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 25 Oct 2026

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10/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 218

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:42:16

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (23 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (5 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. Persephonica (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio Wales (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (34 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	190	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	139	Acast	63
4	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
5	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	269	Acast	53
6	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
7	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
8	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
9	Boots Off	Audio Always	Society & Culture	3	Acast	69
10	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1285	Acast	64
11	Amol Rajan Interviews...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	43
12	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	450	RedCircle	63
13	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
14	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	75	Acast	59
15	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	246	BBC	43
16	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	228	Captivate	68
17	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
18	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
19	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	145	Simplecast	62
20	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
21	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
22	Toast	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	53
23	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
24	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
25	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
26	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	589	BBC	28
27	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	37	Unknown	79
28	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
29	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	104	Sharpstream	72
30	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
31	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
32	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	235	Spreaker	78
33	Aberfan: Tip Number 7	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	9	BBC	43
34	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
35	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	35	Captivate	58
36	In Detail...	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	46	BBC	53
37	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	144	ART19	58
38	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
39	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
40	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
41	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	219	RedCircle	48
42	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	818	BBC	28
43	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	179	Megaphone	68
44	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
45	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	93	Megaphone	63
46	Radio Oldie	Radio Oldie	Society & Culture	500	Audioboom	38
47	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	318	Megaphone	84
48	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
49	Liveline	RTÉ Radio 1	Society & Culture	109	Omny Studio	38
50	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
51	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	26	Audioboom	63
52	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	380	Megaphone	58
53	Crossing Continents	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	422	BBC	28
54	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
55	Walking This Way	Lise Thorne	Society & Culture	41	Transistor	73
56	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
57	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	32
58	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
59	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	42
60	Nighttime on Still Waters	Richard Goode	Society & Culture	219	Buzzsprout	58
61	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	367	Megaphone	52
62	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	115	Megaphone	48
63	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
64	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
65	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	294	Spreaker	59
66	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	30	WideOrbit	48
67	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	453	RedCircle	59
68	Stacey Dooley	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	8	BBC	38
69	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
70	Inheritance Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	915	BBC	28
71	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
72	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	163	Libsyn	58
73	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	73
74	Café Hope	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	71	BBC	48
75	Living a Nordic Life with Fiona McKinna	Fiona McKinna	Society & Culture	99	Buzzsprout	53
76	Transfer: The Emiliano Sala Story	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	12	BBC	28
77	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	83
78	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
79	這個，我不推	Yuli & 姚姚	Society & Culture	250	Firstory	73
80	Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	52	BBC	43
81	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	118	Megaphone	32
82	You Look Happier	Ellie Forsyth	Society & Culture	39	Acast	59
83	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
84	Everything Changed with Rosie Fawehimi	Rosie Fawehimi	Society & Culture	18	Spotify for Podcasters	47
85	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1041	Spotify for Podcasters	22
86	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	306	Simplecast	63
87	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
88	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	237	Spotify for Podcasters	52
89	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	180	Megaphone	48
90	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	218	BBC	28
91	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	188	Spotify for Podcasters	58
92	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	150	Omny Studio	42
93	WILD & WILD Podcast	April Wild	Society & Culture	18	Buzzsprout	78
94	Wireless Nights	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	30	BBC	33
95	A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard	A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard	Society & Culture	140	Acast	68
96	1800 Seconds on Autism	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	33
97	Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.	Luke Colson and Kyle Wise	Society & Culture	442	Buzzsprout	78
98	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	204	BBC	28
99	Erotic Stories by Krystine	Krystine Kellogg	Society & Culture	58	Buzzsprout	48
100	Fredagspodden	Perfect Day Media	Society & Culture	793	Acast	33

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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