Apple Podcast Rankings - Great Britain - Personal Journals

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 01 Jun 2026

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06/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:43:50

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (19 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (5 shows)

3. BBC World Service (3 shows)

4. Joy Peddlers (2 shows)

5. Persephonica (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (29 shows)

2. Megaphone (18 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

5. Simplecast (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	178	Acast	58
2	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	12	Acast	94
3	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
4	Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball	Persephonica	Society & Culture	127	Acast	63
5	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
6	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
7	Everything Changed with Rosie Fawehimi	Rosie Fawehimi	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	52
8	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	256	Acast	53
9	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
10	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
11	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	22	Megaphone	42
12	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
13	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	63	Acast	59
14	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1273	Acast	64
15	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	83	Megaphone	63
16	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
17	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
18	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
19	Radio Oldie	Radio Oldie	Society & Culture	500	Audioboom	38
20	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
21	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	20	Audioboom	63
22	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
23	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	584	BBC	28
24	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
25	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
26	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
27	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	345	Megaphone	42
28	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	29	Captivate	58
29	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
30	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
31	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
32	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
33	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	165	Megaphone	68
34	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	812	BBC	28
35	Secrets of the Salt Path	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
36	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
37	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	97	Sharpstream	72
38	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	431	Acast	28
39	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
40	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	428	Megaphone	69
41	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	84
42	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	32
43	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
44	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	207	RedCircle	48
45	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
46	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
47	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
48	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	371	Megaphone	58
49	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	83
50	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
51	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	222	Captivate	68
52	Bang On It	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	15	BBC	39
53	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	284	Libsyn	48
54	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
55	Sliding Doors	Jennie Becker	Society & Culture	170	Acast	69
56	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	168	Megaphone	48
57	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	230	Spreaker	78
58	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
59	Walking This Way	Lise Thorne	Society & Culture	35	Transistor	73
60	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	218	BBC	28
61	Have You Heard George's Podcast?	BBC Sounds	Personal Journals	42	BBC	42
62	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	182	Spotify for Podcasters	58
63	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
64	The Archer Podcast	Dennis Archer	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	Secret Gardens of My Mind	Aiden Watson	Society & Culture	18	Spotify for Podcasters	17
66	The Wilnes Way	The Wilnes Way	Society & Culture	3	Unknown	69
67	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
68	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
69	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
70	Namaste Motherf**kers	Cally Beaton	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	53
71	The Missing Matter	Sally Leydon	Society & Culture	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
72	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
73	Amol Rajan Interviews...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	43
74	Crossing Continents	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	420	BBC	28
75	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
76	Dear Daughter	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	88	BBC	39
77	Tea With The Twins	Tea With The Twins	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	62
78	Motherloading Podcast	TAEPodcast	Society & Culture	29	Buzzsprout	58
79	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
80	These Three Things	These Three Things	Society & Culture	37	Spotify for Podcasters	63
81	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	145	Spotify for Podcasters	52
82	Here For The Craic with Emma Neill	Emma Neill	Society & Culture	255	Megaphone	32
83	A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard	A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard	Society & Culture	137	Acast	68
84	Chris Thrall's Bought the T-Shirt Podcast	CHRIS THRALL	Society & Culture	587	Libsyn	42
85	The Messy Inbetween	TMI podcast	Society & Culture	231	Spotify for Podcasters	48
86	Parlons-nous	RTL	Society & Culture	125	Audiomeans	54
87	SECOND WIND	John Talks About	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	48
88	What Came After	Manya Marcus	Society & Culture	81	Podbean	58
89	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
90	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	299	Simplecast	63
91	Hey bestie	Ramin	Society & Culture	1	Buzzsprout	73
92	The Yes Theory Podcast	Yes Theory	Society & Culture	33	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	Pieces of Britney	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
94	How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	54	BBC	28
95	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
96	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
97	Café Bambino	Aftonbladet Kultur	Society & Culture	154	Acast	38
98	靈犬賴希	徐凱希&小賴賴晏駒	Society & Culture	19	SoundOn	68
99	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
100	Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	52	BBC	43

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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