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 20 Jan 2026

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01/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 229

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:39:10

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

4. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (30 shows)

2. Acast (20 shows)

3. BBC (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	253	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	42	BBC	28
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	112	Megaphone	83
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	162	Megaphone	78
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	37	Acast	89
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	843	Simplecast	73
7	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	122	Omny Studio	63
8	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	296	BBC	38
9	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	383	Megaphone	53
10	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
11	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
12	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	734	Audioboom	48
13	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
14	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
15	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	108	Megaphone	63
16	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	375	Megaphone	68
17	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
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	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
21	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1667	Simplecast	83
22	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
23	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	422	Simplecast	58
24	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
25	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
26	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
27	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	963	Megaphone	53
28	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
29	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	113	Acast	94
30	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	117	Megaphone	32
31	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
32	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	147	Acast	59
33	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
34	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	147	Acast	69
35	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
36	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	395	Megaphone	63
37	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	99	Simplecast	73
38	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
39	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
40	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	17	Acast	63
41	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
42	The Divide	Definitely Human	Fiction	13	Acast	94
43	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	550	Acast	89
44	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1267	Acast	69
45	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
46	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
47	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
48	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
49	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	173	Simplecast	68
50	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
51	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
52	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
53	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
54	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
55	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1011	RedCircle	63
56	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
57	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	80	Megaphone	48
58	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
59	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
60	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
61	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	176	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
63	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
64	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	392	ART19	63
65	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
66	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
67	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
68	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	77	Megaphone	63
69	Classics Read Aloud	Ruby Love	Fiction	54	Substack	53
70	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	108	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	TV & Film	10	WideOrbit	58
72	Sophie Aldred's Ace Odyssey	Sophie Aldred	Fiction	32	Acast	53
73	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
74	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1393	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
76	Harpurvale	Rachel Fairburn	Fiction	7	Libsyn	38
77	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	139	Megaphone	68
78	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	148	Megaphone	48
79	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
80	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
81	Scott Sigler's Galactic Football League (GFL) Series	Scott Sigler	Fiction	312	Megaphone	68
82	Victoriocity	Victoriocity	Fiction	35	Libsyn	48
83	From Now	QCODE	Fiction	7	Megaphone	73
84	Havoc Town	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	79
85	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	376	Audioboom	47
86	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	675	Libsyn	38
87	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	464	Audioboom	52
88	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	376	Audioboom	68
89	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
90	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	569	Megaphone	59
91	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
92	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	470	Simplecast	68
93	Tolkien Lord Of The Rings - BBC	BRIAN SIBLEY	Fiction	13	Spotify for Podcasters	58
94	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	323	Libsyn	42
95	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
96	Lorekeeper's Librarium	Tobias Weaver	Fiction	90	RedCircle	48
97	Station 151	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	44	Megaphone	78
98	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
99	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
100	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53

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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