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.
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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.
