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 18 Oct 2026

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10/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 197

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:45:47

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (19 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

3. Joy Peddlers (2 shows)

4. Persephonica (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 5 Live (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (27 shows)

2. Megaphone (20 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

5. RedCircle (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	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
5	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	268	Acast	53
6	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
7	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1285	Acast	64
8	Amol Rajan Interviews...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	43
9	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
10	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	228	Captivate	68
11	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	108	Acast	68
12	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	75	Acast	59
13	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	245	BBC	43
14	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	449	RedCircle	63
15	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	103	Sharpstream	72
16	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
17	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
18	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
19	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
20	Toast	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	53
21	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
22	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
23	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	235	Spreaker	78
24	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
25	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
26	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	35	Captivate	58
27	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	63
28	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	589	BBC	28
29	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
30	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	36	Unknown	79
31	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	178	Megaphone	68
32	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	818	BBC	28
33	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
34	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	317	Megaphone	84
35	Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.	Luke Colson and Kyle Wise	Society & Culture	442	Buzzsprout	78
36	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
37	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
38	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	380	Megaphone	58
39	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	219	RedCircle	48
40	Stacey Dooley	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	8	BBC	38
41	The Courage to Speak	Leonie Mellinger	Society & Culture	26	Megaphone	58
42	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	25	Audioboom	63
43	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
44	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	142	ART19	58
45	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	32
46	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	83
47	Motherloading Podcast	TAEPodcast	Society & Culture	29	Unknown	63
48	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
49	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
50	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	30	WideOrbit	48
51	Radio Oldie	Radio Oldie	Society & Culture	500	Audioboom	38
52	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
53	Crossing Continents	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	422	BBC	28
54	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	43	Acast	84
55	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	117	Megaphone	32
56	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	42
57	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1966-1970	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	32	BBC	28
58	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	442	Acast	28
59	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	366	Megaphone	52
60	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
61	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	188	Spotify for Podcasters	58
62	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
63	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
64	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	287	Libsyn	48
65	You’re Gonna Want To Hear This	marie claire australia	Society & Culture	57	Omny Studio	58
66	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
67	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	293	Spreaker	59
68	Erotic Stories by Krystine	Krystine Kellogg	Society & Culture	58	Buzzsprout	48
69	Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	52	BBC	43
70	New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster	New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster	Society & Culture	18	Spotify for Podcasters	57
71	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
72	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	89
73	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
74	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
75	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	114	Megaphone	48
76	Winners Talking Podcast	Pound Sterling & Big Doug	Society & Culture	201	Acast	43
77	Hold or Fold	National Prison Radio	Society & Culture	33	Acast	63
78	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
79	Life After Prison	Prison Radio Association	Society & Culture	194	Acast	58
80	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
81	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	452	RedCircle	59
82	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
83	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	180	Megaphone	48
84	Nomadcast	Moose and Cheyanne	Society & Culture	45	Buzzsprout	43
85	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	218	BBC	28
86	Jason Fox Wild Tales Podcast – The Book of Man	The Book Of Man	Society & Culture	27	Acast	32
87	Liveline	RTÉ Radio 1	Society & Culture	109	Omny Studio	38
88	How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	54	BBC	28
89	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	79
90	Combat Fuel Podcast	Combat Fuel Podcast	Society & Culture	20	Audioboom	58
91	Behind The Mirror Podcast	Behind The Mirror Podcast did	Society & Culture	61	Spotify for Podcasters	11
92	螺丝在拧紧	吴琦	Society & Culture	124	Ximalaya	48
93	The Life and Times of a Cornish Funeral Director	David Bray	Society & Culture	214	Buzzsprout	42
94	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
95	Talking Taiwan	Felicia Lin	Society & Culture	336	Libsyn	58
96	Parlons-nous	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	49
97	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
98	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
99	Tea at Four	Four Nine	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	My Seven Wonders with Clive Anderson	Stak	Society & Culture	84	Acast	79

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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