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 07 Apr 2026

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04/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 250

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:42:00

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

5. GZM Shows (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (27 shows)

2. Acast (22 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	269	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
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	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
8	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	14	Acast	69
9	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
10	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
11	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
12	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	112	Megaphone	63
13	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
14	Night Falls: Bedtime Stories For Sleep	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	73
15	Project Bläckfisk	Amber Sykes	Fiction	7	RedCircle	53
16	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
17	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
18	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
19	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Simplecast	63
20	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
21	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
22	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
23	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
24	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	34	ART19	63
25	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
26	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
27	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
28	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
29	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1683	Simplecast	83
30	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
31	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
32	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
33	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
34	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
35	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	118	Megaphone	32
36	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	115	Acast	94
37	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	973	Megaphone	53
38	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
39	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
40	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
41	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	383	Libsyn	68
42	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	561	Acast	89
43	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
44	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
45	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	58	Megaphone	43
46	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1282	Acast	69
47	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
48	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
49	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
50	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
51	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	75	Acast	63
52	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
53	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
54	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	398	Megaphone	63
55	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
56	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
57	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
58	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	154	Acast	59
59	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
60	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
61	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
62	Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1992	Unknown	53
63	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
64	The Royals of Malibu	Emerald Audio	Fiction	54	Megaphone	69
65	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
66	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	72	ART19	78
67	Harpurvale	Rachel Fairburn	Fiction	7	Libsyn	38
68	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	77	Megaphone	38
69	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
70	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
71	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
72	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
73	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
74	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
75	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
76	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1418	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
78	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
79	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	483	Megaphone	78
80	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
81	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
82	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
83	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
84	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
85	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	456	Megaphone	53
86	The Readerista Podcast	Kimberly Morales	Fiction	7	Substack	43
87	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
88	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
89	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	575	Megaphone	59
90	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
91	Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality Audiobook	Jack Voraces	Fiction	137	Podbean	58
92	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
93	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
94	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
95	Jesters of Ravenloft: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	304	Megaphone	57
96	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
97	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
98	The Penumbra Podcast	Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert	Fiction	224	Acast	79
99	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
100	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	179	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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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