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 21 Jan 2026

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01/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 220

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:36:13

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Bloody FM (5 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Acast (20 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 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	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	854	Simplecast	73
7	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
8	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
9	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	386	Simplecast	63
11	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
12	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
13	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
14	The ladyaureliaravenshadepresents’s Podcast	ladyaureliaravenshadepresents	Fiction	45	Podbean	62
15	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
16	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	112	Megaphone	63
17	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
18	Night Falls: Bedtime Stories For Sleep	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	73
19	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
20	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
21	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
22	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
23	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
24	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
25	The Divide	Definitely Human	Fiction	13	Acast	94
26	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	974	Megaphone	53
27	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1683	Simplecast	83
28	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
29	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
30	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	398	Megaphone	63
31	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
32	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
33	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
34	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	115	Acast	94
35	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
36	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
37	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
38	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
39	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	154	Acast	59
40	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
41	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	118	Megaphone	32
42	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	18	Acast	63
43	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
44	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
45	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
46	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
47	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
48	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	82	Acast	74
49	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	TV & Film	10	WideOrbit	58
50	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1283	Acast	69
51	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
52	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
53	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
54	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
55	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
56	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
57	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	197	Megaphone	59
58	Harpurvale	Rachel Fairburn	Fiction	7	Libsyn	38
59	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
60	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	179	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
62	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	561	Acast	89
63	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
64	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
65	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
66	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
67	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
68	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
69	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
70	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	58	Megaphone	43
71	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
72	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	150	Megaphone	48
73	Entombed	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
74	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
75	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	337	Simplecast	83
76	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	322	Libsyn	42
77	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
78	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
79	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	430	Spotify for Podcasters	41
80	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	676	Libsyn	38
81	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
82	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
83	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
84	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
85	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
86	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1418	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Meet Cute Originals	Meet Cute	Fiction	436	Megaphone	79
88	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
89	The Void	Still Good Audio Fiction	Fiction	45	Megaphone	73
90	End of All Hope	Bloody FM	Fiction	101	Simplecast	68
91	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
92	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
93	From Now	QCODE	Fiction	7	Megaphone	73
94	Lorekeeper's Librarium	Tobias Weaver	Fiction	91	RedCircle	48
95	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	154	Simplecast	58
96	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
97	Old Time Radio Dramas	Asquay	Fiction	14	Spotify for Podcasters	33
98	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
99	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	576	Megaphone	59
100	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63

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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