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 May 2026

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05/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:43:59

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (17 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

3. BBC World Service (3 shows)

4. Persephonica (2 shows)

5. Joy Peddlers (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (28 shows)

2. Megaphone (19 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. Omny Studio (6 shows)

5. RedCircle (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	179	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	127	Acast	63
4	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
5	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	257	Acast	53
6	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	64	Acast	59
7	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
8	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
9	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
10	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
11	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1273	Acast	64
12	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
13	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
14	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
15	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
16	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
17	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	29	Captivate	58
18	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
19	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
20	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	812	BBC	28
21	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	584	BBC	28
22	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	23	Megaphone	79
23	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
24	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
25	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	23	Megaphone	42
26	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
27	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
28	Girls Next Door	Rolln Media	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
29	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
30	Secrets of the Salt Path	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
31	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
32	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
33	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
34	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	97	Sharpstream	72
35	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	58
36	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
37	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
38	Stephing Up	TBC Studios	Society & Culture	71	Megaphone	89
39	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	166	Megaphone	68
40	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
41	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	84
42	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
43	You’re Gonna Want To Hear This	marie claire australia	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	58
44	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	431	Acast	28
45	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
46	Life After Prison	Prison Radio Association	Society & Culture	188	Acast	58
47	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	32
48	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	223	Captivate	68
49	You Look Happier	Ellie Forsyth	Society & Culture	36	Acast	59
50	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	83
51	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
52	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	218	BBC	28
53	Motherloading Podcast	TAEPodcast	Society & Culture	29	Buzzsprout	58
54	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
55	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	208	RedCircle	48
56	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
57	Have You Heard George's Podcast?	BBC Sounds	Personal Journals	42	BBC	42
58	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	137	Simplecast	62
59	Dear Daughter	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	88	BBC	39
60	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	169	Megaphone	48
61	дочь разбойника	libo/libo	Society & Culture	89	Transistor	73
62	Namaste Motherf**kers	Cally Beaton	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	53
63	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
64	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	230	Spreaker	78
65	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
66	Tea at Four	Four Nine	Society & Culture	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
68	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
69	Set & Centered	Mark & RJ	Society & Culture	21	Buzzsprout	63
70	How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	54	BBC	28
71	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
72	Private Investigations: A Tommy Tiernan Podcast	Mabinóg	Society & Culture	47	Acast	58
73	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
74	The India Hicks Podcast	India Hicks	Society & Culture	17	Libsyn	32
75	Walking This Way	Lise Thorne	Society & Culture	35	Transistor	73
76	The Late Discovered Club	Catherine Asta	Society & Culture	62	Spotify for Podcasters	73
77	Vishal	BBC Studios	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	83
78	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	345	Megaphone	42
79	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	243	BBC	28
80	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	79
81	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	194	ART19	63
82	Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	52	BBC	43
83	Crossing Continents	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	420	BBC	28
84	#WithChude	Chude Jideonwo	Society & Culture	964	Acast	64
85	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	144	Omny Studio	42
86	Jason Fox Wild Tales Podcast – The Book of Man	The Book Of Man	Society & Culture	27	Acast	32
87	Sliding Doors	Jennie Becker	Society & Culture	170	Acast	69
88	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	90	Acast	63
89	The Third Act	Auriens, Catherine Fairweather	Society & Culture	49	Simplecast	79
90	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	100	Megaphone	48
91	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	277	Spreaker	59
92	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	204	BBC	28
93	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	111	Megaphone	32
94	靈犬賴希	徐凱希&小賴賴晏駒	Society & Culture	19	SoundOn	68
95	In the Psychiatrist's Chair	BBC Radio 4 Extra	Society & Culture	29	BBC	38
96	Head Game	Nova Podcasts	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	89
97	Amol Rajan Interviews...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	43
98	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	183	Spotify for Podcasters	58
99	Eddie Hearn: No Passion, No Point	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	52	BBC	28
100	Planet Porky	Planet Porky	Society & Culture	290	Audioboom	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.

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