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 15 Oct 2026

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10/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 192

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:44:30

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (19 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 (29 shows)

2. Megaphone (19 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. ART19 (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	189	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	138	Acast	63
4	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	268	Acast	53
5	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
6	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	108	Acast	68
7	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
8	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	103	Sharpstream	72
9	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	75	Acast	59
10	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	245	BBC	43
11	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1285	Acast	64
12	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	449	RedCircle	63
13	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	63
14	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
15	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	141	ART19	58
16	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
17	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
18	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
19	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
20	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
21	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	178	Megaphone	68
22	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
23	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	228	Captivate	68
24	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
25	Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.	Luke Colson and Kyle Wise	Society & Culture	441	Buzzsprout	78
26	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
27	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
28	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	36	Unknown	79
29	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	219	RedCircle	48
30	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	35	Captivate	58
31	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	32
32	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	114	Megaphone	48
33	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
34	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	25	Audioboom	63
35	Toast	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	53
36	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	317	Megaphone	84
37	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	42
38	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
39	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
40	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	83
41	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
42	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	43	Acast	84
43	Motherloading Podcast	TAEPodcast	Society & Culture	29	Unknown	63
44	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
45	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	117	Megaphone	32
46	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
47	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	380	Megaphone	58
48	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	366	Megaphone	52
49	Crossing Continents	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	422	BBC	28
50	New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster	New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster	Society & Culture	18	Spotify for Podcasters	57
51	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
52	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	235	Spreaker	78
53	Midlife Answers	Rachel Fortune	Society & Culture	45	Spotify for Podcasters	43
54	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	73
55	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	589	BBC	28
56	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	287	Libsyn	48
57	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	817	BBC	28
58	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
59	The Courage to Speak	Leonie Mellinger	Society & Culture	26	Megaphone	58
60	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
61	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
62	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
63	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	89
64	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
65	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	145	Simplecast	62
66	You Will Please Me	Dominatrix Eva Oh	Society & Culture	107	Spotify for Podcasters	48
67	How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	54	BBC	28
68	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	188	Spotify for Podcasters	58
69	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	59
70	Women Are Mad	Women Are Mad	Society & Culture	121	Acast	84
71	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	30	WideOrbit	48
72	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
73	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	442	Acast	28
75	Living a Nordic Life with Fiona McKinna	Fiona McKinna	Society & Culture	99	Buzzsprout	53
76	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
77	保持嘴型	阿妹岑樂怡 / Leo Ball	Society & Culture	52	SoundOn	48
78	Café Hope	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	70	BBC	48
79	Have You Heard George's Podcast?	BBC Sounds	Personal Journals	42	BBC	42
80	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	104	Spotify for Podcasters	62
81	Liveline	RTÉ Radio 1	Society & Culture	109	Omny Studio	38
82	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	218	BBC	28
83	Here For The Craic with Emma Neill	Emma Neill	Society & Culture	260	Megaphone	32
84	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	177	Acast	48
85	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	162	Libsyn	58
86	Stacey Dooley	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	8	BBC	38
87	Bang On It	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	15	BBC	39
88	My Seven Wonders with Clive Anderson	Stak	Society & Culture	84	Acast	79
89	DNA Trail	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
90	Probably Shouldn't Say This	Probably Shouldn't Say This	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	47
91	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
92	No Boundaries Podcast with Aaron Mclean	Aaron Mclean	Society & Culture	2	Spotify for Podcasters	47
93	Radio Oldie	Radio Oldie	Society & Culture	500	Audioboom	38
94	Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	52	BBC	43
95	Witness History: World War Two history	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	121	BBC	22
96	Happy End Le Podcast	Blandine Lehout	Society & Culture	21	Acast	63
97	Winners Talking Podcast	Pound Sterling & Big Doug	Society & Culture	201	Acast	43
98	Parlons-nous	RTL	Society & Culture	86	Audiomeans	49
99	Jason Fox Wild Tales Podcast – The Book of Man	The Book Of Man	Society & Culture	27	Acast	32
100	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	205	ART19	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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