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 Jun 2026

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06/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:36:35

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. QCODE (4 shows)

3. Bloody FM (4 shows)

4. Julian Simpson (4 shows)

5. Voyage Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (36 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. BBC (10 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	236	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
6	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
7	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
9	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
10	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
11	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
12	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
13	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
14	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
15	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
16	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
17	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
18	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	145	Acast	69
19	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
20	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
21	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
22	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
23	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	538	Acast	89
24	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
25	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
26	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
27	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
28	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	577	Simplecast	58
29	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
30	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
31	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
32	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	115	Megaphone	32
33	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
34	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	959	Megaphone	53
35	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
36	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
37	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
38	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
39	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
40	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
41	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
42	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
43	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	69	ART19	78
44	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
45	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
46	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
47	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
48	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
49	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
50	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
51	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
52	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	392	Megaphone	63
53	Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective	Josie Jaffrey	Fiction	10	ART19	58
54	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	424	Spotify for Podcasters	41
55	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	44	Megaphone	52
56	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	564	Megaphone	59
57	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
58	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
59	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
60	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	418	Megaphone	53
61	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
62	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
63	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
64	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
65	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1649	Simplecast	83
66	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
67	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
68	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
69	Midst	Critical Role	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
70	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
71	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
72	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
73	Listening In	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	59
74	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
75	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
77	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
78	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
79	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	467	Simplecast	68
80	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
81	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
82	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
83	The Chronicles of Astrimos	Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	9	Simplecast	68
84	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
85	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
86	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	70	Acast	63
87	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
88	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	318	Libsyn	42
89	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	369	Libsyn	68
90	Something's Amiss at Juniper's House	Bloody FM	Fiction	12	Simplecast	62
91	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
92	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
93	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
94	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
95	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
96	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
97	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	140	Acast	59
98	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	120	Omny Studio	63
99	Easy Stories in English	Ariel Goodbody, Polyglot English Teacher & Glassbox Media	Fiction	291	Megaphone	74
100	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63

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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