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Top 100 US Podcasts (Apple Podcasts Top Charts)

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This is a list of the top 100 podcasts in the United States on Apple Podcasts (iTunes). It should automatically update every few days.

Keep in mind, the Apple Podcast charts have been reported to be based on new subscribers, weighted for recency. That means that download numbers don't necessarily align with this chart.

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Updated Wed, 11 Nov 2026 07:29:14 +0000

  1. The Daily

    Podcast Name: The Daily
    Network/Artist: The New York Times

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  2. Crime Junkie

    Podcast Name: Crime Junkie
    Network/Artist: Audiochuck

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  3. Dateline NBC

    Podcast Name: Dateline NBC
    Network/Artist: NBC News

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  4. The Joe Rogan Experience

    Podcast Name: The Joe Rogan Experience
    Network/Artist: Joe Rogan

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  5. Pod Save America

    Podcast Name: Pod Save America
    Network/Artist: Pod Save America

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  6. Up First from NPR

    Podcast Name: Up First from NPR
    Network/Artist: NPR

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  7. Morbid

    Podcast Name: Morbid
    Network/Artist: Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  8. The Ezra Klein Show

    Podcast Name: The Ezra Klein Show
    Network/Artist: New York Times Opinion

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  9. Good Hang with Amy Poehler

    Podcast Name: Good Hang with Amy Poehler
    Network/Artist: The Ringer

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  10. The Megyn Kelly Show

    Podcast Name: The Megyn Kelly Show
    Network/Artist: SiriusXM

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  11. The Toast

    Podcast Name: The Toast
    Network/Artist: Dear Media

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  12. Pardon My Take

    Podcast Name: Pardon My Take
    Network/Artist: Barstool Sports

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  13. The Bulwark Daily

    Podcast Name: The Bulwark Daily
    Network/Artist: The Bulwark

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  14. SmartLess

    Podcast Name: SmartLess
    Network/Artist: Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  15. The Bill Simmons Podcast

    Podcast Name: The Bill Simmons Podcast
    Network/Artist: The Ringer

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  16. Pivot

    Podcast Name: Pivot
    Network/Artist: New York Magazine

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  17. Giggly Squad

    Podcast Name: Giggly Squad
    Network/Artist: Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  18. This American Life

    Podcast Name: This American Life
    Network/Artist: This American Life

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  19. The Dan Le Batard Show

    Podcast Name: The Dan Le Batard Show
    Network/Artist: Dan Le Batard

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  20. 48 Hours

    Podcast Name: 48 Hours
    Network/Artist: 48 Hours

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  21. Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast

    Podcast Name: Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast
    Network/Artist: Fantasy Football

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  22. The Rest Is History

    Podcast Name: The Rest Is History
    Network/Artist: Goalhanger

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  23. The Mel Robbins Podcast

    Podcast Name: The Mel Robbins Podcast
    Network/Artist: Mel Robbins

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  24. The Ramsey Show

    Podcast Name: The Ramsey Show
    Network/Artist: Ramsey Network

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  25. The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

    Podcast Name: The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
    Network/Artist: Ascension

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  26. NPR News Now

    Podcast Name: NPR News Now
    Network/Artist: NPR

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  27. IHIP News

    Podcast Name: IHIP News
    Network/Artist: Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  28. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

    Podcast Name: Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
    Network/Artist: Armchair Umbrella

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  29. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

    Podcast Name: My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
    Network/Artist: Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  30. Stuff You Should Know

    Podcast Name: Stuff You Should Know
    Network/Artist: iHeartPodcasts

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  31. The Ben Shapiro Show

    Podcast Name: The Ben Shapiro Show
    Network/Artist: The Daily Wire

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  32. 20/20

    Podcast Name: 20/20
    Network/Artist: ABC News

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  33. MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

    Podcast Name: MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
    Network/Artist: Ballen Studios

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  34. Betrayal Season 6

    Podcast Name: Betrayal Season 6
    Network/Artist: iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  35. The MeidasTouch Podcast

    Podcast Name: The MeidasTouch Podcast
    Network/Artist: MeidasTouch Network

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  36. The Shawn Ryan Show

    Podcast Name: The Shawn Ryan Show
    Network/Artist: Shawn Ryan

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  37. The NPR Politics Podcast

    Podcast Name: The NPR Politics Podcast
    Network/Artist: NPR

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  38. Fresh Air

    Podcast Name: Fresh Air
    Network/Artist: NPR

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  39. Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

    Podcast Name: Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
    Network/Artist: Team Coco & Earwolf

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  40. Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov

    Podcast Name: Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
    Network/Artist: Vox Media Podcast Network

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  41. Sword and Scale

    Podcast Name: Sword and Scale
    Network/Artist: Sword and Scale

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  42. All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

    Podcast Name: All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
    Network/Artist: All-In Podcast, LLC

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  43. Morning Wire

    Podcast Name: Morning Wire
    Network/Artist: The Daily Wire

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  44. Park Predators

    Podcast Name: Park Predators
    Network/Artist: Audiochuck

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  45. The Rewatchables

    Podcast Name: The Rewatchables
    Network/Artist: The Ringer

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  46. The Tucker Carlson Show

    Podcast Name: The Tucker Carlson Show
    Network/Artist: Tucker Carlson Network

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  47. Hidden Brain

    Podcast Name: Hidden Brain
    Network/Artist: Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  48. Live Free with Josh Howerton

    Podcast Name: Live Free with Josh Howerton
    Network/Artist: Lakepointe Church

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  49. Serialously with Annie Elise

    Podcast Name: Serialously with Annie Elise
    Network/Artist: Annie Elise

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  50. The Journal.

    Podcast Name: The Journal.
    Network/Artist: The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  51. Criminal

    Podcast Name: Criminal
    Network/Artist: Vox Media Podcast Network

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  52. The Dan Bongino Show

    Podcast Name: The Dan Bongino Show
    Network/Artist: Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  53. Today, Explained

    Podcast Name: Today, Explained
    Network/Artist: Vox

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  54. KILL TONY

    Podcast Name: KILL TONY
    Network/Artist: Tony Hinchcliffe

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  55. Snapped: Women Who Murder

    Podcast Name: Snapped: Women Who Murder
    Network/Artist: Oxygen

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  56. Huberman Lab

    Podcast Name: Huberman Lab
    Network/Artist: Scicomm Media

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  57. Marketplace

    Podcast Name: Marketplace
    Network/Artist: Marketplace

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  58. Bulwark Takes

    Podcast Name: Bulwark Takes
    Network/Artist: The Bulwark

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  59. Bad Friends

    Podcast Name: Bad Friends
    Network/Artist: 7EQUIS & Wave

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  60. WSJ What’s News

    Podcast Name: WSJ What’s News
    Network/Artist: The Wall Street Journal

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  61. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

    Podcast Name: The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
    Network/Artist: DOAC

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  62. The Bobby Bones Show

    Podcast Name: The Bobby Bones Show
    Network/Artist: iHeartPodcasts

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  63. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

    Podcast Name: This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
    Network/Artist: Theo Von

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  64. The Headlines

    Podcast Name: The Headlines
    Network/Artist: The New York Times

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  65. Fantasy Football Today

    Podcast Name: Fantasy Football Today
    Network/Artist: CBS Sports

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  66. The Daily Show: Ears Edition

    Podcast Name: The Daily Show: Ears Edition
    Network/Artist: Comedy Central

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  67. Candace

    Podcast Name: Candace
    Network/Artist: Candace Owens

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  68. Spittin Chiclets

    Podcast Name: Spittin Chiclets
    Network/Artist: Barstool Sports

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  69. Dateline Originals

    Podcast Name: Dateline Originals
    Network/Artist: NBC News

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  70. Rotten Mango

    Podcast Name: Rotten Mango
    Network/Artist: Stephanie Soo

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  71. Behind the Bastards

    Podcast Name: Behind the Bastards
    Network/Artist: Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  72. The Matt Walsh Show

    Podcast Name: The Matt Walsh Show
    Network/Artist: The Daily Wire

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  73. Adam Carolla Show

    Podcast Name: Adam Carolla Show
    Network/Artist: PodcastOne / Carolla Digital

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  74. Global News Podcast

    Podcast Name: Global News Podcast
    Network/Artist: BBC World Service

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  75. Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

    Podcast Name: Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
    Network/Artist: iHeartPodcasts

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  76. The Moth

    Podcast Name: The Moth
    Network/Artist: The Moth

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  77. Apple News Today

    Podcast Name: Apple News Today
    Network/Artist: Apple News

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  78. The Glenn Beck Program

    Podcast Name: The Glenn Beck Program
    Network/Artist: Mercury Radio Arts

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  79. Deadline: White House

    Podcast Name: Deadline: White House
    Network/Artist: Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  80. Watch What Crappens

    Podcast Name: Watch What Crappens
    Network/Artist: Ben Mandelker & Ronnie Karam

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  81. Love Trapped

    Podcast Name: Love Trapped
    Network/Artist: iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  82. Bear Brook

    Podcast Name: Bear Brook
    Network/Artist: NHPR

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  83. Prof G Markets

    Podcast Name: Prof G Markets
    Network/Artist: Vox Media Podcast Network

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  84. The Dan Patrick Show

    Podcast Name: The Dan Patrick Show
    Network/Artist: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  85. Hard Fork

    Podcast Name: Hard Fork
    Network/Artist: The New York Times

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  86. The Ryen Russillo Show

    Podcast Name: The Ryen Russillo Show
    Network/Artist: Barstool Sports

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  87. Murder With My Husband

    Podcast Name: Murder With My Husband
    Network/Artist: OH NO MEDIA

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  88. Handsome

    Podcast Name: Handsome
    Network/Artist: Headgum

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  89. Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

    Podcast Name: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
    Network/Artist: NPR

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  90. The Ringer Fantasy Football Show

    Podcast Name: The Ringer Fantasy Football Show
    Network/Artist: The Ringer

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  91. 10 to Life

    Podcast Name: 10 to Life
    Network/Artist: Annie Elise

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  92. Last Podcast On The Left

    Podcast Name: Last Podcast On The Left
    Network/Artist: The Last Podcast Network

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  93. Pod Save the World

    Podcast Name: Pod Save the World
    Network/Artist: Pod Save the World

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  94. The Dropout

    Podcast Name: The Dropout
    Network/Artist: ABC News

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  95. The Binge: Free Shelley Jensen

    Podcast Name: The Binge: Free Shelley Jensen
    Network/Artist: Sony Music Entertainment

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  96. Armstrong & Getty On Demand

    Podcast Name: Armstrong & Getty On Demand
    Network/Artist: iHeartPodcasts

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  97. PBD Podcast

    Podcast Name: PBD Podcast
    Network/Artist: PBD Podcast

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  98. followHIM

    Podcast Name: followHIM
    Network/Artist: Hank Smith & John Bytheway

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  99. Consider This from NPR

    Podcast Name: Consider This from NPR
    Network/Artist: NPR

    Listen On Apple Podcasts

  100. The Bible Recap

    Podcast Name: The Bible Recap
    Network/Artist: Tara-Leigh Cobble

    Listen On Apple Podcasts


Article By Ross Winn

Ross Winn is the founder of Podcast Insights, the industry-leading podcast education site. He has helped thousands of people start and grow a podcast and loves to test out new gear and software.
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