Top Global Podcast Publishers & Networks

Podcast Industry Ranking
Top Podcast Publishers & Networks
Global Delivery: February 2026
Podtrac Rank Podcast Network Global Streams, Downloads & Views Global Streams & Downloads (RSS) Views (YouTube) Shows (RSS) Shows (YouTube)
1 iHeart Audience Network 740,567,000 500,692,000 239,875,000 34,121 87
2 Acast* 439,825,000 439,825,000 n/a 66,733 n/a
3 Libsyn 282,787,000 103,208,000 179,579,000 850 9
4 Sonoro Global Media Corp 63,917,000 32,803,000 31,114,000 243 5
5 Paramount 46,979,000 19,751,000 27,228,000 141 36
6 DailyWire+ 43,882,000 28,344,000 15,537,000 11 6
7 Fox Audio Network 29,936,000 25,144,000 4,793,000 183 26
8 American Public Media 9,332,000 9,332,000 n/a 64 n/a
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 Youtube playlists which correspond to podcast content distnibuted via RSs 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 December 2025 (Acast's data is released after each quarterly financial report is published).