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 26 Oct 2026

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10/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 209

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:41:50

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (23 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (5 shows)

3. Persephonica (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Susan Chung (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (33 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. ART19 (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
2	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	191	Acast	58
3	Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball	Persephonica	Society & Culture	139	Acast	63
4	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	269	Acast	53
5	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	15	Acast	84
6	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
7	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	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	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	63
12	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
13	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	76	Acast	59
14	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	246	BBC	43
15	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
16	Amol Rajan Interviews...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	43
17	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
18	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	229	Captivate	68
19	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
20	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	104	Sharpstream	72
21	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
22	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	37	Unknown	79
23	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	589	BBC	28
24	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
25	Toast	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	53
26	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
27	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
28	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	818	BBC	28
29	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
30	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
31	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	146	Simplecast	62
32	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	35	Captivate	58
33	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
34	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	38	Buzzsprout	48
35	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	235	Spreaker	78
36	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	93	Megaphone	63
37	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	32
38	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	220	RedCircle	48
39	Aberfan: Tip Number 7	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	9	BBC	43
40	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
41	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	368	Megaphone	52
42	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
43	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
44	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
45	In Detail...	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	46	BBC	53
46	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
47	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	26	Audioboom	63
48	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
49	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	179	Megaphone	68
50	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	381	Megaphone	58
51	Crossing Continents	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	422	BBC	28
52	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	318	Megaphone	84
53	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
54	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
55	Inheritance Tracks	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	915	BBC	28
56	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	48
57	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
58	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	294	Spreaker	59
59	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	145	ART19	58
60	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
61	Liveline	RTÉ Radio 1	Society & Culture	109	Omny Studio	38
62	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
63	Walking This Way	Lise Thorne	Society & Culture	41	Transistor	73
64	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	42
65	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	189	Spotify for Podcasters	58
66	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	89
67	Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	52	BBC	43
68	Radio Oldie	Radio Oldie	Society & Culture	500	Audioboom	38
69	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
70	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	The Modern Mann	Olly Mann	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	83
72	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
73	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	118	Megaphone	32
74	The Yes Theory Podcast	Yes Theory	Society & Culture	33	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Parlons-nous	RTL	Society & Culture	88	Audiomeans	49
76	Stacey Dooley	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	8	BBC	38
77	Café Hope	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	71	BBC	48
78	Great British Adventures	Tom Bryan	Society & Culture	54	Spotify for Podcasters	48
79	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	73
80	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	454	RedCircle	59
81	Living a Nordic Life with Fiona McKinna	Fiona McKinna	Society & Culture	99	Buzzsprout	53
82	Bang On It	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	15	BBC	39
83	Everything Changed with Rosie Fawehimi	Rosie Fawehimi	Society & Culture	18	Spotify for Podcasters	47
84	Real with Ric - Life after Loss, with the Widowed Warrior	Rural Recording Ltd	Society & Culture	16	Libsyn	62
85	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
86	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
87	Wireless Nights	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	30	BBC	33
88	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1041	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	237	Spotify for Podcasters	52
90	A Cup of Tea	Susan Chung	Society & Culture	6	Podbean	42
91	Nighttime on Still Waters	Richard Goode	Society & Culture	219	Buzzsprout	58
92	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
93	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	178	Acast	48
94	The Higher Perspective	Hosted by Christine Higgins, founder of the Embodied Energy Method™	Society & Culture	48	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	1800 Seconds on Autism	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	33
96	The Boy in the Woods	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	12	BBC	49
97	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	30	WideOrbit	48
98	Ed Stott & The Big Life Questions	Edwina Stott	Society & Culture	186	Libsyn	48
99	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	206	ART19	63
100	The FarmHer Files	The FarmHer Files	Society & Culture	35	Spotify for Podcasters	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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