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 15 Mar 2026

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03/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 204

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:36:42

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

4. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Acast (20 shows)

3. BBC (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	263	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
3	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
5	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	43	BBC	28
6	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
7	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	848	Simplecast	73
9	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
10	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
11	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
12	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	377	Megaphone	68
15	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
16	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
17	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	384	Megaphone	53
18	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
19	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	735	Audioboom	48
20	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	970	Megaphone	53
21	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
22	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
23	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
24	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
25	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
26	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
27	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	13	Acast	69
28	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
29	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1677	Simplecast	83
30	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
31	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
32	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
33	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	114	Acast	94
34	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
35	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
36	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
37	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
38	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
39	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
40	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	395	Megaphone	63
41	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
42	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	117	Megaphone	32
43	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
44	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
45	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
46	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
47	Bonk! The Naughty Book Club	Nicola Bonn	Fiction	7	Captivate	43
48	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
49	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
50	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
51	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1278	Acast	69
52	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33
53	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	556	Acast	89
54	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
55	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	19	Acast	64
56	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
57	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	573	Megaphone	59
58	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	49	Megaphone	52
59	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
60	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
61	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
62	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
63	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
64	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
65	James Pond, starring David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig	Listen & Often	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
66	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	108	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	78	Megaphone	63
68	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
69	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
70	Project Bläckfisk	Amber Sykes	Fiction	7	RedCircle	53
71	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	334	Simplecast	83
72	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
73	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
74	Harvey in Hell	Chris McClure	Fiction	24	Acast	38
75	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	325	Libsyn	42
76	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
77	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	449	Megaphone	53
78	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
79	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	18	Acast	63
80	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
81	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
82	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
83	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
84	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	71	ART19	78
85	The Polybius Conspiracy	Jon Frechette, Todd Luoto	Fiction	11	Transistor	59
86	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
87	End of All Hope	Bloody FM	Fiction	101	Simplecast	68
88	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
89	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	482	Megaphone	78
90	Barbary Lane Dispatches Podcast	Armistead Maupin	Fiction	35	Substack	38
91	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
92	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
93	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
94	The Unquiet Podcast: Stories for Dark Nights	Original Theatre and Max Pappenheim	Fiction	3	Squarespace	52
95	Victoriocity	Victoriocity	Fiction	35	Libsyn	48
96	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
97	Store 236	Mel Nichols	Fiction	10	Podbean	58
98	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	280	Spreaker	69
99	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1012	RedCircle	63
100	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48

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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