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 06 Apr 2026

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04/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 231

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:45:08

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

3. Bloody FM (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Night Vale Presents (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (32 shows)

2. Acast (19 shows)

3. BBC (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	269	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
3	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	853	Simplecast	73
6	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
7	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	14	Acast	69
8	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
9	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	112	Megaphone	63
10	Night Falls: Bedtime Stories For Sleep	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	73
11	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
12	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
13	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
14	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
15	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1683	Simplecast	83
16	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
17	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Simplecast	63
18	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
19	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
20	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
21	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
22	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
23	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
24	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
25	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
26	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
27	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
28	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
29	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
30	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
31	Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1992	Unknown	53
32	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
33	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	34	ART19	63
34	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
35	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	118	Megaphone	32
36	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	973	Megaphone	53
37	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	398	Megaphone	63
38	Harpurvale	Rachel Fairburn	Fiction	7	Libsyn	38
39	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
40	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	58	Megaphone	43
41	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
42	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
43	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
44	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
45	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
46	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
47	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
48	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
49	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
50	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	456	Megaphone	53
51	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1282	Acast	69
52	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	561	Acast	89
53	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
54	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
55	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
56	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
57	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
58	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
59	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
60	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
61	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
62	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
63	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
64	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	77	Megaphone	38
65	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	575	Megaphone	59
66	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
67	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
68	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
69	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	75	Acast	63
70	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
71	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	115	Acast	94
72	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
73	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	180	Megaphone	42
74	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
75	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
76	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
77	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
78	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	381	Audioboom	47
79	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
80	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
81	Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica	Long Cat Media	Fiction	165	ART19	83
82	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
83	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
84	The HorrorBabble Podcast	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	479	Megaphone	42
85	The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Audiobook	Raghvendra Singh	Fiction	19	RSS.com	68
86	Classic Drama Audiobooks	The Podcast Network	Fiction	131	Spreaker	54
87	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	50	Megaphone	52
88	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
89	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	197	Megaphone	59
90	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
91	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
92	The Readerista Podcast	Kimberly Morales	Fiction	7	Substack	43
93	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
94	Here Be Dragons｜此处有龙 Details temporarily unavailable	包慧怡，桑阳，张泽熙	Fiction	38	Unknown	53
95	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
96	The Royals of Malibu	Emerald Audio	Fiction	54	Megaphone	69
97	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	383	Libsyn	68
98	Death by Dying	Evening Post Productions	Fiction	26	Megaphone	53
99	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
100	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	72	ART19	78

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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