Top Global Podcast Publishers & Networks

Podcast Industry Ranking
Top Podcast Publishers & Networks
Global Delivery: January 2025
Podtrac Rank Podcast Network Global Streams, Downloads & Views Global Streams & Downloads (RSS) Views (YouTube) Shows (RSS) Shows (YouTube)
1 iHeart Audience Network 685,018,000 555,930,000 129,087,000 30,323 83
2 Acast* 406,298,000 406,298,000 NA 68,427 NA
3 Libsyn 182,389,000 121,726,000 60,663,894 888 9
4 Sonoro Global Media Corp. 93,392,000 61,574,000 31,818,000 196 4
5 DailyWire+ 58,014,000 36,572,000 21,442,000 9 6
6 Paramount¹ 50,805,000 12,577,000 38,228,000 135 32
7 American Public Media 9,391,000 9,391,000 NA 61 NA
8 The Athletic 9,336,000 9,336,000 NA 95 NA
Podtrac Rank:
Podtrac’s ranking of participating networks. This rank is not from YouTube. It is part of Podtrac’s own product.
Global Streams, Downloads and Views:
Combined total of downloads from RSS and video views from YouTube for all shows in the Network.
Global Streams & Downloads (RSS):
Total worldwide unique streams and downloads of podcast content distributed via RSS for the month across all shows in the Network.
Views (YouTube):
Total number of worldwide views of the Youlube playlists which correspond to podcast content distnibuted via Ros and tracked by Podtrac. NA indicates where data is not yet available.
Shows (RSS/YouTube):
Count of shows which contribute to the Global Streams & Downloads and Global Views metrics respectively.
*Data for October 2024 (Acast's data is released after each quarterly financial report is published).
¹ Paramount's January metrics, as measured by Podtrac, were affected by hosting changes implemented by Paramount in January.