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 16 Sep 2026

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09/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 218

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:45:13

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (19 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (5 shows)

3. BBC World Service (3 shows)

4. Joy Peddlers (2 shows)

5. Persephonica (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (30 shows)

2. Megaphone (20 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Omny Studio (3 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	182	Acast	58
3	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	260	Acast	53
4	Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball	Persephonica	Society & Culture	130	Acast	63
5	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	32
6	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	67	Acast	59
7	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
8	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	242	BBC	43
9	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	441	RedCircle	63
10	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
11	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
12	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1277	Acast	64
13	LivingYosh	Joshua "Yosh" Markell	Society & Culture	38	Unknown	53
14	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
15	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	32	Unknown	79
16	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
17	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	24	Megaphone	42
18	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	25	Megaphone	79
19	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
20	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	63
21	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
22	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	100	Sharpstream	72
23	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	12	Acast	94
24	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	84
25	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
26	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	83
27	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
28	Crossing Continents	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	421	BBC	28
29	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	31	Captivate	58
30	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
31	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	301	Simplecast	63
32	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
33	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	112	Megaphone	32
34	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
35	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	211	RedCircle	48
36	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	22	Audioboom	63
37	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	169	Megaphone	68
38	Everything Changed with Rosie Fawehimi	Rosie Fawehimi	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	52
39	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	102	Spotify for Podcasters	62
40	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	374	Megaphone	58
41	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
42	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	814	BBC	28
43	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	586	BBC	28
44	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
45	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	63
46	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	702	Audion	83
47	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	224	Captivate	68
48	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	352	Megaphone	42
49	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
50	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	39	Acast	84
51	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	123	Omny Studio	57
52	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	105	Megaphone	48
53	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
54	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
55	Here For The Craic with Emma Neill	Emma Neill	Society & Culture	256	Megaphone	32
56	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	232	Spreaker	78
57	Amol Rajan Interviews...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	43
58	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	433	Acast	28
59	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1031	Spotify for Podcasters	22
60	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
61	Walking This Way	Lise Thorne	Society & Culture	37	Transistor	73
62	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
63	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
65	Parlons-nous	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	49
66	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
67	Happy End Le Podcast	Blandine Lehout	Society & Culture	17	Acast	63
68	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	172	Megaphone	48
69	Inheritance Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	910	BBC	28
70	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	73
71	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	140	Acast	37
72	Wireless Nights	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	30	BBC	33
73	Life After Prison	Prison Radio Association	Society & Culture	190	Acast	58
74	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	197	ART19	63
75	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	237	Megaphone	38
76	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	118	Podeo	58
77	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	426	RedCircle	59
78	Bang On It	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	15	BBC	39
79	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	Wilson & Ashley	Wilson & Ashley	Society & Culture	35	Buzzsprout	73
81	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
82	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	184	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	The Boy in the Woods	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	12	BBC	49
84	Zoe Ball and Friends	BBC Radio 2	Society & Culture	69	BBC	33
85	Dear Daughter	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	87	BBC	43
86	New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster	New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster	Society & Culture	14	Spotify for Podcasters	57
87	Not Quite Typical: AuDHD & Neurodivergent Conversations	Amber Nap	Society & Culture	18	Spotify for Podcasters	32
88	Have You Heard George's Podcast?	BBC Sounds	Personal Journals	42	BBC	42
89	Namaste Motherf**kers	Cally Beaton	Society & Culture	287	Megaphone	53
90	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	385	Megaphone	48
91	Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	28
92	Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.	Luke Colson and Kyle Wise	Society & Culture	438	Buzzsprout	78
93	GloTalks	Glodi Wabelua	Society & Culture	53	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
95	Girls Next Door	Rolln Media	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
96	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	146	Spotify for Podcasters	52
97	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
98	Mer än bara morsa!	Kenza & Ines	Society & Culture	239	Acast	49
99	Secrets of the Salt Path	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
100	Radio Oldie	Radio Oldie	Society & Culture	500	Audioboom	38

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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