Edison Research announces the Top 25 Podcasts in the UK from Edison Podcast Metrics based on reach for the first quarter of 2025 among weekly podcast listeners ages 15+.

The Joe Rogan Experience, The Rest Is Politics, and The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett top the list in the same order as the third and fourth quarters of 2024.

  1. The Joe Rogan Experience
  1. The Rest Is Politics
  1. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett 
  1. The Rest Is History
  1. That Peter Crouch Podcast (+9)
  1. Saving Grace (+9)
  1. The Rest is Football (-2)
  1. Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
  1. The Rest is Entertainment (+7)
  1. Newscast (-1)

Notable Movements

Goalhanger’s The Rest is Entertainment breaks into the Top 10 for the first time following a steady rise through the rankings since its debut in November 2023. Goalhanger occupies four of the top ten UK podcasts with The Rest Is Politics (#2), The Rest Is History (#4), The Rest Is Football (#7), and The Rest is Entertainment (#9).

The U.S.-based true crime podcast Rotten Mango breaks into the Top 25 for the first time in Q1, mirroring the show’s ascent in the U.S. chart. Host Stephanie Soo currently is providing daily updates from inside the courtroom at the high-profile Sean Combs “Diddy” trial in New York.

top 25 podcasts in the UK q1 2025

About Edison Podcast Metrics

Edison Podcast Metrics is unique in that it is not dependent on podcast download data and does not require podcast networks to opt into its service. At least 2,000 weekly podcast listeners in the UK are surveyed each quarter, and listening behavior is collected regardless of listening platform. The same methodology is being employed in the UK as is used in the U.S.

Data from Edison Podcast Metrics UK provides show-level information on the top podcasts in the UK. Subscribers can analyze demographics, psychographics and purchase-behavior information of weekly podcast listeners. The first Top Podcast Shows ranker in the U.S. was released by Edison Research in November 2019; the company has been tracking podcast consumption in the aggregate since 2006.

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