British chart

News podcast covers in the United Kingdom

News covers are a flat colour field with a network wordmark or a presenter's head. Below is Apple’s current top 100 for News in the United Kingdom, in chart order, with somewhere to put your own cover and see how it holds up beside them.

Looked after by Sleeve, a record sleeve.

Right now the top three are The News Agents, The Rest Is Politics and Newscast. Those three covers are the ones a British listener browsing News sees first, so they are the fairest thing to hold yours up against.

Your cover in the British News chart

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  1. 1The News Agents cover art
    The News Agents
    Global
  2. 2The Rest Is Politics cover art
    The Rest Is Politics
    Goalhanger
  3. 3Newscast cover art
    Newscast
    BBC News
  4. 4The Rest Is Politics: Leading cover art
    The Rest Is Politics: Leading
    Goalhanger
  5. 5
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  6. 6The Rest Is Politics: US cover art
    The Rest Is Politics: US
    Goalhanger
  7. 7Today in Focus cover art
    Today in Focus
    The Guardian
  8. 8Political Currency cover art
    Political Currency
    Persephonica
  9. 9The Daily T cover art
    The Daily T
    The Telegraph
  10. 10FT News Briefing cover art
    FT News Briefing
    Financial Times
  11. 11Global News Podcast cover art
    Global News Podcast
    BBC World Service
  12. 12Off Air with Jane & Fi cover art
    Off Air with Jane & Fi
    The Times
  13. 13The Wargame cover art
    The Wargame
    Sky News
  14. 14TRIGGERnometry cover art
    TRIGGERnometry
    TRIGGERnometry
  15. 15Americast cover art
    Americast
    BBC News
  16. 16The Daily cover art
    The Daily
    The New York Times
  17. 17The Rest Is Money cover art
    The Rest Is Money
    Goalhanger
  18. 18The Story cover art
    The Story
    The Times
  19. 19Pod Save America cover art
    Pod Save America
    Pod Save America
  20. 20Coffee House Shots cover art
    Coffee House Shots
    The Spectator
  21. 21Politics Weekly UK cover art
    Politics Weekly UK
    The Guardian
  22. 22The News Agents - USA cover art
    The News Agents - USA
    Global
  23. 23The Andrew Neil Report cover art
    The Andrew Neil Report
    Times Radio
  24. 24606 cover art
    606
    BBC Radio 5 Live
  25. 25Politics At Sam and Anne's cover art
    Politics At Sam and Anne's
    Sky News
  26. 26Electoral Dysfunction cover art
    Electoral Dysfunction
    Sky News
  27. 27The Intelligence from The Economist cover art
    The Intelligence from The Economist
    The Economist
  28. 28Economist Podcasts cover art
    Economist Podcasts
    The Economist
  29. 29The Daily Beast Podcast cover art
    The Daily Beast Podcast
    The Daily Beast, Joanna Coles
  30. 30The MeidasTouch Podcast cover art
    The MeidasTouch Podcast
    MeidasTouch Network
  31. 31The Trawl cover art
    The Trawl
    Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss
  32. 32Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast cover art
    Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast
    Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast
  33. 33Big Brother: The Group Chat cover art
    Big Brother: The Group Chat
    ITV
  34. 34Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost cover art
    Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
    Sky News
  35. 35The State of It cover art
    The State of It
    The Times
  36. 36Scottish Football Podcast cover art
    Scottish Football Podcast
    BBC Radio Scotland
  37. 37The Politics Show cover art
    The Politics Show
    The New Statesman
  38. 38Ukraine: The Latest cover art
    Ukraine: The Latest
    The Telegraph
  39. 39Political Fix cover art
    Political Fix
    Financial Times
  40. 40Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition cover art
    Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition
    Bloomberg
  41. 41The Bunker – News without the nonsense cover art
    The Bunker – News without the nonsense
    Podmasters
  42. 42The State of Us cover art
    The State of Us
    BBC Sounds
  43. 43talkSPORT Daily cover art
    talkSPORT Daily
    talkSPORT
  44. 44Pod Save the UK cover art
    Pod Save the UK
    Pod Save the UK
  45. 45The Trial of Russell Brand cover art
    The Trial of Russell Brand
    The Times
  46. 46Piers Morgan Uncensored cover art
    Piers Morgan Uncensored
    Piers Morgan Uncensored
  47. 47Hidden Wiring: UK Politics Explained cover art
    Hidden Wiring: UK Politics Explained
    Robert Buckland and Alun Evans
  48. 48Quite right! cover art
    Quite right!
    The Spectator
  49. 49Politics Unpacked cover art
    Politics Unpacked
    Times Radio
  50. 50The Tucker Carlson Show cover art
    The Tucker Carlson Show
    Tucker Carlson Network
  51. 51James O'Brien - The Whole Show cover art
    James O'Brien - The Whole Show
    Global
  52. 52Inside Trump's Head cover art
    Inside Trump's Head
    The Daily Beast, Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles
  53. 53Serial cover art
    Serial
    Serial Productions & The New York Times
  54. 54The General & The Journalist cover art
    The General & The Journalist
    The Times
  55. 55Novara Media cover art
    Novara Media
    Novara Media
  56. 56Politics Weekly America cover art
    Politics Weekly America
    The Guardian
  57. 57Pivot cover art
    Pivot
    New York Magazine
  58. 58Still Counting cover art
    Still Counting
    Crooked Media
  59. 59Quiet Riot cover art
    Quiet Riot
    Alex Andreou, Naomi Smith, Kenny Campbell
  60. 60Oh God, What Now? cover art
    Oh God, What Now?
    Podmasters
  61. 61The BelTel cover art
    The BelTel
    Belfast Telegraph
  62. 62The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters cover art
    The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters
    lotuseaters.com
  63. 63TRUMP100 cover art
    TRUMP100
    Sky News
  64. 64Six O'Clock News cover art
    Six O'Clock News
    BBC Radio 4
  65. 65The Fifth Judge cover art
    The Fifth Judge
    Oti Mabuse & Marius Iepure
  66. 66The Global Story cover art
    The Global Story
    BBC World Service
  67. 67Iran: The Latest cover art
    Iran: The Latest
    The Telegraph
  68. 68This Is Why cover art
    This Is Why
    Sky News
  69. 69IHIP News cover art
    IHIP News
    Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan
  70. 70From Our Own Correspondent cover art
    From Our Own Correspondent
    BBC Radio 4
  71. 71American Friction cover art
    American Friction
    Podmasters
  72. 72Novara Live cover art
    Novara Live
    Novara Media
  73. 73Understand cover art
    Understand
    BBC Radio 4
  74. 74The Two Matts cover art
    The Two Matts
    The New World
  75. 75Matt Forde's Political Party cover art
    Matt Forde's Political Party
    Avalon
  76. 76The Fourcast cover art
    The Fourcast
    Channel 4 News
  77. 77Top Comment cover art
    Top Comment
    BBC
  78. 78Candace cover art
    Candace
    Candace Owens
  79. 79The Teacher's Pet cover art
    The Teacher's Pet
    The Australian
  80. 80The New Yorker Radio Hour cover art
    The New Yorker Radio Hour
    WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
  81. 81In Moscow's Shadows cover art
    In Moscow's Shadows
    Mark Galeotti
  82. 82Pod Save the World cover art
    Pod Save the World
    Pod Save the World
  83. 83Best of the Spectator cover art
    Best of the Spectator
    The Spectator
  84. 84Today, Explained cover art
    Today, Explained
    Vox
  85. 85The Journal. cover art
    The Journal.
    The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios
  86. 86Bulwark Takes cover art
    Bulwark Takes
    The Bulwark
  87. 87The World in Brief from The Economist cover art
    The World in Brief from The Economist
    The Economist
  88. 88How To Win An Election cover art
    How To Win An Election
    Times Radio Politics
  89. 89The Peter McCormack Show cover art
    The Peter McCormack Show
    Peter McCormack
  90. 90The Walkers: The real Salt Path cover art
    The Walkers: The real Salt Path
    The Observer
  91. 91Stateside with Kai and Carter cover art
    Stateside with Kai and Carter
    The Guardian
  92. 92Political Thinking with Nick Robinson cover art
    Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
    BBC Radio 4
  93. 93John Kiriakou's Briefing Room cover art
    John Kiriakou's Briefing Room
    John Kiriakou
  94. 94The Royals Uncensored cover art
    The Royals Uncensored
    The Royals Uncensored
  95. 95The Escape Pod Podcast cover art
    The Escape Pod Podcast
    Alex Azor & Andrew Parker
  96. 96The Next Level cover art
    The Next Level
    The Bulwark
  97. 97Reuters World News cover art
    Reuters World News
    Reuters
  98. 98In The Room cover art
    In The Room
    The Independent / Next Chapter Studios
  99. 99The Rachman Review cover art
    The Rachman Review
    Financial Times
  100. 100The WAN Show cover art
    The WAN Show
    Linus Tech Tips
  101. 101Newshour cover art
    Newshour
    BBC World Service
Apple’s current top 100 for News in the United Kingdom, in chart order.Cover art belongs to the shows and is served from Apple’s own servers. Every one links to that podcast on Apple Podcasts.

News in other countries

Other genres in the United Kingdom

What is different about the British chart

Broadcasters hold more of this chart than any other in this set. Counted on 10 September, BBC Radio 4 held 11 of the 100 Science slots and 7 of Society & Culture, Sky News held 7 of News, and The Athletic and BBC Radio 5 Live held 8 each in Sports. Those covers follow a brand system, which means they are consistent, restrained, and almost always wordmark-led. An independent cover with a face on it is doing something visibly different from its neighbours here.

Counted, in this hundred

Off the same chart drawn above, which is in Apple’s order: number one is the cover doing the most work in the United Kingdom right now.

20 of these 100 shows have a name longer than 25 characters. The average is 18.6. The longest is "The Bunker – News without the nonsense", which is not a name that fits in a list row.

33 of them get by on two words or fewer. Those are the covers that can set their name large enough to read while scrolling.

Sky News holds 6 of the 100 places. A publisher with that many shows in one chart is running a house style, so several of the covers you are placed against are variations of one another.

23 of these 100 also chart in the United States. The other 77 are local to this store, which is the part of the chart worth studying if you are publishing into it.