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 05 Jul 2026

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07/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 242

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:37:46

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

2. Bloody FM (6 shows)

3. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Chilling Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (36 shows)

2. Acast (20 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. BBC (7 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	237	BBC	58
2	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
5	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
7	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
9	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
10	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
11	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
12	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
13	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
14	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	959	Megaphone	53
15	Bonk! The Naughty Book Club	Nicola Bonn	Fiction	7	Captivate	43
16	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
17	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
18	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
19	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
20	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
21	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
22	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
23	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
24	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
25	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
26	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
27	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	78	Acast	74
28	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
29	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
30	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
31	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
32	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
33	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
34	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	115	Megaphone	32
35	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
36	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
37	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
38	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
39	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
40	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	44	Megaphone	52
41	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
42	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
43	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	564	Megaphone	59
44	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
45	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
46	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
47	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	538	Acast	89
48	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
49	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
50	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	419	Megaphone	53
51	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
52	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
53	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	325	Simplecast	83
54	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
55	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	392	Megaphone	63
56	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
57	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	39	Megaphone	89
58	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1378	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1651	Simplecast	83
60	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
61	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
62	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
63	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
64	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
65	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
66	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
67	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	140	Acast	59
68	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
69	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	467	Simplecast	68
70	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
71	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
72	Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective	Josie Jaffrey	Fiction	10	ART19	58
73	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
74	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
75	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
76	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
77	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	370	Libsyn	68
78	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
79	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
80	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
81	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
82	End of All Hope	Bloody FM	Fiction	100	Simplecast	68
83	Incoming	Past Tense Future Perfect	Fiction	59	ART19	53
84	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
85	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	450	Megaphone	69
86	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
87	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
88	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
89	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	272	Simplecast	53
90	Midst	Critical Role	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
91	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
92	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
93	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
94	Escape Pod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	43
95	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
96	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
97	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
98	Jackie the Ripper	Stak	Fiction	22	Acast	59
99	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	318	Libsyn	42
100	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	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.

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