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 10 mars 2026

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03/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 216

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:44:00

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (17 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (6 shows)

3. BBC World Service (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio Wales (2 shows)

5. Persephonica (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (31 shows)

2. Megaphone (18 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

5. RedCircle (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
2	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	178	Acast	58
3	Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball	Persephonica	Society & Culture	127	Acast	63
4	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	256	Acast	53
5	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	29	Captivate	58
6	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
7	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	63	Acast	59
8	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
9	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1273	Acast	64
10	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
11	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
12	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
13	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
14	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
15	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
16	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
17	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
18	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
19	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
20	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
21	These Three Things	These Three Things	Society & Culture	37	Spotify for Podcasters	63
22	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	32
23	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
24	Dear Daughter	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	88	BBC	39
25	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	97	Sharpstream	72
26	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
27	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	84
28	Disclosure	BBC Scotland	Society & Culture	14	BBC	53
29	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
30	Have You Heard George's Podcast?	BBC Sounds	Personal Journals	42	BBC	42
31	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	230	Spreaker	78
32	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	83	Megaphone	63
33	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	584	BBC	28
34	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
35	Life After Prison	Prison Radio Association	Society & Culture	188	Acast	58
36	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
37	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
38	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
39	Big Little Kindnesses	biglittlekindnesses	Society & Culture	20	Podbean	58
40	Head Game	Nova Podcasts	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	89
41	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	812	BBC	28
42	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	299	Simplecast	63
43	Inside Our Minds	Aaron Colyer, Robbie McIntosh, Ashama Rucker	Society & Culture	6	Buzzsprout	63
44	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	371	Megaphone	58
45	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	111	Megaphone	32
46	It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield	Abbie Chatfield	Society & Culture	689	Omny Studio	83
47	Here For The Craic with Emma Neill	Emma Neill	Society & Culture	255	Megaphone	32
48	Golden Boy: Louis Rees-Zammit	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	16	BBC	28
49	Hungry Dogs with James Patterson	James Patterson	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
50	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	469	Megaphone	53
51	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
52	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	83
53	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
54	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	222	Captivate	68
55	Namaste Motherf**kers	Cally Beaton	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	53
56	Chris Thrall's Bought the T-Shirt Podcast	CHRIS THRALL	Society & Culture	587	Libsyn	42
57	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	431	Acast	28
58	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
59	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
60	Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	52	BBC	43
61	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
62	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
63	Amol Rajan Interviews...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	43
64	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
65	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	165	Megaphone	68
66	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	48
67	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
68	Living Life Differently	Ali Mahoney	Society & Culture	28	RedCircle	59
69	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	243	BBC	28
70	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	136	Simplecast	62
71	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	182	Spotify for Podcasters	58
72	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
73	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
74	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
75	Putin	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	16	BBC	43
76	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	284	Libsyn	48
77	Happy End Le Podcast	Blandine Lehout	Society & Culture	16	Acast	63
78	1800 Seconds on Autism	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	33
79	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	172	Acast	48
80	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
82	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	345	Megaphone	42
83	The Kanye Story	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
84	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
85	Seasonal Notes	A slow seasonal podcast from Our Little House in the Country	Society & Culture	7	Substack	64
86	Tea With The Twins	Tea With The Twins	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	62
87	The Shelley Tasker Show	Shelley Tasker	Society & Culture	139	Podhome	43
88	Not Even Water	BBC Asian Network	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
89	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	277	Spreaker	59
90	Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	28
91	DNA Trail	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
92	Women Are Mad	Women Are Mad	Society & Culture	121	Acast	84
93	Mer än bara morsa!	Kenza & Ines	Society & Culture	233	Acast	49
94	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	22
95	What's The Juice?	Alia Zaita & Yoni Ekoto	Society & Culture	261	RedCircle	59
96	The Late Discovered Club	Catherine Asta	Society & Culture	62	Spotify for Podcasters	73
97	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
98	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	168	Megaphone	48
99	A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard	A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard	Society & Culture	137	Acast	68
100	Masala Podcast: The South Asian feminist podcast	Soul Sutras	Society & Culture	66	Captivate	68

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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