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 Mar 2026

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03/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 265

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:42:47

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

2. Bloody FM (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Voyage Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (30 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	270	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	854	Simplecast	73
7	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
8	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
9	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
10	Night Falls: Bedtime Stories For Sleep	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	73
11	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
12	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
15	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	386	Simplecast	63
16	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	112	Megaphone	63
17	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
18	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
19	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
20	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
21	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
22	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
23	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
24	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
25	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	14	Acast	69
26	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
27	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
28	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
29	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	118	Megaphone	32
30	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
31	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	115	Acast	94
32	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
33	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	82	Acast	74
34	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	398	Megaphone	63
35	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
36	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
37	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	974	Megaphone	53
38	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1683	Simplecast	83
39	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
40	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
41	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
42	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
43	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
44	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
45	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
46	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	382	Audioboom	47
47	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
48	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
49	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1283	Acast	69
50	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
51	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
52	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
53	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
54	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
55	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
56	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
57	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	561	Acast	89
58	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
59	Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)	Agatha Christie	Fiction	17	RSS.com	52
60	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
61	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
62	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
63	Bonk! The Naughty Book Club	Nicola Bonn	Fiction	7	Captivate	43
64	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	430	Spotify for Podcasters	41
65	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	154	Acast	59
66	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
67	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
68	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	576	Megaphone	59
69	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
70	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1418	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full Audiobook	hotaudiobook.com	Fiction	1992	Unknown	53
72	James Pond, starring David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig	Listen & Often	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
74	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	457	Megaphone	53
75	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
76	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	676	Libsyn	38
77	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
78	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	150	Megaphone	48
79	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	381	Audioboom	68
80	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	58	Megaphone	43
81	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	72	ART19	78
82	TWO THOUSAND AND LATE	Atypical Artists	Fiction	26	ART19	69
83	American Hostage	Criminal Content	Fiction	12	Spreaker	59
84	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
85	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
86	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
87	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	322	Libsyn	42
88	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
89	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
90	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
91	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
92	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	179	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
94	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
95	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	50	Megaphone	52
96	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	197	Megaphone	59
97	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	483	Megaphone	78
98	Harpurvale	Rachel Fairburn	Fiction	7	Libsyn	38
99	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
100	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	337	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.

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