Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

The 100 most popular Podcasts in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest podcasts in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 350 podcasts tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. The Rest Is Politics, The Daily T and The Rest Is History lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 11M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 407k, and the largest, The Rest Is Politics, reaches around 4.4M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each podcast, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United Kingdom. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in United Kingdom, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in United Kingdom. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Smosh Reads Reddit Stories 447k 43.9 51.1%
27 The Telepathy Tapes 437k 43.3 52.8%
28 Uncanny 424k 43.3 52.8%
29 Staying Relevant 389k 43.9 51.1%
30 The High Performance Podcast 348k 43.3 52.0%
31 Rotten Mango 325k 44.4 57.6%
32 Empire (Podcast) 319k 45.0 53.7%
33 Pod Save America 311k 44.7 54.0%
34 To Live and Die in LA 303k 40.8 53.7%
35 The Rest Is Science 291k 43.7 53.0%
36 LuAnna: The Podcast 282k 43.9 51.1%
37 Global News Podcast 273k 44.7 54.0%
38 We Have Ways of Making You Talk 260k 45.0 53.7%
39 Newscast 257k 44.7 54.0%
40 Help I Sexted My Boss 250k 43.9 51.1%
41 The Louis Theroux Podcast 248k 43.3 52.8%
42 The Adam Buxton Podcast 242k 43.9 51.1%
43 Stick to Cricket 242k 43.3 52.0%
44 CounterClock 232k 44.4 57.6%
45 Casefile True Crime 226k 44.4 57.6%
46 Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball 225k 43.3 52.8%
47 The Rest Is Classified 222k 45.0 53.7%
48 Nothing Much Happens 220k 40.7 60.1%
49 The Daily 215k 42.9 57.1%
50 My Favorite Murder 201k 44.4 57.6%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular podcasts compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom and ranks each podcast by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest podcast in United Kingdom?

The Rest Is Politics currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.4M people in United Kingdom.

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