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.
Subscribers to Edison Podcast Metrics have access to measurement on hundreds of podcasts, so please contact us at info@edisonresearch.com if you would like information on becoming a subscriber.
Below are the Top 10 shows:
The Joe Rogan Experience
The Diary of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (+1 spot from Q1 2025)
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.
For more information on how to become a subscriber to the full datasets, please contact info@edisonresearch.com.
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. Since 2004, Edison Research has been the sole provider of election data, race projections and analysis to the National Election Pool (ABC News, CBS News, CNN, NBC News).
