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 12 Sep 2026

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09/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 211

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:44:23

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (16 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (5 shows)

3. BBC World Service (3 shows)

4. Persephonica (2 shows)

5. Joy Peddlers (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (25 shows)

2. Megaphone (19 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	178	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	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	256	Acast	53
5	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	32
6	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1273	Acast	64
7	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
8	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	63	Acast	59
9	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
10	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	23	Megaphone	79
11	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
12	Everything Changed with Rosie Fawehimi	Rosie Fawehimi	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	52
13	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
14	LivingYosh	Joshua "Yosh" Markell	Society & Culture	30	Unknown	53
15	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
16	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
17	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
18	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
19	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	12	Acast	94
20	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	29	Captivate	58
21	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
22	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
23	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	97	Sharpstream	72
24	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
25	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
26	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	121	Omny Studio	57
27	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	22	Megaphone	42
28	Crossing Continents	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	420	BBC	28
29	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	207	RedCircle	48
30	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	222	Captivate	68
31	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	100	Spotify for Podcasters	62
32	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
33	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
34	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
35	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
36	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	371	Megaphone	58
37	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	230	Spreaker	78
38	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
39	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	20	Audioboom	63
40	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	84
41	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
42	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
43	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
44	Walking This Way	Lise Thorne	Society & Culture	35	Transistor	73
45	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
46	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
47	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
49	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	99	Megaphone	48
50	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	345	Megaphone	42
51	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
52	Radio Oldie	Radio Oldie	Society & Culture	500	Audioboom	38
53	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	83	Megaphone	63
54	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	584	BBC	28
55	Girls Next Door	Rolln Media	Society & Culture	27	Omny Studio	83
56	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	111	Megaphone	32
57	Here For The Craic with Emma Neill	Emma Neill	Society & Culture	255	Megaphone	32
58	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
59	You’re Gonna Want To Hear This	marie claire australia	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	58
60	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	165	Megaphone	68
61	Dear Daughter	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	88	BBC	39
62	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
63	Wireless Nights	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	30	BBC	33
64	Amol Rajan Interviews...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	43
65	Veterans for Veterans Podcast	Veterans for Veterans	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	17
66	Life After Prison	Prison Radio Association	Society & Culture	188	Acast	58
67	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
68	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	290	Audioboom	53
69	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
71	Parlons-nous	RTL	Society & Culture	125	Audiomeans	54
72	Bang On It	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	15	BBC	39
73	Head Game	Nova Podcasts	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	89
74	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	22
75	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
76	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
77	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	90	Acast	63
78	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	89	Spotify for Podcasters	73
79	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	284	Libsyn	48
80	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
81	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	812	BBC	28
82	Probably Shouldn't Say This	Probably Shouldn't Say This	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	47
83	How to Save Democracy	How to Save Democracy	Society & Culture	16	Castos	59
84	Let Her Finish	rova \| Brodie Kane Media	Society & Culture	347	Megaphone	38
85	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
86	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	264	ART19	68
87	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	168	Megaphone	48
88	Nocturne	Vanessa Lowe	Society & Culture	121	Libsyn	53
89	You About?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	57	BBC	39
90	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	79
91	Two Coach Bennetts Talking	tammie bennett, chris bennett	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	37
92	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	277	Spreaker	59
93	A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard	A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard	Society & Culture	137	Acast	68
94	Living a Nordic Life with Fiona McKinna	Fiona McKinna	Society & Culture	96	Buzzsprout	53
95	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	193	ART19	63
96	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	138	Acast	37
97	Namaste Motherf**kers	Cally Beaton	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	53
98	Fredagspodden	Perfect Day Media	Society & Culture	788	Acast	33
99	Behind The Mirror Podcast	Behind The Mirror Podcast did	Society & Culture	56	Spotify for Podcasters	11
100	Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	28

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.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in Great Britain.
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