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 18 Jul 2026

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07/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 212

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:36:13

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Bloody FM (5 shows)

3. Julian Simpson (4 shows)

4. The Midnight Mystery (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (29 shows)

2. Acast (19 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. ART19 (8 shows)

5. BBC (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	236	BBC	58
2	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
4	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
5	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
7	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
9	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
10	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
11	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
12	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
13	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
14	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
15	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
16	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
17	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
18	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
19	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
20	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
21	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
22	Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality Audiobook	Jack Voraces	Fiction	137	Podbean	58
23	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
24	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
25	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
26	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
27	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
28	Sophie Aldred's Ace Odyssey	Sophie Aldred	Fiction	31	Acast	53
29	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	538	Acast	89
30	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
31	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
32	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
33	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
34	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
35	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
36	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
37	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
38	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
39	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
40	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	959	Megaphone	53
41	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
42	Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective	Josie Jaffrey	Fiction	10	ART19	58
43	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	145	Acast	69
44	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
45	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
46	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
47	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
48	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
49	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
50	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
51	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
52	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
53	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
54	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
55	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
56	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
57	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
58	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
59	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
60	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
61	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1649	Simplecast	83
62	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
63	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
64	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
65	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
66	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	467	Simplecast	68
67	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	44	Megaphone	52
68	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
69	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
71	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	369	Libsyn	68
72	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
73	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
74	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
75	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	39	Megaphone	89
76	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
77	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
78	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
79	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	392	Megaphone	63
80	Jackie the Ripper	Stak	Fiction	22	Acast	59
81	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
82	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	21	RSS.com	52
83	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1378	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
85	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	115	Megaphone	32
86	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
87	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	263	Megaphone	63
88	WOE.BEGONE	WOE.BEGONE Industries LLC	Fiction	361	Acast	58
89	Nirav Modi : King Of Diamonds	NS Media Podcast	Fiction	22	Hubhopper	52
90	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
91	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
92	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	372	Audioboom	68
93	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
94	Listen with Other	Giles Booth	Fiction	32	Unknown	73
95	The Bright Sessions	Atypical Artists	Fiction	125	ART19	73
96	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	325	Simplecast	83
97	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
98	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
99	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	577	Simplecast	58
100	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69

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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