiction	10	Megaphone	63
91	Beyond the Dark	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	19	Megaphone	59
92	Harvey in Hell	Chris McClure	Fiction	24	Acast	38
93	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	408	Megaphone	53
94	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	124	Spreaker	38
95	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	259	Megaphone	38
96	Tophole!	Deborah Lofas	Fiction	61	Acast	84
97	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
98	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	561	Megaphone	59
99	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
100	Old Radio Shows	Audio Shows	Fiction	223	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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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