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 May 2026

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05/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 209

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:36:20

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Bloody FM (5 shows)

3. Julian Simpson (4 shows)

4. Voyage Media (4 shows)

5. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (32 shows)

2. Acast (21 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. BBC (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
2	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	270	BBC	58
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
5	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
6	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
7	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	14	Acast	69
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
9	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	854	Simplecast	73
10	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
11	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
12	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
13	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	12	BBC	28
14	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
15	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	112	Megaphone	63
16	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	386	Simplecast	63
17	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
18	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
19	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
20	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
21	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
22	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
23	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	154	Acast	59
24	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
25	The Chronicles of Astrimos	Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	9	Simplecast	68
26	Night Falls: Bedtime Stories For Sleep	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	73
27	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
28	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	561	Acast	89
29	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
30	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
31	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
32	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
33	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
34	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
35	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
36	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
37	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	115	Acast	94
38	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
39	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	974	Megaphone	53
40	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
41	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
42	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	82	Acast	74
43	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
44	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
45	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
46	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	34	ART19	63
47	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
48	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
49	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	398	Megaphone	63
50	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
51	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
52	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
53	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
54	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1283	Acast	69
55	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	383	Libsyn	68
56	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
57	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	58	Megaphone	43
58	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
59	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
60	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
61	The Void	Still Good Audio Fiction	Fiction	45	Megaphone	73
62	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	457	Megaphone	53
63	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
64	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
65	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
66	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
67	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1683	Simplecast	83
68	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
69	Old Time Radio Dramas	Asquay	Fiction	14	Spotify for Podcasters	33
70	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
71	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
72	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
73	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
74	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
75	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	81	Megaphone	63
76	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	32	BBC	73
77	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1418	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	118	Megaphone	32
79	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
80	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	197	Megaphone	59
81	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
82	Modes of Thought in Anterran Literature	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	47	Megaphone	53
83	James Pond, starring David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig	Listen & Often	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
84	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	337	Simplecast	83
85	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
86	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
87	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
88	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	18	Acast	63
89	Something's Amiss at Juniper's House	Bloody FM	Fiction	12	Simplecast	62
90	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	576	Megaphone	59
91	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
92	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
93	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
94	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
95	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
96	Hindsight- The Fracture	JD Walsh	Fiction	13	Libsyn	68
97	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
98	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
99	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	150	Megaphone	63
100	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	75	Acast	63

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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