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United Kingdom · Apple Podcasts · January 8, 2026

Jan 8, 2026

Rows:50 100 200

#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson
2	—		We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson	WNTT
3	3	D	Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball	Persephonica
3	1		Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth	Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media
3	2		Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions
4	2		The Louis Theroux Podcast	Spotify Studios
7	3	R	Radical with Amol Rajan	BBC Radio 4
7	1		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
7	1		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
8	—		Anything Goes with James English	Anything Goes with James English
10	6		Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4
10	6	R	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds
10	3		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
10	7	M	Miss Me?	BBC Sounds
13	—		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
15	—		How To Fail With Elizabeth Day	Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment
15	1		Mad, Sad and Bad with Paloma Faith	JamPot Productions
17	1		The Girls Bathroom	Sophia & Cinzia
18	2		Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts
20	5		heretics.	Andrew Gold
20	—		Vogue & Amber	Global
21	1		The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion
21	8		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
22	2		Woman's Hour	BBC Radio 4
22	4		Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian
23	2		Olivia's House with Olivia Attwood	Listen
24	1	W	Wednesdays	JamPot Productions
27	8		The Dozen with Liam Tuffs	The Dozen Media
27	5	N	Nip, Tuck, Not Giving a F....	Bauer Media
28	2		TED Talks Daily	TED
29	14		Shameless	Shameless Media
29	2	N	Natalie Cassidy's 'Life with Nat'	Keep It Light Media
29	5		Fela Kuti: Fear No Man	Higher Ground
30	9	G	Get A Grip with Angela Scanlon and Vicky Pattison	Audio Always
31	4		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
32	2		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
33	13		Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media
34	6	T	The Affair…with Anna Williamson	The Affair…with Anna Williamson
35	5		The Mishal Husain Show	Bloomberg
36	3		The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan
36	14	F	Full Disclosure with James O'Brien	Global
37	6	B	Beyond The Bathroom	Sali Hughes
38	16		This American Life	This American Life
38	6		The Audio Long Read	The Guardian
38	7	P	Pottering with Tom Allen	Tom Allen
41	6		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
43	8	T	The LRB Podcast	The London Review of Books
43	1		Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
45	9		If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
46	2		We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle
48	29	S	Straight Up	Straight Up
48	2		World of Secrets	BBC
49	10		Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries
50	7		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
51	6	T	Travel Secrets	Tanya Rose
52	6		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
53	6		Within Reason	Alex J O'Connor
53	5		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
53	30		Child	BBC Radio 4
55	4	T	The Problem With...	James Smith
56	—	T	The Reith Lectures	BBC Radio 4
56	4		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
56	7		Philosophize This!	Stephen West
58	1	H	Haunted UK Podcast	Steven Holloway
59	6		The Winston Marshall Show	Winston Marshall
59	4		Against The Odds	Audible
60	4	T	These Three Things	These Three Things
61	13	S	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories
62	7		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
63	21	I	If I Speak	Novara Media
64	22		Experience is Everything	Saga Group
64	6	W	Walking The Dog with Emily Dean	Goalhanger
65	8		Otherworld	Otherworld
65	19		What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah
65	39	S	Sofieland with Sofie Hagen	Sofie Hagen
66	4	W	Wright At Home with Jess, Natalya & Carol Wright	Formidable
66	29		Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke
69	31		PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel
72	5		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
72	21	L	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4
72	15	F	Flesh and Code	Audible
74	10		The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries
74	3		REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell
76	15		On Hold	Storied
77	19	P	Planet Normal	The Telegraph
78	10		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
79	1		The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer
79	17		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
80	13	P	Private Parts	Spirit Studios
80	2	P	Paranormal Activity with Yvette Fielding	Create
80	—	T	The Travel Diaries	Holly Rubenstein
81	7	O	Origin Story	Podmasters
85	22	L	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service
86	7		Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries
87	20		Modern Love	The New York Times
88	1	S	Single Ladies In Your Area	Plosive
88	20		Scamfluencers	Audible
88	14	I	I'm ADHD! No You're Not	Dr Mine Conkbayir MBE & Paul Whitehouse
89	19		Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky	Wondery
90	17		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media