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 25 Dec 2025

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12/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 224

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:36:46

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Bloody FM (3 shows)

3. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. QCODE (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (36 shows)

2. Acast (19 shows)

3. BBC (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	239	BBC	58
2	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
4	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
5	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
6	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	109	Megaphone	83
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	836	Simplecast	73
8	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
9	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
10	Christmas Ghost Stories	Jon Briggs	Fiction	15	Buzzsprout	73
11	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	121	Omny Studio	63
12	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
13	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
14	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
15	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
16	Harpurvale	Rachel Fairburn	Fiction	7	Libsyn	43
17	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
18	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
19	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
20	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	393	Megaphone	63
21	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
22	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
23	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1653	Simplecast	83
24	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
25	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
26	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	540	Acast	89
27	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	115	Megaphone	32
28	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
29	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
30	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
31	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
32	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
33	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
34	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
35	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
36	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
37	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
38	Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal	Cineverse, Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	12	Simplecast	73
39	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
40	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
41	Sophie Aldred's Ace Odyssey	Sophie Aldred	Fiction	31	Acast	53
42	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
43	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
44	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
45	Classic Christmas Stories	Jason Hovde	Fiction	78	Buzzsprout	58
46	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	148	Libsyn	32
47	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	45	Megaphone	32
48	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	78	Acast	74
49	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1250	Acast	69
50	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	960	Megaphone	53
51	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
52	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
53	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
54	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
55	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
56	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
57	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
58	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
59	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
60	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	Fiction	10	Megaphone	63
61	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
62	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
63	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
64	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
65	Scott Sigler's Galactic Football League (GFL) Series	Scott Sigler	Fiction	309	Megaphone	68
66	A Better Paradise	Absurd Ventures	Fiction	13	Megaphone	79
67	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
68	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
69	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	564	Megaphone	59
70	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
71	Christmas Tales	The Telegraph	Fiction	6	Acast	43
72	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
73	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
74	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
75	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
76	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	A Christmas Carol: Full-Cast Radio Show	A Christmas Carol	Fiction	7	Unknown	38
78	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
79	Havoc Town	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	79
80	Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)	Netflix	Fiction	7	Megaphone	52
81	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
82	Dirt - An Audio Drama	STUDIO5705	Fiction	50	Megaphone	63
83	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
84	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
85	Short Story	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	33
86	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
87	The Rift	The Rift	Fiction	45	RSS.com	52
88	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
89	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
90	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
91	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
92	From Now	QCODE	Fiction	7	Megaphone	73
93	Jackie the Ripper	Stak	Fiction	22	Acast	59
94	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
95	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
96	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
97	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1378	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
99	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
100	Silent Snow: The Christmas Eve Mystery	Quiet.Please	Fiction	3	Spreaker	59

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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