March 2026- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for March 2026 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the March rankings

With the shorter month in February, Month-Over-Month growth was positive for every publisher in both audience and downloads.  Top 20 total downloads grew +11.7% MoM.  Standouts were Paramount whose audience was up 21% and downloads were up 25% MoM, and This American Life whose audience was up 22% and downloads were up 31% MoM.  Podtrac welcomes Versant to the rankings.

February 2026 - Podtrac Multi-Channel Podcast Ranking

Podtrac’s Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts for February 2026 is now available.

Here’s the Top 20:

Highlights of Podtrac's Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts for February 2026 include:

  • Audio: 200 podcasts (100%) post audio episodes to RSS.

  • Audio vs Video Delivery Percent:  146 podcasts (73%) get the majority of their episode delivery in audio, and 54 podcasts (27%) get the majority of their episode delivery in video.

  • Audio vs Video By Rank:  For the Top 50 ranked podcasts, total delivery is 51% video and 49% audio.  For podcasts ranked 51 to 200, total delivery is 77% audio and 23% video.

  • YouTube and Spotify Video:  122 podcasts (61%) post video episodes to YouTube, 44 podcasts (22%) post video episodes to Spotify.

  • By Genre:  Top genres are: News (54), Comedy (35), True Crime (24), Society & Culture (19), Business (16), & Sports (11).

  • Podcast Clips:  129 podcasts (65%) post podcast-related video clips to Instagram, 103 podcasts (52%) post clips to TikTok, and 91 podcasts (46%) post clips to YouTube.

  • Podcast Clip Delivery:  65 podcasts (33%) get more podcast video clip delivery than podcast episode delivery.

  • YouTube Episodes vs Clips:  57% of podcast delivery on YouTube is for views of full episodes, and 43% is for views of podcast-related clips. (Neither stat is a measure of play duration.)  Podcast clip totals are not used to determine podcast rank.

Subscribe to get Podtrac’s new monthly Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts with counts.  Introductory offer available for a limited time.  

Monthly Insights from Podtrac’s Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts to help you plan better for your podcast or brand:

  • For Advertisers:

    • Identify the top podcasts across distribution channels, overall and by category

    • Optimize engagement opportunities unique to each show and platform

  • For Publishers:

    • Understand and monitor distribution benchmarks by channel by genre

    • Identify improvement areas for expanding reach and monetization opportunities

  • For everyone else who needs to know:

    • Understand the extent of multi-channel podcast engagement across platforms

    • Plan and optimize multi-channel formats and distribution

Subscribe today to Podtrac’s new monthly Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts.

Podtrac's Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts for February 2026 

1 - The MeidasTouch Podcast, MeidasTouch Network, News

2 - The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan, Comedy

3 - The Rest Is History, Goalhanger, History

4 - NPR News Now, NPR, News

5 - The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, FlightStory, Business

6 - Candace, Candace Owens, News

7 - The Daily, The New York Times, News

8 - 48 Hours, Paramount, True Crime

9 - Crime Junkie, AudioChuck, True Crime

10 - The Tucker Carlson Show, Red Seat Ventures, News

11 - The Adam Mockler Show, MeidasTouch Network, News

12 - Penitencia, Sonoro Global Media Corp., Society & Culture

13 - IHIP News, PodcastOne, News

14 - Dateline NBC, NBC News, True Crime

15 - The Ben Shapiro Show, DailyWire+, News

16 - Up First from NPR, NPR, News

17 - The Rest Is Politics, Goalhanger, News

18 - The Archers, BBC, Fiction

19 - On Purpose with Jay Shetty, iHeartPodcasts, Health & Fitness

20 - The Mel Robbins Podcast, SiriusXM, Education

Below is a re-post of the January 2026 - TOP PODCASTS, PUBLISHERS AND NETWORKS to our historical blog (previously posted on February 5, 2026).

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for January 2026 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the January 2026 rankings include:

  • Fourteen of the US rankings participants UMA were up in January over December.

  • Twelve of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in January over December.

  • Six of the Global rankings participants UMA were up in January over December.

  • Four of the Global ranking participants were up on US Downloads in January over December.

February 2026- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for February 2026 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the February rankings include:

  • Two of the US rankings participants UMA were up in February over January.

  • Two of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in February over January.

  • Four of the Global rankings participants UMA were up in February over January.

  • One of the Global ranking participants was up on US Downloads in February over January.

January 2026 - Podtrac Multi-Channel Podcast Ranking

Podtrac’s Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts for January 2026 is now available at Podtrac.com.  

Here’s the Top 20:

Highlights for the Top 200:

  • Audio: 200 podcasts (100%) post audio episodes to RSS.

  • Audio vs Video Delivery Percent:  138 podcasts (69%) get the majority of their episode delivery in audio, and 62 podcasts (31%) get the majority of their episode delivery in video.

  • Audio vs Video By Rank:  For the Top 50 ranked podcasts, total delivery is 52% video and 48% audio.  For podcasts ranked 51 to 200, total delivery is 74% audio and 26% video.

  • YouTube and Spotify Video:  132 podcasts (66%) post video episodes to YouTube, 45 podcasts (23%) post video episodes to Spotify.

  • By Genre:  Top genres are: News (54), Comedy (34), True Crime (20), Society & Culture (18), Business (17), & Sports (12).

  • Podcast Clips:  131 podcasts (66%) post podcast-related video clips to Instagram, 108 podcasts (54%) post clips to TikTok, and 107 podcasts (54%) post clips to YouTube.

  • Podcast Clip Delivery:  71 podcasts (36%) get more podcast video clip delivery than podcast episode delivery.

  • YouTube Episodes vs Clips:  52% of podcast delivery on YouTube is for views of full episodes, and 48% is for views of podcast-related clips. (Neither stat is a measure of play duration.)  Podcast clip totals are not used to determine podcast rank.

Subscribe to get Podtrac’s new monthly Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts with counts.  Introductory offer available for a limited time.  

Monthly Insights from Podtrac’s Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts to help you plan better for your podcast or brand:

  • For Advertisers:

    • Identify the top podcasts across distribution channels, overall and by category

    • Optimize engagement opportunities unique to each show and platform

  • For Publishers:

    • Understand and monitor distribution benchmarks by channel by genre

    • Identify improvement areas for expanding reach and monetization opportunities

  • For everyone else who needs to know:

    • Understand the extent of multi-channel podcast engagement across platforms

    • Plan and optimize multi-channel formats and distribution

Subscribe today to Podtrac’s new monthly Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts.

Podtrac Releases New Multi-Channel Podcast Ranking

Today Podtrac released the first comprehensive Multi-Channel Podcast Ranking for the podcast industry, capturing the ever-expanding footprint of podcasting’s growing influence across platforms and formats, including:  

  • Audio episode downloaded on Apple, Spotify, and other podcast apps 

  • Video episodes viewed and streamed on YouTube and Spotify, and 

  • Podcast video clips played on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.  

Every audio and video podcast is considered for Podtrac’s new Top 200 monthly Mult-Channel Podcast Ranking.  

Highlights of Podtrac's Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts for December 2025 include:

  • Audio: 200 podcasts (100%) post audio episodes to RSS.

  • YouTube and Spotify Video:  128 podcasts (64%) post video episodes to YouTube, 44 podcasts (22%) post video episodes to Spotify.

  • Delivery Percent:  148 podcasts (74%) get the majority of their episode delivery in audio, and 52 podcasts (26%) get the majority of their episode delivery in video.

  • By Rank:  For the Top 50 ranked podcasts, total delivery is 51% video and 49% audio.  For podcasts ranked 51 to 200, total delivery is 77% audio and 23% video.

  • By Genre:  Top genres are: News (52), Comedy (35), Society & Culture (20), True Crime (19), Business (17), & Sports (11).

  • Podcast Clips:  130 podcasts (65%) post podcast-related video clips to Instagram, 110 podcasts (55%) post clips to TikTok, and 109 podcasts (55%) post clips to YouTube.

  • Podcast Clip Delivery:  73 podcasts (37%) get more podcast video clip delivery than podcast episode delivery.

  • YouTube Episodes vs Clips:  47% of podcast delivery on YouTube is for views of full episodes, and 53% is for views of podcast-related clips. (Neither stat is a measure of play duration.)


Podtrac’s new monthly Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts - - with counts - - is now available.  Subscribe today - - introductory offer available for a limited time.  


Monthly Insights from Podtrac’s Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts:

  • For Advertisers:

    • Identify the top podcasts across distribution channels, overall and by category

    • Optimize engagement opportunities unique to each show and platform

  • For Publishers:

    • Understand and monitor distribution benchmarks by channel by genre

    • Identify improvement areas for expanding reach and monetization opportunities

  • For everyone else who needs to know:

    • Understand the extent of multi-channel podcast engagement across platforms

    • Plan and optimize multi-channel formats and distribution


Subscribe today to Podtrac’s new monthly Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts.




December 2025- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for December 2025 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the December 2025 rankings include:

  • Five of the US rankings participants UMA were up in December over November.

  • Eleven of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in December over November.

  • Three of the Global rankings participants UMA were up in December over November.

  • Four of the Global ranking participants were up on US Downloads in December over November.

November 2025- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for November 2025 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the November 2025 rankings include:

  • Three of the US rankings participants UMA were up in November over October.

  • Three of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in November over October.

October 2025- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for October 2025 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the October 2025 rankings include:

  • Fourteen of the US rankings participants UMA were up in October over September.

  • Sixteen of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in October over September.

  • Five of the Top Global Networks were up on Global Downloads, Streams & Views in October over September.

September 2025- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for September 2025 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the September 2025 rankings include:

  • Seven of the US rankings participants UMA were up in September over August.

  • Fourteen of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in September over August.

  • Four of the Top Global Networks were up on Global Downloads, Streams & Views in September over August.