top US publishers & Networks

Podcast Industry Ranking Highlights
Top US Podcast Publishers and Networks
US Audience: JANUARY 2026
Rank Podcast Publisher US Unique Monthly Audience US Downloads & Streams Active Shows Sales Contact
1 iHeart Audience Network* 61,245,000 339,246,000 32,635 iHeartRadio
2 iHeartPodcasts 30,327,000 170,402,000 871 iHeartRadio
3 Acast*+ 21,336,000 77,941,000 56,674 Acast
4 NPR Sales Network* 20,603,000 119,779,000 69 National Public Media
5 Libsyn* 17,404,000 83,345,000 857 Libsyn Ads
6 Vox Media 6,507,000 26,414,000 69 Vox Media
7 The Walt Disney Company 6,347,000 23,029,000 148
8 Fox Audio Network 6,245,000 24,707,000 182 Fox Ad Solutions
9 DailyWire+ 6,044,000 24,887,000 11 The Daily Wire
10 PodcastOne 5,983,000 20,848,000 190 PodcastOne Sales
11 Barstool Sports 5,153,000 13,646,000 119 Barstool Sports Sales
12 Paramount 4,793,000 16,866,000 140
13 PRX 3,152,000 9,648,000 200 Soundrise
14 WNYC Studios 2,770,000 9,949,000 36 New York Public Radio
15 Blaze Media 2,202,000 11,235,000 16 Blaze Media
16 This American Life 1,902,000 4,331,000 1 National Public Media
17 CNN 1,760,000 7,235,000 71 Warner Media Ad Sales
18 ReVolver Podcasts 1,366,000 3,496,000 175 SXM Media

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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 September 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.