top US publishers & Networks

Podcast Industry Ranking Highlights
Top US Podcast Publishers and Networks
US Audience: MARCH 2026
Rank Podcast Publisher US Unique Monthly Audience US Downloads & Streams Active Shows Sales Contact
1 iHeart Audience Network* 65,491,000 356,147,000 33,317 iHeartRadio
2 iHeartPodcasts 31,922,000 177,204,000 914 iHeartRadio
3 Acast*+ 24,058,000 88,186,000 58,769 Acast
4 NPR Sales Network* 21,615,000 123,701,000 71 National Public Media
5 Libsyn* 19,570,000 88,120,000 842 Libsyn Ads
6 Vox Media 6,995,000 27,633,000 69 Vox Media
7 The Walt Disney Company 6,460,000 25,308,000 153
8 DailyWire+ 6,453,000 27,390,000 11 The Daily Wire
9 Fox Audio Network 6,197,000 24,737,000 185 Fox Ad Solutions
10 PodcastOne 6,147,000 21,713,000 190 PodcastOne Sales
11 Paramount 5,313,000 19,235,000 142
12 Barstool Sports 5,078,000 13,722,000 122 Barstool Sports Sales
13 Versant 3,590,000 14,568,000 92 Versant Sales
14 PRX 2,932,000 8,772,000 195 Soundrise
15 WNYC Studios 2,748,000 9,513,000 37 New York Public Radio
16 This American Life 2,211,000 5,185,000 1 National Public Media
17 Blaze Media 2,122,000 10,586,000 16 Blaze Media
18 CNN 1,660,000 6,448,000 70 Warner Media Ad Sales
19 ReVolver Podcasts 1,487,000 3,725,000 183 SXM Media

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 December 2025 (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.