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 Aug 2026

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08/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 194

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:35:49

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

2. Voyage Media (5 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

5. Bloody FM (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (38 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. BBC (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
5	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
6	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
7	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
9	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
10	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
11	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
12	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
13	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
14	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
15	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	729	Audioboom	48
16	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
17	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
18	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
19	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
20	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	369	Megaphone	68
21	Grist to the Mill	Grist to the Mill	Comedy Fiction	4	N/A	N/A
22	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
23	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	531	Acast	89
24	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
25	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
26	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
27	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
28	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	28	ART19	63
29	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	418	Simplecast	58
30	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
31	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	953	Megaphone	53
32	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
33	Sports Horn	Stak	Fiction	69	Acast	64
34	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
35	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
36	Hell or High Rollers	Hell or High Rollers	Fiction	111	Acast	94
37	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
38	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
39	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
40	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1006	RedCircle	73
41	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
42	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
43	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
44	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
45	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
46	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	48
47	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	405	Megaphone	53
48	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	57	Megaphone	53
49	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1362	Spotify for Podcasters	28
50	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
51	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	390	Megaphone	63
52	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	114	Megaphone	32
53	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
54	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
55	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
56	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
57	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
58	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
59	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	432	Podbean	52
60	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
61	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
62	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
63	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
64	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
65	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
66	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
67	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
68	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	151	Megaphone	48
69	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1639	Simplecast	83
70	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	560	Megaphone	59
71	Tolkien Lord Of The Rings - BBC	BRIAN SIBLEY	Fiction	13	Spotify for Podcasters	58
72	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
73	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	39	Megaphone	89
74	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
75	The Hitler File	Voyage Media	Fiction	8	Spreaker	74
76	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	86	Megaphone	63
77	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
78	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
79	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
80	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
81	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
82	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	368	Libsyn	68
83	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
84	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	42	Megaphone	52
85	Solve This Murder	solvethismurder	Fiction	138	Podbean	68
86	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
87	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	465	Simplecast	68
88	Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective	Josie Jaffrey	Fiction	11	ART19	58
89	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
90	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
91	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
92	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
93	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
94	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
95	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	136	Acast	59
96	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	258	Megaphone	38
97	Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality Audiobook	Jack Voraces	Fiction	137	Podbean	58
98	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	313	Libsyn	42
99	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	68	ART19	78
100	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74

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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