There are now somewhere in the region of 250,000 podcasts available ... billion mark for the first time, while UK podcast site Audioboo attracts 10 million unique users a month.

BBC Studios already sells adverts on BBC podcasts outside the UK The BBC has "decided to rule out" placing adverts on some of its podcasts for UK listeners on sites such as Apple and Spotify.

The company secured three places in the top 10, with Out Loud, the organisation’s flagship program topping out at number four. Here are the most popular podcasts ... across the UK and beyond ...

Most of our English language podcasts will include advertising. The only excluded podcasts will be those for which rights or editorial content mean that advertising should be excluded. No. Most of ...