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 09 Apr 2026

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04/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 219

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:42:54

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

5. The Midnight Mystery (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (32 shows)

2. Acast (19 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. BBC (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	270	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	854	Simplecast	73
7	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
8	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
9	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	14	Acast	69
10	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	112	Megaphone	63
11	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
12	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
13	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
14	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
15	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
16	Night Falls: Bedtime Stories For Sleep	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	73
17	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
18	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	386	Simplecast	63
19	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
20	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	34	ART19	63
21	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
22	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
23	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
24	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
25	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
26	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
27	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
28	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	115	Acast	94
29	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
30	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
31	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
32	Project Bläckfisk	Amber Sykes	Fiction	7	RedCircle	53
33	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1683	Simplecast	83
34	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
35	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
36	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
37	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	974	Megaphone	53
38	Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1992	Unknown	53
39	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	154	Acast	59
40	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1283	Acast	69
41	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	82	Acast	74
42	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
43	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
44	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	561	Acast	89
45	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
46	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
47	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
48	The Royals of Malibu	Emerald Audio	Fiction	54	Megaphone	69
49	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
50	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
51	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	383	Libsyn	68
52	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
53	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
54	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	118	Megaphone	32
55	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
56	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
57	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
58	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
59	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
60	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
61	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	72	ART19	78
62	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
63	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
64	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
65	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	81	Megaphone	63
66	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
67	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
68	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
69	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	150	Megaphone	48
70	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
71	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
72	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	77	Megaphone	38
73	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	483	Megaphone	78
74	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
75	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
76	The Bright Sessions	Atypical Artists	Fiction	127	ART19	73
77	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
78	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	75	Acast	63
79	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
80	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
81	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
82	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	58	Megaphone	43
83	Midst	Critical Role	Fiction	144	Megaphone	68
84	Dirt - An Audio Drama	STUDIO5705	Fiction	50	Megaphone	58
85	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	50	Megaphone	52
86	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
87	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
88	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	398	Megaphone	63
89	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
90	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
91	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
92	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
93	The Void	Still Good Audio Fiction	Fiction	45	Megaphone	73
94	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
95	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
96	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
97	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
98	Old Time Radio Dramas	Asquay	Fiction	14	Spotify for Podcasters	33
99	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
100	James Pond, starring David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig	Listen & Often	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22

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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