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 26 Jan 2026

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01/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 241

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:40:48

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Bloody FM (6 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. BBC (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	241	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	40	BBC	28
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	110	Megaphone	83
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	837	Simplecast	73
7	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
8	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
9	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	372	Megaphone	68
10	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
11	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
12	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
13	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
14	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
15	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
16	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
17	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
18	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1655	Simplecast	83
19	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
20	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
21	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
22	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
23	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
24	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
25	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
26	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
27	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	393	Megaphone	63
28	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
29	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
30	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
31	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	116	Megaphone	32
32	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
33	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
34	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
35	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
36	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
37	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
38	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
39	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
40	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
41	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
42	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
43	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1253	Acast	69
45	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
46	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
47	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	542	Acast	89
48	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
49	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	565	Megaphone	59
50	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	371	Audioboom	47
51	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
52	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
53	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
54	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
55	Mirror Falls (with Tod Maffin)	Tod Maffin	Comedy	13	RedCircle	38
56	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
57	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
58	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
59	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
60	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
61	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	468	Simplecast	68
62	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
63	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
64	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
65	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
66	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
67	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	320	Libsyn	42
68	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
69	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	56	BBC	28
70	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
71	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
72	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
73	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
74	Escape Pod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	43
75	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
76	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
77	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
78	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
79	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
80	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
81	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	70	Acast	63
82	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
83	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	373	Audioboom	68
84	The Divide	Definitely Human	Fiction	13	Acast	94
85	Tolkien Lord Of The Rings - BBC	BRIAN SIBLEY	Fiction	13	Spotify for Podcasters	58
86	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
87	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
88	EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast	EnCrypted Pod	Fiction	176	Spotify for Podcasters	52
89	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
90	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
91	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
92	Solve This Murder	solvethismurder	Fiction	139	Podbean	62
93	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	174	Megaphone	42
94	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1009	RedCircle	63
95	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	326	Simplecast	83
96	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
97	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	267	Audioboom	57
98	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
99	Mansfield Park - Jane Austen	Jane Austen	Fiction	144	Spreaker	49
100	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	273	Simplecast	53

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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