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 23 janv. 2026

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01/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 230

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:38:49

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Night Vale Presents (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (37 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. BBC (10 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	226	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	105	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	830	Simplecast	73
7	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
8	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
9	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
10	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
11	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	369	Megaphone	68
12	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
13	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
14	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	729	Audioboom	48
15	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	418	Simplecast	58
16	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
17	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	954	Megaphone	53
18	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
19	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	119	Omny Studio	63
20	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
21	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
22	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
23	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
24	Hell or High Rollers	Hell or High Rollers	Fiction	111	Acast	94
25	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
26	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
27	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
28	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1639	Simplecast	83
29	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
30	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
31	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
32	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	137	Acast	59
33	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
34	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	390	Megaphone	63
35	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
36	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
37	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
38	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1243	Acast	69
39	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	114	Megaphone	32
40	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
41	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
42	The Divide	Definitely Human	Fiction	13	Acast	94
43	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
44	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
45	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
46	The ladyaureliaravenshadepresents’s Podcast	ladyaureliaravenshadepresents	Fiction	45	Podbean	62
47	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
48	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
49	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	193	Megaphone	59
50	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
51	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
52	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
53	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
54	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
56	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
57	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
58	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	423	Spotify for Podcasters	41
59	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
60	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
61	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	532	Simplecast	58
62	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	Fiction	10	Megaphone	63
63	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	560	Megaphone	59
64	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
65	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	531	Acast	89
66	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	57	Megaphone	53
67	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
68	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	449	Megaphone	69
69	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
70	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
71	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
72	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
73	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	58	BBC	28
74	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
75	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	313	Libsyn	42
76	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
77	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
78	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
79	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1362	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
81	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	367	Audioboom	47
82	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
83	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
84	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	151	Megaphone	48
85	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
86	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
87	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
88	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
89	Harpurvale	Rachel Fairburn	Fiction	7	Libsyn	43
90	Dirty Diana	QCODE	Fiction	8	Megaphone	59
91	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
92	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	465	Simplecast	68
93	Spirit Talk Show - Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups	Doyle - STS	Fiction	227	Podbean	52
94	Scott Sigler's Galactic Football League (GFL) Series	Scott Sigler	Fiction	306	Megaphone	68
95	Entombed	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
96	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
97	Mansfield Park - Jane Austen	Jane Austen	Fiction	121	Spreaker	49
98	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
99	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	68	ART19	78
100	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	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.

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