LearnEnglish Podcasts

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4,7
91,4K reviews
5M+
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Content rating
USK: All ages
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About this app

Join millions of satisfied learners and listen to the British Council’s most popular English language podcasts in LearnEnglish Podcasts.

Improve your listening, reading and understanding of general and business English – any time, anywhere. LearnEnglish Podcasts has lots of special features that make learning English fun.

Podcasts are downloadable any time, so you can access the content offline. Then, when you have finished with an episode, you can delete it to make space on your phone.

LearnEnglish Podcasts – key features:

* New podcasts are added every week, so you never run out of things to listen to. We have podcasts on a range of topics, from language learning tips to information about the world, so there is something for everyone.

* Downloadable episodes mean you can listen offline. But don’t worry, when you have done with an episode you can delete it, so it doesn’t use up space on your phone.

* Interactive audio scripts allow you to repeat hard-to-hear phrases or new vocabulary easily. Plus, pitch control means you can slow down the audio speed if the speaker is a bit difficult to understand.

*Background playing means that you can listen to the audio while the screen is off, which means you can slip your phone in your pocket and listen to podcasts on the go.

* Enjoy simple comprehension exercises for every episode of content, with a progress screen so that you can track your progress.

* Share what you’re watching and listening to through Facebook, Twitter and email with integrated social media sharing. Celebrate your progress with your friends.

Feedback
All feedback is welcome. If you are experiencing any problems with the app, please email us at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org with a short description of the issue and as much info about your phone and operating system as you can give us. But don’t wait for something to go wrong to reach out – you can email us any time to let us know what you think about LearnEnglish Podcasts, share ideas for new episodes or tell us how the app is helping you!

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About our apps
The British Council creates top English learning apps for learners of all ages. You can download our apps to practise grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and listening. Visit our website to see all our apps: www.britishcouncil.org/mobilelearning.
Updated on
01 Oct 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4,7
87K reviews
Maria
16 May 2022
The first episodes are easier for those who just started learning English. The podcast is well structured as well. Every episode has the same routine, like talking about different places, interviewing people, following the life of a student from Venezuela, explaining new grammar or phrases, and so on and so forth. I'm just on the first series so I can't say much but so far it's quite good.
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Yousef Daoud
14 October 2025
It's great app for learning English interestingly and useful
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Dorian Herrera
06 September 2021
An absolutely incredible app, I must highly recommend this one. To be honest, I'm prepering to do IELTS test and listening all day these podcast I have improved a lot!!! Thank you so much. You are the best of the world!!! Beside, the only thing that I do not like is, too much advertisements on the app, quite annoying. In addion, the first season were more helpful to learn to be honest, when Tom explained the podcasts and the podcast were better when they lasted about 30 minutes. From Argentina.
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British Council
01 September 2021
Thank you very much for your review. :)

What's new

v4.1.3:
- Added Android 15 support
- Updated the audio player
- Fixed bugs and crashes, and made some internal improvements
- Added more speed options for audio listening (0.25x/0.75x/1.25x)
We hope you enjoy this update! All the best with your English practice, and get in touch (learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org) if you have any feedback or suggestions about the app.