The Top 25 Podcasts in the UK for Q3 2025
Edison Research announces the Top 25 Podcasts in the UK from Edison Podcast Metrics based on reach for the third quarter of 2025 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, as they did in Q2 2025. The top six shows remain in the same rank order as Q2
In the Top 25 for the first time: RedHanded, a true crime podcast hosted by two London-based women who decided to start a podcast after meeting at a party several years ago, breaks into the Top 25.
Notable moves: You’re Dead to Me soars 33 positions to move into the Top 25 for the first time since Q1 2025. ShxtsNGigs makes it into the Top 10 for the first time since Q3 2024. The Overlap sees its highest rank ever at #17. Hosted by English football legend Gary Neville, The Overlap received some attention in Q3 after a former football player pointed out that the male hosts were ignoring the female host.
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.
Top 25 Podcasts in the UK, Q3/25
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.
The above list of podcasts is available as an OPML file for your podcast player
About Edison Research
Edison Research conducts survey research and provides strategic information to a broad array of clients worldwide, having conducted research in 66 countries. Edison Research’s The Infinite Dial® series has been the survey of record for digital audio, social media, podcasting, smart speakers, and other media-related technologies since 1998. The company’s Share of Ear® survey is the only single-source measure of all audio in the U.S. Edison Research is the leading podcast research company in the world, producing the only survey-based data on podcast listening in the U.S, Edison Podcast Metrics, and has conducted research for many companies in the space. On October 15, 2025, Edison Research announced the company’s acquisition by the full-service market research firm SSRS.
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