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 08 Apr 2026

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04/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 247

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:43:15

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Mark R. Healy (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (30 shows)

2. Acast (19 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	268	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	852	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 Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
11	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
12	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
13	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	111	Megaphone	63
14	Night Falls: Bedtime Stories For Sleep	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	73
15	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
16	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
17	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
18	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
19	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	33	ART19	63
20	Project Bläckfisk	Amber Sykes	Fiction	7	RedCircle	53
21	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
22	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
23	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
24	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Simplecast	63
25	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
26	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
27	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
28	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
29	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
30	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
31	Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1992	Unknown	53
32	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
33	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	115	Acast	94
34	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1680	Simplecast	83
35	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
36	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
37	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
38	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
39	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
40	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
41	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
42	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	973	Megaphone	53
43	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
44	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
45	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
46	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
47	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	118	Megaphone	32
48	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1282	Acast	69
49	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
50	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
51	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	178	Simplecast	68
52	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
53	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	383	Libsyn	68
54	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	397	Megaphone	63
55	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
56	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
57	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	58	Megaphone	43
58	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
59	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
60	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	560	Acast	89
61	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
62	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
63	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
64	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	75	Acast	63
65	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
66	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	76	Megaphone	38
67	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	455	Megaphone	53
68	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	71	ART19	78
69	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
70	Old Time Radio Dramas	Asquay	Fiction	14	Spotify for Podcasters	33
71	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
72	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
73	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
74	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
75	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
76	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
77	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
78	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
79	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
80	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
81	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
82	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
83	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	483	Megaphone	78
84	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
85	Harpurvale	Rachel Fairburn	Fiction	7	Libsyn	38
86	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	80	Megaphone	63
87	The Royals of Malibu	Emerald Audio	Fiction	54	Megaphone	69
88	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
89	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
90	End of All Hope	Bloody FM	Fiction	101	Simplecast	68
91	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
92	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	308	Audioboom	53
93	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1416	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
95	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
96	The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Audiobook	Raghvendra Singh	Fiction	19	RSS.com	68
97	The Readerista Podcast	Kimberly Morales	Fiction	7	Substack	43
98	Dirt - An Audio Drama	STUDIO5705	Fiction	50	Megaphone	58
99	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	575	Megaphone	59
100	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59

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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