Top Global Podcast Publishers & Networks

Podcast Industry Rankings
Top Podcast Publishers & Networks
Global Multi-Channel Ranking: May 2026
Podtrac Rank Podcast Network Audio & Video Downloads, Views & Streams Audio Podcasts Video Podcasts Video Podcast Clips
Audio Downloads & Streams Audio Shows Video Views & Streams Video Shows Instagram TikTok YouTube
1 iHeart Audience Network 551,483,000 488,703,000 32,221 62,779,000 64 563,407,000 648,087,000 57,384,000
2 Meidas Media Network 188,062,000 12,871,000 11 175,191,000 3 9,781,000 47,891,000 54,331,000
3 NPR Sales Network 114,526,000 114,526,000 72 *** *** 6,170,000 12,899,000 ***
4 Libsyn 65,823,000 64,100,000 620 1,723,000 5 77,448,000 99,932,000 6,786,000
5 Sonoro Global Media Corp. 57,332,000 37,227,000 246 20,105,000 4 115,993,000 127,811,000 5,875,000
6 Paramount 52,079,000 22,808,000 146 29,272,000 28 283,821,000 428,626,000 360,989,000
7 DailyWire+ 39,258,000 19,299,000 13 19,959,000 6 72,113,000 82,017,000 42,167,000
8 Fox Audio Network 30,629,000 26,549,000 191 4,080,000 23 537,973,000 151,363,000 1,086,000
9 The Walt Disney Company 29,523,000 29,523,000 147 *** *** 150,507,000 157,792,000 ***
10 PodcastOne 25,333,000 25,333,000 196 *** *** 32,209,000 50,708,000 1,759,000
11 Barstool Sports 20,643,000 16,084,000 122 4,559,000 24 157,279,000 73,543,000 25,544,000
12 WNYC Studios 12,171,000 12,171,000 37 *** *** 492,000 56,000 ***
13 PRX 12,091,000 12,091,000 196 *** *** 12,948,000 2,845,000 ***
14 American Public Media 9,070,000 9,070,000 64 *** *** 877,000 934,000 ***
15 CNN 8,831,000 8,831,000 71 *** *** 63,507,000 7,335,000 ***
16 The Volume 7,270,000 7,270,000 20 *** *** 55,472,000 50,851,000 ***
17 ReVolver Podcasts 7,011,000 7,011,000 180 *** *** 3,238,000 3,771,000 ***
18 This American Life 5,706,000 5,706,000 1 *** *** 142,000 *** ***
Podtrac Rank:
Podtrac's ranking of participating publishers and networks based on downloads, streams and views of full podcast episodes across all podcast distribution channels as measured by Podtrac. Rank is not from YouTube or any other service -- it is part of Podtrac’s own product. Counts are not a measure of play duration. Views of Podcast Related Video Clips are not included in Podtrac Rank.
Audio & Video Downloads, Views & Streams:
Combined total of audio downloads and streams and video views and streams for all shows in the Network.
Audio Downloads & Streams:
Total worldwide audio downloads and streams of podcast content distributed for the month across all shows in the Network. Includes app downloads, played downloads (progressive/streamng downloads via web players), and streams reported by Spotify when available.
Video Views & Streams:
Total worldwide video views as reported by YouTube and streams as reported by Spotify of podcast content across all shows in the Network.
Shows:
Count of audio and/or video podcasts which contribute to the Audio, Video and/or Audio & Video metrics respectively.
Video Podcast Clips:
Video clips related to the podcast.
Instagram Video Podcast Clips:
View counts of videos posted to the podcast’s Instagram Channel.
TikTok Video Podcast Clips:
View counts of videos posted to the podcast’s TikTok Channel.
YouTube Video Podcast Clips:
View counts of videos posted to the podcast’s YouTube Channel that do not include full episodes.
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