Top Global Podcast Publishers & Networks

Podcast Industry Rankings
Top Podcast Publishers & Networks
Global Multi-Channel Ranking: June 2026
Podtrac Rank Podcast Network Audio & Video Downloads, Views & Streams Audio Podcasts Video Podcasts Video Podcast Clips
Audio Downloads & Streams Audio Shows Video Views & Streams Video Shows Instagram TikTok YouTube
1 iHeart Audience Network 501,032,000 441,286,000 30,297 59,746,000 82 271,237,000 230,060,000 76,983,000
2 Meidas Media Network 137,144,000 12,130,000 11 125,014,000 3 4,612,000 23,615,000 56,817,000
3 NPR Sales Network 108,857,000 108,857,000 72 *** *** 1,228,000 4,102,000 ***
4 Libsyn 57,220,000 56,459,000 620 761,000 4 53,073,000 46,811,000 3,866,000
5 Sonoro Global Media Corp. 47,727,000 33,929,000 246 13,798,000 4 43,388,000 25,525,000 2,849,000
6 Paramount 39,927,000 15,602,000 132 24,325,000 26 420,867,000 147,628,000 248,000,000
7 DailyWire+ 38,513,000 18,588,000 13 19,925,000 6 37,576,000 50,822,000 34,255,000
8 The Walt Disney Company 28,486,000 28,486,000 148 *** - 108,506,000 94,081,000 ***
9 Fox Audio Network 27,592,000 24,756,000 192 2,836,000 24 602,215,000 176,684,000 838,000
10 PodcastOne 24,255,000 22,997,000 197 1,259,000 1 14,241,000 23,705,000 703,000
11 Barstool Sports 20,533,000 16,046,000 122 4,487,000 24 80,979,000 41,872,000 16,775,000
12 The Volume 16,092,000 6,815,000 20 9,277,000 19 33,416,000 1,842,000 38,770,000
13 WNYC Studios 11,362,000 11,362,000 36 *** - 1,568,000 24,000 ***
14 CNN 8,128,000 8,128,000 72 *** - 43,286,000 3,358,000 ***
15 PRX 7,043,000 7,043,000 122 *** - 2,812,000 367,000 ***
16 American Public Media 6,375,000 6,375,000 57 *** - 440,000 888,000 ***
17 This American Life 6,247,000 6,247,000 1 *** - 555,000 *** ***
18 ReVolver Podcasts 6,243,000 6,243,000 179 *** - 4,903,000 2,481,000 ***
Podtrac Rank:
Podtrac's ranking of participating publishers and networks based on downloads, streams and views of full podcast episodes across all podcast distribution channels as measured by Podtrac. Rank is not from YouTube or any other service -- it is part of Podtrac’s own product. Counts are not a measure of play duration. Views of Podcast Related Video Clips are not included in Podtrac Rank.
Audio & Video Downloads, Views & Streams:
Combined total of audio downloads and streams and video views and streams for all shows in the Network.
Audio Downloads & Streams:
Total worldwide audio downloads and streams of podcast content distributed for the month across all shows in the Network. Includes app downloads, played downloads (progressive/streamng downloads via web players), and streams reported by Spotify when available.
Video Views & Streams:
Total worldwide video views as reported by YouTube and streams as reported by Spotify of podcast content across all shows in the Network.
Shows:
Count of audio and/or video podcasts which contribute to the Audio, Video and/or Audio & Video metrics respectively.
Video Podcast Clips:
Video clips related to the podcast.
Instagram Video Podcast Clips:
View counts of videos posted to the podcast’s Instagram Channel.
TikTok Video Podcast Clips:
View counts of videos posted to the podcast’s TikTok Channel.
YouTube Video Podcast Clips:
View counts of videos posted to the podcast’s YouTube Channel that do not include full episodes.
*** Indicates where data is not yet available.