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 10 Feb 2026

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02/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 221

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:40:07

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Bloody FM (5 shows)

3. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (32 shows)

2. Acast (19 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. BBC (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	241	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	110	Megaphone	83
3	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	40	BBC	28
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	837	Simplecast	73
6	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
7	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
8	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
9	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
10	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	372	Megaphone	68
11	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
12	Wanderer Chronicles Radio	Asa Bove Sobelow	Fiction	117	Buzzsprout	73
13	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
14	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
15	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
16	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
17	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
18	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
19	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
20	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
21	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1655	Simplecast	83
22	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
23	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
24	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
25	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	542	Acast	89
26	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
27	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
28	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
29	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
30	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
31	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
32	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	45	Megaphone	32
33	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
34	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
35	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
36	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
37	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
38	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
39	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
40	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
41	Its Grim Up North	Reece Pickering & Alex Akers	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	33
42	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	116	Megaphone	32
43	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	393	Megaphone	63
44	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
45	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
46	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
47	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	424	Megaphone	53
48	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
49	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	371	Audioboom	47
50	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
51	Project Bläckfisk	Amber Sykes	Fiction	7	RedCircle	53
52	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
53	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
54	Bonk! The Naughty Book Club	Nicola Bonn	Fiction	7	Captivate	43
55	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
56	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
57	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
58	Sophie Aldred's Ace Odyssey	Sophie Aldred	Fiction	31	Acast	53
59	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
60	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
61	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
62	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
63	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1253	Acast	69
64	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
65	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
66	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
67	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
68	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1009	RedCircle	63
69	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	Fiction	10	Megaphone	63
70	Listen with Other	Giles Booth	Fiction	32	Unknown	73
71	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
72	Arbitor Ian's Warhammer Book Club with Mira Manga	Arbitor Ian	Fiction	65	Libsyn	42
73	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	673	Libsyn	32
74	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
75	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	320	Libsyn	42
76	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
77	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	121	Omny Studio	63
78	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	565	Megaphone	59
79	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
80	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
81	Red Valley	Kontinue Productions	Fiction	49	Megaphone	48
82	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
83	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
84	Tolkien Lord Of The Rings - BBC	BRIAN SIBLEY	Fiction	13	Spotify for Podcasters	58
85	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
86	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
87	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
88	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
89	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
90	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
91	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
92	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	273	Simplecast	53
93	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
94	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
95	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
96	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	468	Simplecast	68
97	Jackie the Ripper	Stak	Fiction	22	Acast	59
98	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
99	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
100	Carrier	QCODE	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53

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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