The April 2020 Top Podcasts by Category Ranking is now available at Podtrac.com.
Highlights from the April Top Podcasts by Category ranking of Podtrac measured podcasts by US audience in 19 Categories:
The April ranking covers 545 shows from 170 different publishers
iHeartRadio has the most shows (87) across the most categories (16)
NPR has the most #1 shows across categories (7)
Fiction, Science and True Crime tied for the category with the most shows showing positive audience growth (9 shows each) in April over March
Leisure was the category with the most shows (all 30 ranked shows) losing audience in April from March
News has the largest average US audience across its top 5 shows again in April at 5.9 million
The Top 5 Categories ranked by average audience of the top 5 shows in the category are: News, Society & Culture, Comedy, Arts and Business.
Excerpt from April News Category Ranking (visit Podtrac.com to learn how to access all data)
The Top Podcasts by Category Ranking is based on US Unique Monthly audience as measured by Podtrac’s IAB 2.0 certified compliant measurement system for 19 podcast categories. For each show listed, the ranking provides US monthly audience, month-over-month and year-over year growth in US audience, and monthly global downloads.
The ranking provides a valuable resource to keep you up to date with changes in the most popular podcasts by category, is updated monthly and is available for purchase at Podtrac.com.