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 30 May 2026

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05/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 214

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:36:33

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. Voyage Media (5 shows)

3. Bloody FM (5 shows)

4. Julian Simpson (4 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (34 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	237	BBC	58
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
3	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
4	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
5	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
6	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
8	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
9	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
11	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
12	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
13	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
14	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
15	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
16	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
17	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
18	Broken Veil	Cheese & Pickle	Fiction	18	Acast	64
19	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
20	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
21	The Three Ravens Podcast	Three Ravens	Fiction	538	Acast	89
22	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
23	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	959	Megaphone	53
24	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
25	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
26	Horrid Henry's Stories	unknown_author	Fiction	115	Megaphone	32
27	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	110	Spotify for Podcasters	48
28	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
29	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
30	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
31	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
32	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
33	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
34	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
35	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
36	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
37	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
38	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
39	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
40	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
41	Mythos	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	58
42	Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective	Josie Jaffrey	Fiction	10	ART19	58
43	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
44	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
45	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
46	Hell or High Rollers	Dice House Media ltd	Fiction	112	Acast	94
47	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
48	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
49	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
50	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
51	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
52	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
53	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
54	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
55	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
56	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	140	Acast	59
57	Call Jonathan Pie	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
58	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
59	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
60	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
61	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	78	Acast	74
62	The Lion and the Adder	Monstrous Productions	Fiction	5	Acast	63
63	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	370	Libsyn	68
64	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
65	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
66	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
67	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
69	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
70	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1651	Simplecast	83
71	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
72	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
73	Life Lines	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	18	BBC	33
74	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
75	Beatrice Hart and the Curse of the Golden Fleece	Beatrice Hart Adventures	Fiction	8	Acast	48
76	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
77	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	419	Megaphone	53
78	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
79	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
80	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
81	It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton	Wil Wheaton	Fiction	56	Megaphone	58
82	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
83	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
84	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1378	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
86	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
87	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	263	Megaphone	63
88	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	272	Simplecast	53
89	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
90	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
91	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
92	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
93	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
94	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	34	Megaphone	89
95	Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch	Pickaxe	Fiction	44	Megaphone	52
96	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
97	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	392	Megaphone	63
98	Old Radio Shows	Audio Shows	Fiction	223	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	467	Simplecast	68
100	Marvel's Wastelanders	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	83

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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