The UK’s biggest podcasts have held firm at the top of the charts for the final quarter of last year.
According to Edison Research’s latest Edison Podcast Metrics, The Joe Rogan Experience, The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett and The Rest Is Politics remain the three most-reached podcasts among weekly listeners aged 15 and over for Q4 2025.
The top four shows are unchanged from Q3, with rank movement taking place further down the Top 10 and across the wider Top 25.
The full Top 25 podcasts are listed below.
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
- The Rest Is Politics
- The Rest Is History
- The Peter Crouch Podcast (+1 rank position since Q3 2025)
- The Rest Is Football (-1 rank position since Q3 2025)
- Newscast
- Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster (+1 rank position since Q3 2025)
- Sh**ged Married Annoyed (+2 rank position since Q3 2025)
- Crime Junkie (+2 rank position since Q3 2025)
The Archers, which is marking its 75th season on the BBC after first airing on 1 January 1951, climbed 10 places since Q3. The long-running radio soap continues to reflect contemporary rural life in England and remains a significant presence in podcast listening.
Stick to Football recorded the biggest jump this quarter, soaring 22 positions in the rankings. The podcast also extended its sponsorship agreement with Skybet over the summer.
RedHanded has reached a record high in the chart. The true crime podcast breaks into the Top 20 for the first time, having previously landed in the Top 25 in Q3 2025.
The latest rankings are based on reach among weekly podcast listeners aged 15 plus in the UK, offering a snapshot of the shows attracting the broadest audiences as the year closed.
