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 11 Jan 2026

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01/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 234

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:43:17

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

2. Bloody FM (5 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (34 shows)

2. Acast (19 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. BBC (8 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	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	40	BBC	28
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	837	Simplecast	73
7	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
8	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
9	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
10	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	372	Megaphone	68
11	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
12	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
13	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
14	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
15	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
16	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
17	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
18	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1655	Simplecast	83
19	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
20	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
21	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
22	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
23	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
24	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	393	Megaphone	63
25	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
26	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
27	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
28	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
29	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
30	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
31	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	116	Megaphone	32
32	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
33	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
34	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
35	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
36	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
37	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
38	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
39	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
40	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
41	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
42	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
43	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
44	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
45	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
46	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
47	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
48	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1253	Acast	69
49	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	542	Acast	89
50	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
51	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
52	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
54	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	468	Simplecast	68
55	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
56	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
57	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
58	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
59	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
60	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
61	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
62	The Rift	The Rift	Fiction	45	RSS.com	52
63	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
64	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
65	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
66	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
67	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
68	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
69	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
70	Solve This Murder	solvethismurder	Fiction	139	Podbean	62
71	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	273	Simplecast	53
72	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
73	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
74	Harford: An Oral History	Dan Hooper	Fiction	18	Acast	94
75	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
76	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
77	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
78	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	565	Megaphone	59
79	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	148	Libsyn	32
80	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	Fiction	10	Megaphone	63
81	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	371	Audioboom	47
82	Mansfield Park - Jane Austen	Jane Austen	Fiction	144	Spreaker	49
83	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
84	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
85	EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast	EnCrypted Pod	Fiction	176	Spotify for Podcasters	52
86	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
87	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
88	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	45	Megaphone	32
89	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
90	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
91	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
92	The Divide	Definitely Human	Fiction	13	Acast	94
93	The Penumbra Podcast	Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert	Fiction	223	Acast	79
94	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	373	Audioboom	68
95	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
96	The Bright Sessions	Atypical Artists	Fiction	125	ART19	73
97	Dirt - An Audio Drama	STUDIO5705	Fiction	50	Megaphone	63
98	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
99	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
100	End of All Hope	Bloody FM	Fiction	100	Simplecast	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.

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