Podtrac Releases New Multi-Channel Podcast Ranking

Today Podtrac released the first comprehensive Multi-Channel Podcast Ranking for the podcast industry, capturing the ever-expanding footprint of podcasting’s growing influence across platforms and formats, including:  

• Audio episode downloaded on Apple, Spotify, and other podcast apps 

• Video episodes viewed and streamed on YouTube and Spotify, and 

• Podcast video clips played on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.  

Every audio and video podcast is considered for Podtrac’s new Top 200 monthly Mult-Channel Podcast Ranking.  

Highlights of Podtrac's Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts for December 2025 include:

• Audio: 200 podcasts (100%) post audio episodes to RSS.

• YouTube and Spotify Video:  128 podcasts (64%) post video episodes to YouTube, 44 podcasts (22%) post video episodes to Spotify.

• Delivery Percent:  148 podcasts (74%) get the majority of their episode delivery in audio, and 52 podcasts (26%) get the majority of their episode delivery in video.

• By Rank:  For the Top 50 ranked podcasts, total delivery is 51% video and 49% audio.  For podcasts ranked 51 to 200, total delivery is 77% audio and 23% video.

• By Genre:  Top genres are: News (52), Comedy (35), Society & Culture (20), True Crime (19), Business (17), & Sports (11).

• Podcast Clips:  130 podcasts (65%) post podcast-related video clips to Instagram, 110 podcasts (55%) post clips to TikTok, and 109 podcasts (55%) post clips to YouTube.

• Podcast Clip Delivery:  73 podcasts (37%) get more podcast video clip delivery than podcast episode delivery.

• YouTube Episodes vs Clips:  47% of podcast delivery on YouTube is for views of full episodes, and 53% is for views of podcast-related clips. (Neither stat is a measure of play duration.)

Podtrac’s new monthly Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts - - with counts - - is now available.  Subscribe today - - introductory offer available for a limited time.  

Monthly Insights from Podtrac’s Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts:

• For Advertisers:

• Identify the top podcasts across distribution channels, overall and by category

• Optimize engagement opportunities unique to each show and platform

• For Publishers:

• Understand and monitor distribution benchmarks by channel by genre

• Identify improvement areas for expanding reach and monetization opportunities

• For everyone else who needs to know:

• Understand the extent of multi-channel podcast engagement across platforms

• Plan and optimize multi-channel formats and distribution

Subscribe today to Podtrac’s new monthly Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts.

December 2025- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for December 2025 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the December 2025 rankings include:

• Five of the US rankings participants UMA were up in December over November.

• Eleven of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in December over November.

• Three of the Global rankings participants UMA were up in December over November.

• Four of the Global ranking participants were up on US Downloads in December over November.

November 2025- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for November 2025 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the November 2025 rankings include:

• Three of the US rankings participants UMA were up in November over October.

• Three of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in November over October.

October 2025- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for October 2025 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the October 2025 rankings include:

• Fourteen of the US rankings participants UMA were up in October over September.

• Sixteen of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in October over September.

• Five of the Top Global Networks were up on Global Downloads, Streams & Views in October over September.

September 2025- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for September 2025 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the September 2025 rankings include:

• Seven of the US rankings participants UMA were up in September over August.

• Fourteen of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in September over August.

• Four of the Top Global Networks were up on Global Downloads, Streams & Views in September over August.

August 2025- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for August 2025 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the August 2025 rankings include:

• Fourteen of the US rankings participants UMA were up in August over July.

• Six of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in August over July.

• Two of the Top Global Networks were up on Global Downloads, Streams & Views in August over July.

July 2025- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for July 2025 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the July 2025 rankings include:

• Five of the US rankings participants UMA were up in July over June.

• Six of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in July over June.

• One of the Top Global Networks was up on Global Downloads, Streams & Views in July over June.

June 2025- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for June 2025 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the June 2025 rankings include:

• All of the US UMA were down for the US ranking participants in June over May.

• Five of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in June over may.

• All of the Top Global Networks were down on Global Downloads, Streams & Views in June over May.

May 2025- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Networks

The Top US and Global Publishers & Networks and Top US Podcast rankings for May 2025 are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: New Top Podcasts by Country rankings for 35 countries. Visit Podtrac.com to view all rankings and to register to receive updates.

Highlights of the May 2025 rankings include:

• US UMA was up for fourteen of the US ranking participants in May over April.

• Three of the US ranking participants were up on US Downloads in May over April.

• All of the Top Global Networks were down on Global Downloads, Streams & Views in May over April.