Apple Podcast Rankings - Great Britain - Society & Culture

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 18 Apr 2026

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04/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 331

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:47:39

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. Global (3 shows)

3. Persephonica (2 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (31 shows)

2. Megaphone (20 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. BBC (11 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	181	Acast	58
2	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
3	Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth	Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media	Society & Culture	273	Acast	53
4	The Louis Theroux Podcast	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	73	Megaphone	48
5	We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson	WNTT	Society & Culture	170	Megaphone	58
6	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
7	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
8	Radical	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	244	BBC	53
9	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
10	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1150	Megaphone	58
11	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
12	How To Fail With Elizabeth Day	Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	403	Megaphone	68
13	Shameless	Shameless Media	Society & Culture	907	Megaphone	68
14	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball	Persephonica	Society & Culture	130	Acast	63
16	I'm ADHD! No You're Not	Dr Mine Conkbayir MBE & Paul Whitehouse	Society & Culture	63	Megaphone	53
17	Anything Goes with James English	Anything Goes with James English	Society & Culture	593	Spotify for Podcasters	22
18	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
19	The Affair…with Anna Williamson	The Affair…with Anna Williamson	Society & Culture	62	Acast	48
20	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
21	Pottering with Tom Allen	Tom Allen	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	63
22	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
23	Full Disclosure with James O'Brien	Global	Society & Culture	348	Captivate	47
24	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	700	Megaphone	53
25	Olivia's House with Olivia Attwood	Platform Media	Society & Culture	90	Megaphone	42
26	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
27	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	260	Acast	53
28	Vogue & Amber	Global	Society & Culture	517	Captivate	43
29	The Girls Bathroom	Sophia & Cinzia	Society & Culture	370	Acast	94
30	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1184	Omny Studio	59
31	Single Ladies In Your Area	Plosive	Society & Culture	74	Acast	63
32	The Audio Long Read	The Guardian	Society & Culture	300	Acast	38
33	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	115	Megaphone	48
34	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
35	The Dozen with Liam Tuffs	The Dozen Media	Society & Culture	238	Spotify for Podcasters	27
36	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
37	Pete Wicks' Man Made	Bauer Media	Society & Culture	32	Sharpstream	63
38	Mad, Sad and Bad with Paloma Faith	JamPot Productions	Society & Culture	51	Acast	83
39	He Said, She Said	Staying Relevant Productions	Society & Culture	98	Acast	69
40	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	441	Acast	74
41	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
42	Woman's Hour	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	43
43	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
44	Planet Normal	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	325	Acast	48
45	Get A Grip with Angela Scanlon and Vicky Pattison	Audio Always	Society & Culture	124	Acast	73
46	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Acast	59
47	Nip Tuck	Bauer Media	Society & Culture	301	Sharpstream	48
48	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
49	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	402	Megaphone	53
50	The Travel Diaries	Holly Rubenstein	Society & Culture	192	Acast	84
51	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	304	Megaphone	42
52	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	97	BBC	53
53	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
54	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
55	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
56	Wednesdays	JamPot Productions	Society & Culture	305	Acast	63
57	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
58	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
59	Unlikely Friends	Global	Society & Culture	64	Captivate	69
60	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	73
61	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
62	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2817	Acast	43
63	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
64	The LRB Podcast	The London Review of Books	Society & Culture	480	Megaphone	53
65	Centre of the Universe	7FIFTY	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	53
66	The Mishal Husain Show	Bloomberg	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	63
67	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	31	Captivate	58
68	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	154	Simplecast	73
69	Natalie Cassidy's 'Life with Nat'	Audio Always	Society & Culture	268	Acast	63
70	Catching Up with the Royals	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	22	Acast	63
71	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1277	Acast	64
72	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
73	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
74	Within Reason	Alex J O'Connor	Society & Culture	161	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
76	talkBOXING with Simon Jordan and Spencer Oliver	talkSPORT	Society & Culture	161	Acast	38
77	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
78	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
79	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	225	Acast	43
80	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	107	ART19	68
81	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
82	Life Uncut	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	998	Omny Studio	63
83	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
84	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
85	Bridging Divides with Sonali Shah	The British Red Cross / Bird Lime Media	Society & Culture	4	Podbean	68
86	Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	268	Omny Studio	63
87	It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield	Abbie Chatfield	Society & Culture	689	Omny Studio	83
88	The Peter McCormack Show	Peter McCormack	News	1093	Acast	54
89	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Origin Story	Podmasters	Society & Culture	127	Megaphone	94
91	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	63
92	The SheerLuxe Podcast	SheerLuxe	Society & Culture	831	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	Conversations With Candice	Candice Brathwaite	Society & Culture	21	Acast	83
94	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
95	Boj & Kate Have A Lot On Their Plate	Kate Lawler / Podmasters	Society & Culture	133	Acast	89
96	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	63
97	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	224	Captivate	68
98	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
99	Big Lives	Pushkin Industries and BBC Studios	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	79
100	The James Smith Show	James Smith	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	58

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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