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 12 Aug 2026

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08/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 220

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:38:31

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

2. Bloody FM (6 shows)

3. QCODE (3 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. Voyage Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (29 shows)

2. Acast (20 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	263	BBC	58
2	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	43	BBC	28
5	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
6	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	848	Simplecast	73
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
9	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
10	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
11	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
12	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	377	Megaphone	68
13	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	13	Acast	69
14	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	735	Audioboom	48
15	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
16	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	556	Acast	89
17	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
18	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
19	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
20	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1012	RedCircle	63
21	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	394	ART19	63
22	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	970	Megaphone	53
23	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
24	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	384	Megaphone	53
25	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
26	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	114	Acast	94
27	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	573	Megaphone	59
28	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
29	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
30	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1278	Acast	69
31	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
32	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
33	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
34	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
35	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
36	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
37	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	73	Megaphone	68
38	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	429	Spotify for Podcasters	41
39	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
40	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
41	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
42	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
43	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
44	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
45	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
46	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
47	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
48	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
49	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
50	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	380	Libsyn	68
51	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	117	Megaphone	32
52	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	33	ART19	63
53	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
54	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
55	Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective	Josie Jaffrey	Fiction	9	ART19	58
56	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
57	X-Men: The Audio Drama	Karl Dutton	Fiction	60	Podomatic	63
58	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	74	Acast	63
59	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	278	Simplecast	53
60	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
61	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
62	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
63	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
64	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
65	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	449	Megaphone	53
66	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
67	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
68	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	334	Simplecast	83
69	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
70	Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality Audiobook	Jack Voraces	Fiction	137	Podbean	58
71	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
72	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	18	Acast	63
73	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
74	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
75	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	37	ART19	48
76	George Orwell - 1984	Audiobooks On Line	Fiction	39	Spreaker	38
77	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
78	You've Got Braille	Hat Trick Podcasts	Fiction	5	Audioboom	48
79	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	78	Megaphone	63
80	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
81	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1677	Simplecast	83
82	Spicy Romance Stories	Wylde Podcasts	Fiction	108	Spreaker	59
83	Solve This Murder	solvethismurder	Fiction	143	Podbean	62
84	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
85	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
86	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
87	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
88	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
89	Sleep Theories	Sleep Theories	Fiction	459	Spotify for Podcasters	33
90	The Farm - a mystery audio drama	Little Fish Entertainment, LLC	Fiction	10	Podbean	78
91	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
92	Dirty Diana	QCODE	Fiction	8	Megaphone	59
93	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
94	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
95	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
96	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	26	RSS.com	52
97	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
98	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
99	Azathoth Blues	Jonas Kyratzes & Chris Christodoulou	Fiction	12	Podbean	68
100	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47

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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