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 Aug 2026

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08/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 204

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:38:35

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

2. Voyage Media (4 shows)

3. Bloody FM (4 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Night Vale Presents (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (36 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. ART19 (8 shows)

5. BBC (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	241	BBC	58
2	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	110	Megaphone	83
4	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
5	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	40	BBC	28
6	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
7	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
9	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	837	Simplecast	73
10	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
11	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
12	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
13	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
14	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
15	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
16	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
17	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
18	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	372	Megaphone	68
19	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
20	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
21	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
22	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	542	Acast	89
23	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
24	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
25	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
26	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
27	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
28	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
29	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
30	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	116	Megaphone	32
31	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
32	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
33	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
34	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	424	Megaphone	53
35	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
36	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
37	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
38	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
39	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1253	Acast	69
40	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
41	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
42	Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective	Josie Jaffrey	Fiction	9	ART19	58
43	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
44	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
45	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
46	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
47	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
48	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
49	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
50	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
51	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
52	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
53	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	326	Simplecast	83
54	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
55	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
56	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	565	Megaphone	59
57	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
58	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
59	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
60	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
61	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
62	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
63	Just Roll With It	JRWI	Fiction	189	Podbean	42
64	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
65	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
66	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
67	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
68	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
69	Everything Agatha Christie	mycatandme7	Fiction	138	Podbean	42
70	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
71	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	76	Megaphone	38
72	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	70	Acast	63
73	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	45	Megaphone	32
74	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	393	Megaphone	63
75	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	70	ART19	78
76	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
77	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
78	Modes of Thought in Anterran Literature	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	47	Megaphone	53
79	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
80	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1378	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
82	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
83	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	43	ART19	83
84	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
85	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
86	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
87	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
88	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
89	Grist to the Mill	Grist to the Mill	Comedy Fiction	4	N/A	N/A
90	The Penumbra Podcast	Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert	Fiction	223	Acast	79
91	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	320	Libsyn	42
92	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
93	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
94	Tolkien Lord Of The Rings - BBC	BRIAN SIBLEY	Fiction	13	Spotify for Podcasters	58
95	Erotic Stories from Wylde in Bed	Devlin Wylde	Fiction	352	Spreaker	49
96	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	371	Audioboom	47
97	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
98	Sophie Aldred's Ace Odyssey	Sophie Aldred	Fiction	31	Acast	53
99	The Bright Sessions	Atypical Artists	Fiction	125	ART19	73
100	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1655	Simplecast	83

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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