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 Oct 2026

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10/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 215

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:45:50

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (20 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 5 Live (2 shows)

5. Persephonica (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (29 shows)

2. Megaphone (18 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

5. Omny Studio (3 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	184	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	132	Acast	63
4	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	262	Acast	53
5	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	63
6	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1279	Acast	64
7	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	106	Acast	68
8	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	442	RedCircle	63
9	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	69	Acast	59
10	Hold or Fold	National Prison Radio	Society & Culture	31	Acast	63
11	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	243	BBC	43
12	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
13	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
15	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	32
16	In The Heart Of The Vault	Lindsay Taylor	Society & Culture	49	Spotify for Podcasters	17
17	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	213	RedCircle	48
18	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
19	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
20	LivingYosh	Joshua "Yosh" Markell	Society & Culture	38	Spotify for Podcasters	43
21	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
22	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
23	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	32	Captivate	58
24	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
25	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
26	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	815	BBC	28
27	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	12	Acast	94
28	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
29	Crossing Continents	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	422	BBC	28
30	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
31	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	376	Megaphone	58
32	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	431	RedCircle	59
33	Amol Rajan Interviews...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	43
34	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
35	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	172	Megaphone	68
36	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	225	Captivate	68
37	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
38	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	79
39	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	101	Sharpstream	72
40	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	25	Megaphone	42
41	Project Possible with Rich Leigh - interviews that might just change your life	Rich Leigh - interviews about motivation, resilience and what's truly possible	Society & Culture	103	Spotify for Podcasters	62
42	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
43	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	84
44	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	114	Megaphone	32
45	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
46	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
47	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	83
48	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	42
49	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
50	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
51	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	233	Spreaker	78
52	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	586	BBC	28
53	Everything Changed with Rosie Fawehimi	Rosie Fawehimi	Society & Culture	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
54	Inheritance Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	912	BBC	28
55	New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster	New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	57
56	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
57	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	174	Megaphone	48
58	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
59	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	40	Acast	84
60	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	26	Megaphone	79
61	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	23	Audioboom	63
62	Here For The Craic with Emma Neill	Emma Neill	Society & Culture	257	Megaphone	32
63	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	286	Libsyn	48
64	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	218	BBC	28
65	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
66	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
67	Parlons-nous	RTL	Society & Culture	124	Audiomeans	49
68	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	147	Spotify for Podcasters	52
69	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	387	Megaphone	48
70	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	286	Spreaker	59
71	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1038	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	437	Acast	28
73	Life After Prison	Prison Radio Association	Society & Culture	191	Acast	58
74	How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	54	BBC	28
75	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	108	Megaphone	48
76	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	73
77	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	199	ART19	63
78	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
79	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
80	Liveline	RTÉ Radio 1	Society & Culture	109	Omny Studio	38
81	Walking This Way	Lise Thorne	Society & Culture	38	Transistor	73
82	Bang On It	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	15	BBC	39
83	Stacey Dooley	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	8	BBC	38
84	Fredagspodden	Perfect Day Media	Society & Culture	791	Acast	33
85	The Radical Thinking Podcast	Lexi Gonzales	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	37
86	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
87	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
88	Toast	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	53
89	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	228	Spotify for Podcasters	52
91	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	185	Spotify for Podcasters	58
92	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	83	SoundOn	58
93	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
94	老谢和小谢	老谢&小谢	Society & Culture	44	Unknown	38
95	You’re Gonna Want To Hear This	marie claire australia	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	58
96	Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	28
97	The Life and Times of a Cornish Funeral Director	David Bray	Society & Culture	212	Buzzsprout	42
98	Combat Fuel Podcast	Combat Fuel Podcast	Society & Culture	19	Audioboom	58
99	A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard	A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard	Society & Culture	139	Acast	68
100	The TED Interview	TED	Society & Culture	117	PRX	64

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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