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 17 May 2026

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05/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 217

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:39:25

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Bloody FM (6 shows)

3. Julian Simpson (4 shows)

4. Voyage Media (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (34 shows)

2. Acast (21 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 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	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	837	Simplecast	73
7	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
8	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
9	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
10	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
11	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
12	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
13	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
14	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
15	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
16	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
17	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	372	Megaphone	68
18	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
19	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
20	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
21	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
22	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
23	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
24	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
25	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
26	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
27	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
28	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
29	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	542	Acast	89
30	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
31	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
32	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
33	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
34	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
35	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
36	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
37	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
38	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
39	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
40	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
41	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
42	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
43	The Chronicles of Astrimos	Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	9	Simplecast	68
44	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
45	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
46	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1009	RedCircle	63
47	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	116	Megaphone	32
48	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	393	Megaphone	63
49	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
50	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
51	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1253	Acast	69
52	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
53	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	468	Simplecast	68
54	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
55	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
56	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
57	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	320	Libsyn	42
58	Harry Potter Audio Books, Read aloud podcast	Swastik Seth	Fiction	2	Hubhopper	32
59	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
60	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
61	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
62	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1655	Simplecast	83
63	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
64	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	371	Libsyn	68
65	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
66	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
67	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
68	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
69	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
70	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
71	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
72	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
73	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
74	James Pond, starring David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig	Listen & Often	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
75	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	673	Libsyn	32
76	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
77	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
78	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
79	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	565	Megaphone	59
80	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
81	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
82	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	326	Simplecast	83
83	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
84	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
85	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	45	Megaphone	32
86	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
87	Immerse Yourself in Stories Through Sound With Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1989	Unknown	53
88	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
89	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
90	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	70	Acast	63
91	Tolkien Lord Of The Rings - BBC	BRIAN SIBLEY	Fiction	13	Spotify for Podcasters	58
92	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
93	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
94	Dirty Diana	QCODE	Fiction	8	Megaphone	59
95	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
96	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
97	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
98	WE'RE NOT MEANT TO KNOW	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	56	Megaphone	43
99	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
100	Something's Amiss at Juniper's House	Bloody FM	Fiction	12	Simplecast	62

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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