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 14 May 2026

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05/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 227

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:38:21

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. Julian Simpson (4 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. QCODE (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (33 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. BBC (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	110	Megaphone	83
2	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	241	BBC	58
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	40	BBC	28
5	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
6	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
7	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
8	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
9	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	837	Simplecast	73
10	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
11	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
12	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
13	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
14	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
15	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
16	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
17	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
18	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
19	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
20	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
21	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
22	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
23	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
24	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	542	Acast	89
25	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
26	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
27	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
28	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
29	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
30	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
31	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
32	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	372	Megaphone	68
33	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
34	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
35	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
36	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
37	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
38	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
39	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
40	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
41	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
42	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
43	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	468	Simplecast	68
44	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
45	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
46	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
47	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
48	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	393	Megaphone	63
49	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
50	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1253	Acast	69
51	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
52	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	371	Libsyn	68
53	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1009	RedCircle	63
54	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
55	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
56	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
57	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
58	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
59	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
60	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
61	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	116	Megaphone	32
62	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
63	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
64	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
65	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
66	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
67	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
68	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
69	James Pond, starring David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig	Listen & Often	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
70	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
71	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
72	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
73	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1655	Simplecast	83
74	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
75	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
76	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
77	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
78	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
79	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
80	Harry Potter Audio Books, Read aloud podcast	Swastik Seth	Fiction	2	Hubhopper	32
81	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
82	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
83	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	424	Megaphone	53
84	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
85	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
86	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
87	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
88	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
89	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
90	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
91	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
92	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	326	Simplecast	83
93	Haunted: The Van Buren Manor	August Year Round	Fiction	11	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	Azathoth Blues	Jonas Kyratzes & Chris Christodoulou	Fiction	12	Podbean	68
95	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	673	Libsyn	32
96	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
97	Listening In	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	59
98	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	565	Megaphone	59
99	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
100	Modes of Thought in Anterran Literature	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	47	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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