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 Jun 2026

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06/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 211

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:37:33

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Julian Simpson (4 shows)

3. Bloody FM (4 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Voyage Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (34 shows)

2. Acast (19 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	224	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	157	Megaphone	78
4	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
6	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
7	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
8	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
9	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	379	Megaphone	53
11	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
12	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
13	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
14	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	729	Audioboom	48
15	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	369	Megaphone	68
16	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
17	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
18	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
19	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
20	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	96	Simplecast	73
21	Hell or High Rollers	Hell or High Rollers	Fiction	111	Acast	94
22	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
23	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
24	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
25	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
26	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
27	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	953	Megaphone	53
28	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	418	Simplecast	58
29	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
30	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
31	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
32	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	136	Acast	59
33	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
34	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
35	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
36	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
37	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	531	Acast	89
38	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
39	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
40	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
41	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	386	ART19	63
42	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
43	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	28	ART19	63
44	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
45	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
46	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
47	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	432	Podbean	52
48	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
49	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
50	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	114	Megaphone	32
51	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
52	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	151	Megaphone	48
53	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	86	Megaphone	63
54	The STARLOG Podcast	Jordan Hoffman	Fiction	13	Megaphone	69
55	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
56	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
57	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
58	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1362	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective	Josie Jaffrey	Fiction	11	ART19	58
60	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	390	Megaphone	63
61	WE'RE NOT MEANT TO KNOW	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	55	Megaphone	43
62	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	57	Megaphone	53
63	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
64	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1637	Simplecast	83
65	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
66	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	193	Megaphone	59
67	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
68	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
69	The Bright Sessions	Atypical Artists	Fiction	124	ART19	73
70	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	560	Megaphone	59
71	Mockery Manor	Long Cat Media	Fiction	68	ART19	78
72	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
73	The Penumbra Podcast	Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert	Fiction	222	Acast	79
74	Tempting Fantasies: Hot Sex Stories	Tempting Fantasies	Fiction	70	Captivate	58
75	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
76	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
77	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	42	Megaphone	52
78	Home Front - Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	59	BBC	28
79	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	322	Simplecast	83
80	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
81	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
82	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1006	RedCircle	73
83	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
84	Classic Detective Stories	John Anthony Walker	Fiction	69	Megaphone	53
85	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
86	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
87	From Now	QCODE	Fiction	7	Megaphone	73
88	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	69	Acast	63
89	Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality Audiobook	Jack Voraces	Fiction	137	Podbean	58
90	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	368	Libsyn	68
91	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
92	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	313	Libsyn	42
94	WOE.BEGONE	WOE.BEGONE Industries LLC	Fiction	359	Acast	58
95	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
96	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
97	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	476	Megaphone	78
98	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	531	Simplecast	58
99	Azathoth Blues	Jonas Kyratzes & Chris Christodoulou	Fiction	12	Podbean	68
100	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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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