This is a list of the top 100 podcasts in the United States on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) and should be automatically updated 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 2020-11-30T05:20:55.000-08:00 (Year-Month-Day-Time)-
Podcast Name: The Joe Rogan Experience
Network/Artist: Joe Rogan
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Podcast Name: Crime Junkie
Network/Artist: audiochuck
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Podcast Name: This American Life
Network/Artist: This American Life
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Podcast Name: Do No Harm
Network/Artist: Wondery | NBC News
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Podcast Name: Your Own Backyard
Network/Artist: Chris Lambert
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Podcast Name: Dr. Death Season 2: Dr. Fata
Network/Artist: Wondery
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Podcast Name: Morbid: A True Crime Podcast
Network/Artist: Morbid: A True Crime Podcast
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Podcast Name: The Dan Bongino Show
Network/Artist: Westwood One Podcast Network / Dan Bongino
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Podcast Name: Dead and Gone
Network/Artist: Tenderfoot TV, Double Elvis & Cadence13
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Podcast Name: Bill Gates and Rashida Jones Ask Big Questions
Network/Artist: Gates Notes
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Podcast Name: My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Network/Artist: Exactly Right
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Podcast Name: Stuff You Should Know
Network/Artist: iHeartRadio
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Podcast Name: Dateline NBC
Network/Artist: NBC News
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Podcast Name: The Daily
Network/Artist: The New York Times
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Podcast Name: Unashamed with Phil & Jase Robertson
Network/Artist: Unashamed with Phil & Jase Robertson
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Podcast Name: You're Wrong About
Network/Artist: Michael Hobbes & Sarah Marshall
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Podcast Name: Up First
Network/Artist: NPR
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Podcast Name: House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story
Network/Artist: FOX News
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Podcast Name: Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
Network/Artist: Parcast Network
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Podcast Name: The Ben Shapiro Show
Network/Artist: The Daily Wire
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Podcast Name: SmartLess
Network/Artist: Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes
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Podcast Name: True Crime Obsessed
Network/Artist: Obsessed Network
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Podcast Name: Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Network/Artist: Armchair Umbrella
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Podcast Name: Jacked: Rise of the New Jack Sound
Network/Artist: Wondery | UMG
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Podcast Name: Real Dictators
Network/Artist: Noiser Podcasts
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Podcast Name: Call Her Daddy
Network/Artist: Barstool Sports
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Podcast Name: Tenfold More Wicked
Network/Artist: Exactly Right
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Podcast Name: Mark Levin Podcast
Network/Artist: Westwood One Podcast Network
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Podcast Name: Fresh Air
Network/Artist: NPR
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Podcast Name: All My Relations Podcast
Network/Artist: Matika Wilbur & Adrienne Keene
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Podcast Name: Bannon's War Room
Network/Artist: WarRoom.org
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Podcast Name: Dr. Death
Network/Artist: Wondery
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Podcast Name: Hidden Brain
Network/Artist: Hidden Brain
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Podcast Name: Anatomy of Murder
Network/Artist: audiochuck
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Podcast Name: Office Ladies
Network/Artist: Earwolf & Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey
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Podcast Name: The Dave Ramsey Show
Network/Artist: Ramsey Network
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Podcast Name: Planet Money
Network/Artist: NPR
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Podcast Name: The Candace Owens Show
Network/Artist: PragerU
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Podcast Name: The Charlie Kirk Show
Network/Artist: PodcastOne
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Podcast Name: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Network/Artist: NPR
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Podcast Name: Dolly Parton's America
Network/Artist: WNYC Studios & OSM Audio
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Podcast Name: The Michelle Obama Podcast
Network/Artist: Higher Ground & Spotify
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Podcast Name: Freakonomics Radio
Network/Artist: Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
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Podcast Name: Radiolab
Network/Artist: WNYC Studios
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Podcast Name: Tom Brown's Body
Network/Artist: Texas Monthly
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Podcast Name: Sex With Emily
Network/Artist: Emily Morse, Doctor of Human Sexuality - SexWithEmily.com
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Podcast Name: Serial
Network/Artist: This American Life
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Podcast Name: The Megyn Kelly Show
Network/Artist: Devil May Care Media
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Podcast Name: How I Built This with Guy Raz
Network/Artist: NPR
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Podcast Name: Graham Allen’s Dear America Podcast
Network/Artist: Graham Allen’s Dear America Podcast
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Podcast Name: The Lincoln Project
Network/Artist: The Lincoln Project
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Podcast Name: Pod Save America
Network/Artist: Crooked Media
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Podcast Name: Supernatural with Ashley Flowers
Network/Artist: Parcast Network
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Podcast Name: Louder Than A Riot
Network/Artist: NPR
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Podcast Name: The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
Network/Artist: Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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Podcast Name: Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Network/Artist: Dan Carlin
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Podcast Name: Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
Network/Artist: iHeartRadio
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Podcast Name: The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Ears Edition
Network/Artist: iHeartRadio & Comedy Central
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Podcast Name: In the Red Clay
Network/Artist: Imperative Entertainment
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Podcast Name: Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Network/Artist: Team Coco & Earwolf
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Podcast Name: The Moth
Network/Artist: The Moth
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Podcast Name: Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories
Network/Artist: Parcast Network
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Podcast Name: Casefile True Crime
Network/Artist: Casefile Presents
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Podcast Name: That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast
Network/Artist: Exactly Right
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Podcast Name: On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Network/Artist: Jay Shetty and Kast Media
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Podcast Name: Consider This from NPR
Network/Artist: NPR
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Podcast Name: The NPR Politics Podcast
Network/Artist: NPR
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Podcast Name: The Rush Limbaugh Show
Network/Artist: Premiere Networks
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Podcast Name: Nice White Parents
Network/Artist: Serial & The New York Times
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Podcast Name: California City
Network/Artist: LAist Studios
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Podcast Name: Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain
Network/Artist: Emma Chamberlain and Ramble
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Podcast Name: Monday Morning Podcast
Network/Artist: All Things Comedy | Wondery
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Podcast Name: Making Sense with Sam Harris
Network/Artist: Sam Harris
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Podcast Name: NPR News Now
Network/Artist: NPR
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Podcast Name: TED Talks Daily
Network/Artist: TED
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Podcast Name: 99% Invisible
Network/Artist: Roman Mars
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Podcast Name: Wow in the World
Network/Artist: NPR
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Podcast Name: Hotboxin With Mike Tyson
Network/Artist: PodcastOne
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Podcast Name: Throughline
Network/Artist: NPR
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Podcast Name: I Don't Know About That
Network/Artist: Jim Jefferies
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Podcast Name: The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory & Mal
Network/Artist: The Joe Budden Network
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Podcast Name: The Sarah Silverman Podcast
Network/Artist: Kast Media
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Podcast Name: The Tim Dillon Show
Network/Artist: Tim Dillon
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Podcast Name: BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast
Network/Artist: BiggerPockets
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Podcast Name: VIEWS with David Dobrik and Jason Nash
Network/Artist: Cadence13
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Podcast Name: Even the Rich
Network/Artist: Wondery
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Podcast Name: Louder with Crowder
Network/Artist: Blaze Podcast Network
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Podcast Name: The Bill Simmons Podcast
Network/Artist: The Ringer & Bill Simmons
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Podcast Name: TED Radio Hour
Network/Artist: NPR
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Podcast Name: Revisionist History
Network/Artist: Pushkin Industries
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Podcast Name: Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris
Network/Artist: ABC News
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Podcast Name: Rudy Giuliani's Common Sense
Network/Artist: Mayor Rudy Giuliani
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Podcast Name: Home Cooking
Network/Artist: Samin Nosrat & Hrishikesh Hirway
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Podcast Name: Jocko Podcast
Network/Artist: Jocko DEFCOR Network
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Podcast Name: Whistleblower
Network/Artist: Tenderfoot TV & Cadence 13
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Podcast Name: 2 Bears 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer
Network/Artist: YMH Studios
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Podcast Name: The Glenn Beck Program
Network/Artist: Blaze Podcast Network
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Podcast Name: X22 Report
Network/Artist: X22 Report
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Podcast Name: The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Network/Artist: Pushkin Industries
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Podcast Name: The Orange Tree
Network/Artist: The Drag Audio Production House
this is only a list of the top 50 US podcasts
You’re right, it definitely is. I just checked the code and Apple Podcast feed and everything seems to be working. Might have to break some things to figure out how to fix this one 🙂
Thanks! 🙂
I don’t think this is working any longer? I can’t see any results. Thanks
Thanks for letting me know. Not 100% sure what happened but I think it’s working now.
Looks good now. I was wondering if the same list existed for other languages?
I don’t have a page for other countries yet. I do think they exist, haven’t really looked into it though – what exactly are you looking for? Maybe I can point you in the right direction.
I’m actually looking for the split of total podcasts between English and other languages and which are the other big languages, for example, how big are they in China.
Oh good question – not sure about that info. China’s podcasting scene is on a whole different set of platforms, and there is a large paid podcasting ecosystem from what I’ve read. Here’s one article on it: https://www.marketplace.org/2018/09/13/world/fomo-china-7-billion-industry
Publishing tomorrow… and have put in a backlink to you! http://minterdial.com/2018/11/how-many-podcasts-2018-state-of-the-podcast/