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 Jul 2026

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07/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 202

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:34:40

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

4. Voyage Media (3 shows)

5. Night Vale Presents (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (34 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. BBC (10 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	224	BBC	58
2	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	157	Megaphone	78
4	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
6	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
8	You've Got Braille	Hat Trick Podcasts	Fiction	5	Audioboom	48
9	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
10	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
11	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
12	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
13	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	729	Audioboom	48
14	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
15	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
16	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
17	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	369	Megaphone	68
18	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
19	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	386	ART19	63
20	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
21	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	379	Megaphone	53
22	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	953	Megaphone	53
23	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
24	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
25	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
26	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	418	Simplecast	58
27	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	96	Simplecast	73
28	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
29	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
30	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
31	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
32	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
33	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
34	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
35	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
36	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
37	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	432	Podbean	52
38	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
39	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
40	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
41	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
42	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	39	Megaphone	89
43	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	114	Megaphone	32
44	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
45	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
46	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	531	Acast	89
47	Hell or High Rollers	Hell or High Rollers	Fiction	111	Acast	94
48	Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality Audiobook	Jack Voraces	Fiction	137	Podbean	58
49	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
50	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
51	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	465	Simplecast	68
52	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	151	Megaphone	48
53	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	390	Megaphone	63
54	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	75	Megaphone	38
55	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
56	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	404	Megaphone	53
57	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	28	ART19	63
58	Borderlands: DeadECHOs	Gearbox Entertainment	Fiction	10	Spotify for Podcasters	58
59	NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS : dark tales, both old and new, performed by voice artist Kristin Holland	Horror Enthusiast, Voice Actor, Podcaster - Kristin Holland	Fiction	236	Libsyn	63
60	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
61	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
62	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	322	Simplecast	83
63	The Northern Bank Job	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	11	BBC	43
64	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
65	Incoming	Past Tense Future Perfect	Fiction	57	ART19	53
66	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	17	Megaphone	73
67	Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective	Josie Jaffrey	Fiction	11	ART19	58
68	Sophie Aldred's Ace Odyssey	Sophie Aldred	Fiction	30	Acast	53
69	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
70	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1006	RedCircle	73
71	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	57	Megaphone	53
72	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
73	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
74	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
75	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	9	Megaphone	48
76	Azathoth Blues	Jonas Kyratzes & Chris Christodoulou	Fiction	12	Podbean	68
77	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
78	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	258	Megaphone	38
79	The Penumbra Podcast	Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert	Fiction	222	Acast	79
80	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
81	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
82	WOE.BEGONE	WOE.BEGONE Industries LLC	Fiction	359	Acast	58
83	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
84	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	136	Acast	59
85	Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	7	BBC	43
86	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
87	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
88	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
89	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
90	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
91	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	86	Megaphone	63
92	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1362	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
94	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
95	The Offensive	Stak	Fiction	193	Acast	79
96	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	560	Megaphone	59
97	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
98	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	19	RSS.com	52
99	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	368	Libsyn	68
100	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68

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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