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 19 Jan 2026

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01/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 228

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:40:49

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. NOISER (3 shows)

3. Bloody FM (3 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (27 shows)

2. Acast (21 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. BBC (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	270	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
6	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	854	Simplecast	73
8	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
9	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
10	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
11	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
12	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
13	Night Falls: Bedtime Stories For Sleep	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	73
14	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
15	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
16	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
17	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
18	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	386	Simplecast	63
19	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
20	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	112	Megaphone	63
21	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	115	Acast	94
22	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
23	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
24	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1683	Simplecast	83
25	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
26	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
27	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	974	Megaphone	53
28	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
29	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
30	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	398	Megaphone	63
31	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
32	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
33	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
34	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
35	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
36	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	118	Megaphone	32
37	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
38	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	18	Acast	63
39	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
40	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	154	Acast	59
41	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
42	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
43	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
44	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
45	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1283	Acast	69
46	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
47	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
48	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
49	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
50	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
51	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
52	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	179	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
54	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
55	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
56	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	576	Megaphone	59
57	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	82	Acast	74
58	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	197	Megaphone	59
59	The Void	Still Good Audio Fiction	Fiction	45	Megaphone	73
60	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
61	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
62	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	561	Acast	89
63	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
64	Sophie Aldred's Ace Odyssey	Sophie Aldred	Fiction	32	Acast	53
65	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
66	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	81	Megaphone	63
67	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
68	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
69	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	58	Megaphone	43
70	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
71	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
72	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
73	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
74	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
75	EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast	EnCrypted Pod	Fiction	176	Spotify for Podcasters	52
76	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
77	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
78	Victoriocity	Victoriocity	Fiction	35	Libsyn	48
79	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	382	Audioboom	47
80	Mansfield Park - Jane Austen	Jane Austen	Fiction	173	Spreaker	49
81	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
82	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	150	Megaphone	48
83	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
84	Classics Read Aloud	Ruby Love	Fiction	54	Substack	53
85	Havoc Town	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	73
86	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
87	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
88	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	108	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
90	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
91	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	TV & Film	10	WideOrbit	58
92	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
93	The Search For Gillian Gold - A Paranormal Mystery Podcast	Nine Ladies Productions	Fiction	17	Buzzsprout	58
94	Meet Cute Originals	Meet Cute	Fiction	436	Megaphone	79
95	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
96	Its Grim Up North	Reece Pickering & Alex Akers	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	33
97	Hell or High Rollers - One Shots	Hell or High Rollers	Fiction	9	Acast	43
98	Old Time Radio Dramas	Asquay	Fiction	14	Spotify for Podcasters	33
99	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	676	Libsyn	38
100	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	381	Audioboom	68

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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