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 Jul 2026

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07/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 241

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:38:27

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

2. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

4. Voyage Media (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (40 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. Simplecast (7 shows)

4. BBC (7 shows)

5. Captivate (5 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	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
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	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
12	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
15	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	959	Megaphone	53
16	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
17	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
18	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
19	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
20	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
21	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
22	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
23	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
24	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
25	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
26	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
27	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
28	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	78	Acast	74
29	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
30	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
31	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
32	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
33	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
34	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
35	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	564	Megaphone	59
36	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
37	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
38	Bonk! The Naughty Book Club	Nicola Bonn	Fiction	7	Captivate	43
39	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
40	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
41	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
42	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
43	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
44	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
45	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
46	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	419	Megaphone	53
47	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
48	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
49	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	538	Acast	89
50	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	115	Megaphone	32
51	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
52	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
53	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
54	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
55	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
56	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
57	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	44	Megaphone	52
58	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	370	Libsyn	68
59	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
60	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
61	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
62	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
63	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	70	ART19	78
64	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
65	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
66	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
67	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
68	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
69	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
70	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	392	Megaphone	63
71	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	39	Megaphone	89
72	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1378	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
75	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
76	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
77	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
78	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	450	Megaphone	69
79	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
80	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1651	Simplecast	83
81	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
82	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
83	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
84	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
85	WE'RE NOT MEANT TO KNOW	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	55	Megaphone	43
86	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
87	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
88	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
89	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
90	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
91	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
92	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	76	Megaphone	38
93	Cold Shift	Jaran	Fiction	22	Buzzsprout	58
94	The Infected Trilogy	Scott Sigler	Fiction	95	Megaphone	79
95	Jesters of Ravenloft: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	294	Megaphone	57
96	Midst	Critical Role	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
97	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	154	Libsyn	58
98	X-Men: The Audio Drama	Karl Dutton	Fiction	60	Podomatic	63
99	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
100	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	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.

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