top US publishers & Networks

Note: As of January 2024, the Top US Podcast Publishers ranking includes US Global Downloads & Streams where it formerly included Global Downloads & Streams.

Podcast Industry Ranking Highlights
Top US Podcast Publishers and Networks
US Audience: December 2024
Rank Podcast Publisher US Unique Monthly Audience US Downloads & Streams Active Shows Sales Contact
1 iHeart Audience Network* 61,273,000 316,196,000 20,078 iHeartRadio
2 iHeartPodcasts 27,850,000 148,145,000 827 iHeartRadio
3 Acast*+ 21,160,000 81,953,000 55,859 Acast
4 Libsyn* 20,268,000 81,436,000 870 Libsyn Ads
5 NPR Sales Network* 17,906,000 110,694,000 69 National Public Media
6 The Walt Disney Company 6,821,000 23,109,000 126
7 Vox Media 5,544,000 17,183,000 68 Vox Media
8 PodcastOne 5,177,000 15,994,000 184 PodcastOne Sales
9 Fox Audio Network 5,123,000 33,727,000 132 Fox Ad Solutions
10 DailyWire+ 5,076,000 31,234,000 9
11 Barstool Sports 4,727,000 12,979,000 107 Barstool Sports Sales
12 PRX 4,690,000 14,289,000 184 Soundrise
13 Paramount 4,012,000 13,361,000 92
14 CNN 3,429,000 9,735,000 58 Warner Media Ad Sales
15 Blaze Media 2,543,000 11,461,000 17 Blaze Media
16 WNYC Studios 2,520,000 8,291,000 36 New York Public Radio
17 This American Life 2,377,000 4,536,000 1 National Public Media
18 ReVolver Podcasts 1,561,000 3,807,000 136 SXM Media
19 Lemonada Media 1,407,000 3,295,000 69 Lemonada Media
20 The Athletic 1,155,000 3,356,000 95 The Athletic Sales

Total mobile and desktop US podcast audience.

Unique Monthly Audience:
Total of unique audience members who stream or download publisher's podcast content across all shows they produce.
Unique Streams & Downloads:
Total unique streams and downloads of podcast content for the month across all shows produced by publisher.
Active Shows:
Count of shows produced by publisher and measured by Podtrac which contribute to the totals in the Ranking.
Podcast Publisher:
An entity or individual which owns, creates and publishes podcasts. A Podcast Publisher may or may not sell advertising in their podcasts.
*Sales Network:
An entity which sells advertising in an aggregated network of podcasts which they may or may not own, create and publish. A Sales Network may include Podcast Publishers.
+Data for October 2024 (Acast's data is released after each quarterly financial report is published).

Ranking data only includes publishers that participate in Podtrac measurement for the full month for which the ranking is being released.