Edison Research announces the Top 25 Podcasts in the UK for Q2 2025 from Edison Podcast Metrics. Rankings are based on reach among weekly podcast listeners ages 15+.
The Joe Rogan Experience, The Diary of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, and The Rest Is Politics top the list.
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Below are the Top 10 shows:
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- The Diary of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (+1 spot from Q1 2025)
- The Rest Is Politics (-1)
- The Rest Is History
- The Rest is Football (+2)
- That Peter Crouch Podcast (-1)
- The Rest is Entertainment (+2)
- Newscast (+2)
- The News Agents (+3)
- Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster (-2)
In the Top 25 for the first time: The Mel Robbins Podcast enters the Top 25 for the first time at #17 with growth that mirrors the show’s performance in the U.S.
Other notables: Just launched in March, BBC Radio 4’s What’s Up Docs, is rising quickly and sits just below the Top 25. Goalhanger is poised to add a fifth show to the Top 25, with The Rest is Politics: US increasing in rank every quarter since its launch.
Edison Podcast Metrics rankings now incorporate data from individuals whose sole podcast consumption in the past week was through video. In addition to being asked if they listened to a podcast in the past week, respondents are also asked if they watched a video podcast. Video-heavy shows, such as Call Her Daddy and The Louis Theroux Podcast, jumped 17 and 30 spots, respectively.
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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