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 27 May 2026

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05/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 205

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:35:49

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Julian Simpson (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. The Midnight Mystery (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Acast (20 shows)

3. BBC (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
3	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
4	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
5	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
7	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
8	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
9	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
10	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
11	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
12	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
13	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
14	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
15	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
16	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
17	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
18	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	729	Audioboom	48
19	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	369	Megaphone	68
20	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	531	Acast	89
21	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
22	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
23	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	28	ART19	63
24	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
25	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
26	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	532	Simplecast	58
27	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
28	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
29	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
30	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
31	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
32	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
33	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
34	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	432	Podbean	52
35	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
36	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
37	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
38	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
39	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
40	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
41	Hell or High Rollers	Hell or High Rollers	Fiction	111	Acast	94
42	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
43	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
44	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	953	Megaphone	53
45	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
46	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
47	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	368	Libsyn	68
48	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	42	Megaphone	52
49	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	418	Simplecast	58
50	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
51	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
52	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
53	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
54	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
55	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
56	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1639	Simplecast	83
57	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
58	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	114	Megaphone	32
59	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	86	Megaphone	63
60	MSA	My Story Animated	Fiction	274	Spotify for Podcasters	43
61	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
62	Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	32
64	Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective	Josie Jaffrey	Fiction	11	ART19	58
65	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
66	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	422	Spotify for Podcasters	41
67	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
68	The Penumbra Podcast	Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert	Fiction	222	Acast	79
69	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
70	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
71	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	136	Acast	59
72	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	668	Libsyn	32
73	The Chronicles of Astrimos	Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	8	Simplecast	68
74	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
75	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1006	RedCircle	73
76	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	172	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	390	Megaphone	63
78	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	193	Megaphone	59
79	Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To	Jacob Slebodnik	Fiction	69	Acast	63
80	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
81	Escaping Denver	Escaping Denver / Curiouscast	Fiction	89	Megaphone	53
82	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
83	Solve This Murder	solvethismurder	Fiction	138	Podbean	68
84	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
85	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
86	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
87	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
88	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
89	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
90	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	57	Megaphone	53
91	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1362	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
93	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
94	Tea and Two Sugars	Tatty	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	313	Libsyn	42
96	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	405	Megaphone	53
97	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
98	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
99	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	Fiction	10	Megaphone	63
100	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	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.

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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