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 06 Apr 2026

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04/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 209

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:42:44

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (18 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (6 shows)

3. BBC World Service (3 shows)

4. Persephonica (2 shows)

5. Pushkin Industries (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (29 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	191	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	139	Acast	63
4	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	269	Acast	53
5	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	38	Buzzsprout	48
6	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
7	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
8	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1285	Acast	64
9	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
10	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
11	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
12	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	76	Acast	59
13	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
14	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	36	Captivate	58
15	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	246	BBC	43
16	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	63
17	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
18	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
19	Secrets of the Salt Path	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
20	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
21	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
22	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	818	BBC	28
23	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
24	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
25	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
26	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
27	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	104	Sharpstream	72
28	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
29	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
30	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	32
31	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
32	Radio Oldie	Radio Oldie	Society & Culture	500	Audioboom	38
33	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	368	Megaphone	52
34	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	589	BBC	28
35	Life After Prison	Prison Radio Association	Society & Culture	194	Acast	58
36	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	381	Megaphone	58
37	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	180	Megaphone	68
38	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
39	Head Game	Nova Podcasts	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	89
40	Living Life Differently	Ali Mahoney	Society & Culture	28	RedCircle	59
41	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	218	BBC	28
42	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	94	Megaphone	63
43	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	181	Megaphone	48
44	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	97	Acast	63
45	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	318	Megaphone	84
46	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	600	Audiomeans	83
47	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	236	Spreaker	78
48	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
49	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	443	Acast	28
50	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	83
51	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
52	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
53	The Danifesto	Daniel Evans	Society & Culture	10	Buzzsprout	73
54	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
55	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	229	Captivate	68
56	The Archer Podcast	Dennis Archer	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
58	The Third Act	Auriens, Catherine Fairweather	Society & Culture	49	Simplecast	79
59	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
60	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1041	Spotify for Podcasters	22
61	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
62	The Enoughness with Melanie Rickey	Melanie Rickey	Society & Culture	19	Acast	89
63	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
64	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	306	Simplecast	63
65	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	37	Unknown	79
66	1800 Seconds on Autism	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	33
67	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
68	Dear Daughter	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	87	BBC	43
69	Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	52	BBC	43
70	Set & Centered	Mark & RJ	Society & Culture	21	Buzzsprout	63
71	Everything Changed with Rosie Fawehimi	Rosie Fawehimi	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	47
72	Here For The Craic with Emma Neill	Emma Neill	Society & Culture	261	Megaphone	32
73	Have You Heard George's Podcast?	BBC Sounds	Personal Journals	42	BBC	42
74	Walking This Way	Lise Thorne	Society & Culture	41	Transistor	73
75	Jason Fox Wild Tales Podcast – The Book of Man	The Book Of Man	Society & Culture	27	Acast	32
76	Silver Disobedience® Perception Dynamics with Dian Griesel: How People Think, Lead and Succeed	Dian Griesel aka @SilverDisobedience	Education	240	Spotify for Podcasters	48
77	Namaste Motherf**kers	Cally Beaton	Society & Culture	290	Megaphone	53
78	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	455	RedCircle	59
79	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
80	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	189	Spotify for Podcasters	58
81	Three Little Words	Folding Pocket Productions	Society & Culture	24	ART19	73
82	Wireless Nights	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	30	BBC	33
83	Parlons-nous	RTL	Society & Culture	88	Audiomeans	49
84	Midlife Messy and Marvellous	Marverine Cole	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
85	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
86	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
87	Putin	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	16	BBC	43
88	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
89	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
90	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	238	Spotify for Podcasters	52
91	老C讀書丨廣東話丨每日一本好書	暴走的陳老C	Society & Culture	0	Ximalaya	38
92	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73
93	Euphomet	And,If Studio	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	48
94	Private Investigations: A Tommy Tiernan Podcast	Mabinóg	Society & Culture	47	Acast	58
95	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
96	How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	54	BBC	28
97	Motherloading Podcast	TAEPodcast	Society & Culture	29	Unknown	63
98	Beyond 6 Seconds: Neurodiversity stories from neurodivergent people	Carolyn Kiel	Society & Culture	270	Libsyn	68
99	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	295	Spreaker	59
100	In Dark Corners	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	10	BBC	63

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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