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 19 Jun 2026

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06/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:43:18

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (23 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (5 shows)

3. Persephonica (2 shows)

4. Joy Peddlers (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (31 shows)

2. Megaphone (20 shows)

3. Acast (13 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	184	Acast	58
2	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	262	Acast	53
3	Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball	Persephonica	Society & Culture	132	Acast	63
4	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
5	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	12	Acast	94
6	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	69	Acast	59
7	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
8	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
9	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	63
10	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
11	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1279	Acast	64
12	Love and Radio: Blood Memory	ASD	Society & Culture	93	Spreaker	73
13	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	442	RedCircle	63
14	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	79
15	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	106	Acast	68
16	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
17	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	243	BBC	43
18	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	225	Captivate	68
19	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	32	Captivate	58
20	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	25	Megaphone	42
21	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
22	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
23	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
24	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
25	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
26	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	23	Audioboom	63
27	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	32
28	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
29	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	172	Megaphone	68
30	Everything Changed with Rosie Fawehimi	Rosie Fawehimi	Society & Culture	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
31	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
32	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
33	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
34	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
35	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	84
36	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
37	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	40	Acast	84
38	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	588	Audiomeans	83
39	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
40	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	108	Megaphone	48
41	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
42	Bang On It	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	15	BBC	39
43	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	101	Sharpstream	72
44	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
45	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	26	Megaphone	79
46	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	185	Spotify for Podcasters	58
47	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
48	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
49	Life After Prison	Prison Radio Association	Society & Culture	191	Acast	58
50	Walking This Way	Lise Thorne	Society & Culture	38	Transistor	73
51	Have You Heard George's Podcast?	BBC Sounds	Personal Journals	42	BBC	42
52	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	233	Spreaker	78
53	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	42
54	The Boy in the Woods	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	12	BBC	49
55	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
56	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	387	Megaphone	48
57	Unlearning Autism	Christine Doyle	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	58
58	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	431	RedCircle	59
59	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	286	Libsyn	48
60	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	218	BBC	28
61	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	376	Megaphone	58
62	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	437	Acast	28
63	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	213	RedCircle	48
64	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	243	BBC	28
65	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	586	BBC	28
66	Biting Lemons Podcast	Biting Lemons Podcast	Society & Culture	3	Audioboom	42
67	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	174	Megaphone	48
68	In Dark Corners	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	10	BBC	63
69	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
70	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	83
71	Crossing Continents	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	422	BBC	28
72	Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	52	BBC	43
73	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
74	Secrets of the Salt Path	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
75	Radio Oldie	Radio Oldie	Society & Culture	500	Audioboom	38
76	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	141	Simplecast	62
77	Stephing Up	TBC Studios	Society & Culture	71	Megaphone	89
78	Winners Talking Podcast	Pound Sterling & Big Doug	Society & Culture	199	Acast	43
79	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	92	Acast	63
80	Not Quite Typical: AuDHD & Neurodivergent Conversations	Amber Nap	Society & Culture	18	Spotify for Podcasters	32
81	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	815	BBC	28
82	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	286	Spreaker	59
83	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
84	Here For The Craic with Emma Neill	Emma Neill	Society & Culture	257	Megaphone	32
85	#teakink with Dominatrix Eva Oh	Dominatrix Eva Oh	Society & Culture	106	Spotify for Podcasters	42
86	Living Life Differently	Ali Mahoney	Society & Culture	28	RedCircle	59
87	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	114	Megaphone	32
88	The India Hicks Podcast	India Hicks	Society & Culture	17	Libsyn	32
89	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	204	BBC	28
90	Mer än bara morsa!	Kenza & Ines	Society & Culture	241	Acast	49
91	The Missing Matter	Sally Leydon	Society & Culture	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
92	保持嘴型	阿妹岑樂怡 / Leo Ball	Society & Culture	49	SoundOn	48
93	Awakening Doctor	Dr Maria Christodoulou	Society & Culture	38	Buzzsprout	58
94	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
95	Namaste Motherf**kers	Cally Beaton	Society & Culture	288	Megaphone	53
96	Head Game	Nova Podcasts	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	89
97	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	28
98	Girls Next Door	Rolln Media	Society & Culture	30	Omny Studio	83
99	Before the Work Begins	Jo Hutton	Society & Culture	16	Substack	59
100	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	55	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.

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