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 22 Mar 2026

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03/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 243

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:41:21

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Long Cat Media (2 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (29 shows)

2. Acast (20 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	268	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
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	852	Simplecast	73
7	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
8	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
9	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
10	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
11	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
12	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
13	Night Falls: Bedtime Stories For Sleep	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	73
14	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
15	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
16	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
17	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	111	Megaphone	63
18	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
19	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Simplecast	63
20	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
21	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
22	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
23	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
24	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
25	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
26	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
27	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
28	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
29	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
30	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
31	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	973	Megaphone	53
32	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
33	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
34	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	14	Acast	69
35	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
36	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
37	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
38	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	178	Simplecast	68
39	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
40	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1680	Simplecast	83
41	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
42	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1282	Acast	69
43	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
44	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	397	Megaphone	63
45	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	118	Megaphone	32
46	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	560	Acast	89
47	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
48	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
49	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
50	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
51	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
52	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
53	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	58	Megaphone	43
54	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
55	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
56	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
57	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
58	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	115	Acast	94
59	Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1992	Unknown	53
60	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	381	Audioboom	47
61	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
62	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
63	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
64	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
65	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
66	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
67	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
68	American Hostage	Criminal Content	Fiction	12	Spreaker	59
69	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
70	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	455	Megaphone	53
71	James Pond, starring David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig	Listen & Often	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
73	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
74	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1416	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
76	The Midnight Zone	Jesse Bowling	Fiction	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
77	Harpurvale	Rachel Fairburn	Fiction	7	Libsyn	38
78	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
79	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	71	ART19	78
80	Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica	Long Cat Media	Fiction	165	ART19	83
81	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	677	Libsyn	38
82	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	336	Simplecast	83
83	TWO THOUSAND AND LATE	Atypical Artists	Fiction	26	ART19	69
84	The Polybius Conspiracy	Jon Frechette, Todd Luoto	Fiction	11	Transistor	59
85	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
86	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	108	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	575	Megaphone	59
88	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	321	Libsyn	42
89	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
90	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
91	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
92	Bonk! The Naughty Book Club	Nicola Bonn	Fiction	7	Captivate	43
93	Project Bläckfisk	Amber Sykes	Fiction	7	RedCircle	53
94	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
95	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	80	Megaphone	63
96	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	TV & Film	10	WideOrbit	58
97	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	49	Megaphone	52
98	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
99	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
100	This Thing of Darkness	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	27	BBC	33

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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