Top Global Podcast Publishers & Networks

Podcast Industry Ranking
Top Podcast Publishers & Networks
Global Delivery: January 2026
Podtrac Rank Podcast Network Global Streams, Downloads & Views Global Streams & Downloads (RSS) Views (YouTube) Shows (RSS) Shows (YouTube)
1 iHeart Audience Network 799,411,000 540,888,000 258,522,000 34,553 89
2 Acast* 393,581,000 393,581,000 NA 66,226 NA
3 Libsyn 300,467,000 107,523,000 192,944,000 871 9
4 Sonoro Global Media Corp 64,054,000 31,031,000 33,023,000 192 5
5 Paramount 54,865,000 21,794,000 33,071,000 140 37
6 DailyWire+ 46,836,000 27,955,000 18,880,000 11 6
7 Fox Audio Network 30,487,000 27,296,000 3,191,000 183 17
8 American Public Media 10,243,000 10,243,000 NA 63 NA
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 September 2025 (Acast's data is released after each quarterly financial report is published).