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 Apr 2026

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04/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 207

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:41:12

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Dumb-Dumbs & Dice (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (40 shows)

2. Acast (19 shows)

3. BBC (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. ART19 (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	226	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	105	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
6	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	830	Simplecast	73
8	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
9	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
10	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
11	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
12	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
13	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	28	ART19	63
14	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	729	Audioboom	48
15	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
16	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
17	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
18	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
19	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
20	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
21	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
22	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
23	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	369	Megaphone	68
24	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
25	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
26	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
27	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
28	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
29	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
30	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
31	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	114	Megaphone	32
32	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	954	Megaphone	53
33	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
34	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
35	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
36	Hell or High Rollers	Hell or High Rollers	Fiction	111	Acast	94
37	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
38	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
39	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1639	Simplecast	83
40	Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1992	Unknown	53
41	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	86	Megaphone	63
42	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
43	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
44	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1243	Acast	69
45	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
46	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
47	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
48	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
49	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	418	Simplecast	58
50	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
51	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
52	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
53	Project Bläckfisk	Amber Sykes	Fiction	7	RedCircle	53
54	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
55	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
56	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
57	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	137	Acast	59
58	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
59	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
60	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
61	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
62	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
63	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
64	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
65	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
66	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	531	Acast	89
67	The Royals of Malibu	Emerald Audio	Fiction	54	Megaphone	69
68	The Bright Sessions	Atypical Artists	Fiction	124	ART19	73
69	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	151	Megaphone	48
70	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
71	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	68	ART19	78
72	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	57	Megaphone	53
73	Midst	Critical Role	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
74	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
75	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
76	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	368	Libsyn	68
77	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
78	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	75	Megaphone	38
79	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1006	RedCircle	73
80	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
81	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
82	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
83	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	560	Megaphone	59
84	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
85	It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton	Wil Wheaton	Fiction	54	Megaphone	58
86	End of All Hope	Bloody FM	Fiction	99	Simplecast	68
87	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
88	We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	13	Acast	79
89	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	42	Megaphone	52
90	Dominus	Motzie Dapul	Fiction	2	Acast	73
91	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
92	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	476	Megaphone	78
93	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	258	Megaphone	38
94	Old Time Radio Dramas	Asquay	Fiction	14	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
96	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
97	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	390	Megaphone	63
98	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
99	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
100	Agents of the Inquisition: A Warhammer 40K RPG	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68

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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