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 21 Jun 2026

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06/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:44:02

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (19 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio Wales (2 shows)

4. Persephonica (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (29 shows)

2. Megaphone (20 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 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	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	272	Acast	53
4	Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball	Persephonica	Society & Culture	142	Acast	63
5	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	16	Acast	84
6	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	79	Acast	53
7	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1289	Acast	64
8	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
9	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	134	Omny Studio	63
10	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
11	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	230	Captivate	68
12	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	454	RedCircle	63
13	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
14	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	38	Unknown	79
15	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	247	BBC	43
16	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
17	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	30	Megaphone	42
18	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
19	Love and Radio: Blood Memory	ASD	Society & Culture	93	Spreaker	73
20	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	158	Megaphone	53
21	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	63
22	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
23	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	27	Audioboom	63
24	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
25	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
26	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	37	Captivate	58
27	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
28	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	32
29	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
30	Everything Changed with Rosie Fawehimi	Rosie Fawehimi	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	47
31	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	591	BBC	28
32	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	45	Acast	84
33	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
34	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
35	Rylan: How to Be...	Global	Society & Culture	38	Captivate	58
36	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	120	Megaphone	48
37	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
38	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	374	Megaphone	52
39	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	58
40	Stephing Up	TBC Studios	Society & Culture	71	Megaphone	89
41	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	319	Megaphone	84
42	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	32
43	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	208	BBC	32
44	Bang On It	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	15	BBC	39
45	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	237	Spreaker	78
46	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	605	Audiomeans	83
47	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	28
48	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	223	RedCircle	48
49	Walking This Way	Lise Thorne	Society & Culture	41	Transistor	73
50	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
51	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	182	Megaphone	68
52	Crossing Continents	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	422	BBC	28
53	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	105	Sharpstream	72
54	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
55	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
56	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
57	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	190	Spotify for Podcasters	58
58	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	464	RedCircle	59
59	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	218	BBC	28
60	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	820	BBC	28
61	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	147	Simplecast	62
62	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	184	Megaphone	48
63	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
64	Life After Prison	Prison Radio Association	Society & Culture	196	Acast	58
65	The Boy in the Woods	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	12	BBC	49
66	Living Life Differently	Ali Mahoney	Society & Culture	30	RedCircle	59
67	The Missing Matter	Sally Leydon	Society & Culture	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
68	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	89
69	Héros	RTL	Society & Culture	110	Audiomeans	49
70	The Striving Butterfly	Coleen Myers	Society & Culture	52	Buzzsprout	84
71	Have You Heard George's Podcast?	BBC Sounds	Personal Journals	42	BBC	42
72	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	120	Megaphone	32
74	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	83
75	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
76	In Detail...	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	48	BBC	53
77	The India Hicks Podcast	India Hicks	Society & Culture	17	Libsyn	32
78	How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	54	BBC	28
79	Secrets of the Salt Path	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
80	Namaste Motherf**kers	Cally Beaton	Society & Culture	293	Megaphone	53
81	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	393	ART19	58
82	The FarmHer Files	The FarmHer Files	Society & Culture	36	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	204	BBC	28
84	Women Are Mad	Women Are Mad	Society & Culture	121	Acast	84
85	Great British Adventures	Tom Bryan	Society & Culture	54	Spotify for Podcasters	48
86	FAN48	[NON]FICTION PEOPLE Podcasts	News	134	Acast	84
87	Golden Boy: Louis Rees-Zammit	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	16	BBC	28
88	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
89	You Will Please Me	Dominatrix Eva Oh	Society & Culture	109	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	243	BBC	28
91	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
92	Jason Fox Wild Tales Podcast – The Book of Man	The Book Of Man	Society & Culture	27	Acast	32
93	Here For The Craic with Emma Neill	Emma Neill	Society & Culture	262	Megaphone	32
94	Unlearning Autism	Christine Doyle	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	58
95	The Archer Podcast	Dennis Archer	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	246	Megaphone	38
97	The Late Discovered Club	Catherine Asta	Society & Culture	62	Spotify for Podcasters	73
98	Motherloading Podcast	TAEPodcast	Society & Culture	29	Unknown	63
99	Chris Thrall's Bought the T-Shirt Podcast	CHRIS THRALL	Society & Culture	595	Libsyn	37
100	Head Game	Nova Podcasts	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	89

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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