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 17 Jun 2026

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06/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 224

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:43:29

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (19 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. Persephonica (2 shows)

5. Joy Peddlers (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (27 shows)

2. Megaphone (19 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	193	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	141	Acast	63
4	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	271	Acast	53
5	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	16	Acast	84
6	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	78	Acast	53
7	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
8	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
9	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
10	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
11	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1287	Acast	64
12	Love and Radio: Blood Memory	ASD	Society & Culture	93	Spreaker	73
13	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	247	BBC	43
14	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	453	RedCircle	63
15	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	133	Omny Studio	63
16	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
17	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	30	Megaphone	42
18	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
19	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
20	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	38	Unknown	79
21	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
22	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
23	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	27	Audioboom	63
24	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
25	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	230	Captivate	68
26	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
27	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	37	Captivate	58
28	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
29	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	319	Megaphone	84
30	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	63
31	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
32	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	158	Megaphone	53
33	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
34	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	182	Megaphone	68
35	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	32
36	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	119	Megaphone	48
37	Everything Changed with Rosie Fawehimi	Rosie Fawehimi	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	47
38	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	105	Sharpstream	72
39	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
40	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	32
41	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	119	Megaphone	32
42	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	45	Acast	84
43	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	590	BBC	28
44	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	604	Audiomeans	83
45	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	819	BBC	28
46	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
47	Have You Heard George's Podcast?	BBC Sounds	Personal Journals	42	BBC	42
48	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	83
49	Secrets of the Salt Path	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
50	Here For The Craic with Emma Neill	Emma Neill	Society & Culture	262	Megaphone	32
51	Life After Prison	Prison Radio Association	Society & Culture	195	Acast	58
52	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
53	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
54	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	462	RedCircle	59
55	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
56	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	99	Acast	63
57	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	222	RedCircle	48
58	Stephing Up	TBC Studios	Society & Culture	71	Megaphone	89
59	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	236	Spreaker	78
60	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	190	Spotify for Podcasters	58
61	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	446	Acast	28
62	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	298	Spreaker	59
63	Walking This Way	Lise Thorne	Society & Culture	41	Transistor	73
64	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	392	ART19	58
65	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	52
66	The India Hicks Podcast	India Hicks	Society & Culture	17	Libsyn	32
67	Living Life Differently	Ali Mahoney	Society & Culture	30	RedCircle	59
68	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
69	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
70	Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	52	BBC	43
71	Bang On It	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	15	BBC	39
72	Before the Work Begins	Jo Hutton	Society & Culture	16	Substack	59
73	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	218	BBC	28
74	In the Psychiatrist's Chair	BBC Radio 4 Extra	Society & Culture	29	BBC	38
75	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	382	Megaphone	58
77	The Archer Podcast	Dennis Archer	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Rylan: How to Be...	Global	Society & Culture	38	Captivate	58
79	Nighttime on Still Waters	Richard Goode	Society & Culture	219	Buzzsprout	58
80	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
81	Head Game	Nova Podcasts	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	89
82	In Dark Corners	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	10	BBC	63
83	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	243	BBC	28
84	Wilson & Ashley	Wilson & Ashley	Society & Culture	40	Buzzsprout	73
85	View from the shed	Stanley Common	Society & Culture	1	Buzzsprout	68
86	Not Quite Typical: AuDHD & Neurodivergent Conversations	Amber Nap	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
87	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
88	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1044	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	if we don't laugh, we'll cry	ifwedon'tlaugh	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
90	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
91	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	183	Megaphone	48
92	Mer än bara morsa!	Kenza & Ines	Society & Culture	250	Acast	49
93	保持嘴型	阿妹岑樂怡 / Leo Ball	Society & Culture	54	SoundOn	48
94	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	69
95	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	147	Simplecast	62
96	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	246	Megaphone	38
97	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	204	BBC	28
98	Sliding Doors	Jennie Becker	Society & Culture	170	Acast	69
99	Chris Thrall's Bought the T-Shirt Podcast	CHRIS THRALL	Society & Culture	595	Libsyn	37
100	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58

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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