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 20 Jun 2026

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06/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 196

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:43:41

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (23 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (5 shows)

3. Joy Peddlers (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Persephonica (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (32 shows)

2. Megaphone (19 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Audioboom (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	179	Acast	58
2	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	257	Acast	53
3	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
4	Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball	Persephonica	Society & Culture	127	Acast	63
5	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	12	Acast	94
6	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	64	Acast	59
7	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1273	Acast	64
8	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
9	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
10	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
11	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
12	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
13	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
14	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
15	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	223	Captivate	68
16	Love and Radio: Blood Memory	ASD	Society & Culture	93	Spreaker	73
17	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
18	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
19	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
20	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
21	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	29	Captivate	58
22	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	83	Megaphone	63
23	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	23	Megaphone	42
24	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
25	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
26	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
27	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
28	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	32
29	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	20	Audioboom	63
30	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
31	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
32	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
33	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
34	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
35	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
36	Everything Changed with Rosie Fawehimi	Rosie Fawehimi	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	52
37	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
38	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	166	Megaphone	68
39	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	84
40	Stephing Up	TBC Studios	Society & Culture	71	Megaphone	89
41	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	58
42	Bang On It	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	15	BBC	39
43	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
44	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	345	Megaphone	42
45	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	100	Megaphone	48
46	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
47	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	97	Sharpstream	72
48	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	230	Spreaker	78
49	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	183	Spotify for Podcasters	58
50	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	584	BBC	28
51	Life After Prison	Prison Radio Association	Society & Culture	188	Acast	58
52	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	208	RedCircle	48
53	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	23	Megaphone	79
54	The Boy in the Woods	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	12	BBC	49
55	Have You Heard George's Podcast?	BBC Sounds	Personal Journals	42	BBC	42
56	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
57	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
58	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
59	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	111	Megaphone	32
60	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
61	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	83
62	Walking This Way	Lise Thorne	Society & Culture	35	Transistor	73
63	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	285	Libsyn	48
64	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
65	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
66	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	218	BBC	28
67	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	243	BBC	28
68	Crossing Continents	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	420	BBC	28
69	Secrets of the Salt Path	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
70	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
71	Here For The Craic with Emma Neill	Emma Neill	Society & Culture	255	Megaphone	32
72	#teakink with Dominatrix Eva Oh	Dominatrix Eva Oh	Society & Culture	106	Spotify for Podcasters	42
73	Unlearning Autism	Christine Doyle	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	63
74	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
75	Living Life Differently	Ali Mahoney	Society & Culture	28	RedCircle	59
76	The Missing Matter	Sally Leydon	Society & Culture	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
77	Head Game	Nova Podcasts	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	89
78	In Dark Corners	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	10	BBC	63
79	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	169	Megaphone	48
80	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
81	Biting Lemons Podcast	Biting Lemons Podcast	Society & Culture	3	Audioboom	42
82	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	431	Acast	28
83	Girls Next Door	Rolln Media	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
84	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	204	BBC	28
85	Friday Briefing Podcast	Friday Briefing	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	53
86	Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	52	BBC	43
87	The Striving Butterfly	Coleen Myers	Society & Culture	52	Buzzsprout	84
88	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard	A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard	Society & Culture	137	Acast	68
90	Wireless Nights	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	30	BBC	33
91	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	137	Simplecast	62
92	Radio Oldie	Radio Oldie	Society & Culture	500	Audioboom	38
93	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	194	ART19	63
94	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	55	BBC	28
95	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
96	Wilson & Ashley	Wilson & Ashley	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	73
97	Winners Talking Podcast	Pound Sterling & Big Doug	Society & Culture	199	Acast	43
98	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	812	BBC	28
99	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	277	Spreaker	59
100	In Detail...	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	44	BBC	59

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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