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 04 Apr 2026

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04/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 218

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:42:23

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (17 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (6 shows)

3. BBC World Service (3 shows)

4. Persephonica (2 shows)

5. Melanie Rickey (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (29 shows)

2. Megaphone (18 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	189	Acast	58
2	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
3	Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball	Persephonica	Society & Culture	138	Acast	63
4	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	268	Acast	53
5	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
6	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1285	Acast	64
7	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
8	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
9	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	35	Captivate	58
10	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
11	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	74	Acast	59
12	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	108	Acast	68
13	Secrets of the Salt Path	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
14	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
15	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
16	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	449	RedCircle	63
17	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
18	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
19	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
20	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	245	BBC	43
21	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
22	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
23	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	32
24	Life After Prison	Prison Radio Association	Society & Culture	193	Acast	58
25	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
26	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
27	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
28	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	63
29	Living Life Differently	Ali Mahoney	Society & Culture	28	RedCircle	59
30	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	43	Acast	84
31	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	178	Megaphone	68
32	Radio Oldie	Radio Oldie	Society & Culture	500	Audioboom	38
33	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
34	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	305	Simplecast	63
35	Head Game	Nova Podcasts	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	89
36	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	379	Megaphone	58
37	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	103	Sharpstream	72
38	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	179	Megaphone	48
39	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
40	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	317	Megaphone	84
41	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	442	Acast	28
42	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
43	The Danifesto	Daniel Evans	Society & Culture	10	Buzzsprout	73
44	Midlife Messy and Marvellous	Marverine Cole	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
45	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
46	Set & Centered	Mark & RJ	Society & Culture	21	Buzzsprout	63
47	Namaste Motherf**kers	Cally Beaton	Society & Culture	290	Megaphone	53
48	Dear Daughter	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	87	BBC	43
49	Everything Changed with Rosie Fawehimi	Rosie Fawehimi	Society & Culture	18	Spotify for Podcasters	47
50	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	235	Spreaker	78
51	Silver Disobedience® Perception Dynamics with Dian Griesel: How People Think, Lead and Succeed	Dian Griesel aka @SilverDisobedience	Education	240	Spotify for Podcasters	48
52	The Enoughness with Melanie Rickey	Melanie Rickey	Society & Culture	19	Acast	89
53	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
54	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	366	Megaphone	52
55	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	599	Audiomeans	83
56	Motherloading Podcast	TAEPodcast	Society & Culture	29	Unknown	63
57	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	83
58	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
59	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	59
60	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	817	BBC	28
61	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	188	Spotify for Podcasters	58
62	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1040	Spotify for Podcasters	22
63	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	228	Captivate	68
64	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
65	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	149	Spotify for Podcasters	52
66	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
67	Have You Heard George's Podcast?	BBC Sounds	Personal Journals	42	BBC	42
68	Walking This Way	Lise Thorne	Society & Culture	40	Transistor	73
69	Girls Next Door	Rolln Media	Society & Culture	33	Omny Studio	83
70	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
71	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	287	Libsyn	48
72	Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	52	BBC	43
73	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	588	BBC	28
74	The Archer Podcast	Dennis Archer	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
76	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
77	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
78	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	218	BBC	28
79	Chris Thrall's Bought the T-Shirt Podcast	CHRIS THRALL	Society & Culture	592	Libsyn	37
80	You Will Please Me	Dominatrix Eva Oh	Society & Culture	107	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	Ed Stott & The Big Life Questions	Edwina Stott	Society & Culture	186	Libsyn	48
82	Proudly Said	John Hyland	Society & Culture	58	Captivate	73
83	How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	54	BBC	28
84	You Look Happier	Ellie Forsyth	Society & Culture	39	Acast	59
85	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	96	Acast	63
86	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	243	BBC	28
87	Here For The Craic with Emma Neill	Emma Neill	Society & Culture	260	Megaphone	32
88	Private Investigations: A Tommy Tiernan Podcast	Mabinóg	Society & Culture	47	Acast	58
89	Not Aspirational with Hannah Aaron Brown	Hannah Aaron Brown	Society & Culture	286	Libsyn	32
90	The Kidnapping of Stephanie Slater	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	17	BBC	33
91	My Life in a Biscuit Tin	Good Housekeeping UK	Society & Culture	17	Megaphone	53
92	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	48
93	Parlons-nous	RTL	Society & Culture	84	Audiomeans	49
94	Wireless Nights	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	30	BBC	33
95	Great British Adventures	Tom Bryan	Society & Culture	54	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	117	Megaphone	32
97	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	177	Acast	48
98	New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster	New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster	Society & Culture	18	Spotify for Podcasters	57
99	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
100	You About?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	57	BBC	39

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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