Top MULTI-CHANNEL PODCASTS
The Top Audio & Video Podcasts Across All Channels and Formats: Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and more
Highlights of Podtrac's Top 200 Multi-Channel Podcasts for January 2026 include:
Audio: 200 podcasts (100%) post audio episodes to RSS.
Audio vs Video Delivery Percent: 138 podcasts (69%) get the majority of their episode delivery in audio, and 62 podcasts (31%) get the majority of their episode delivery in video.
Audio vs Video By Rank: For the Top 50 ranked podcasts, total delivery is 52% video and 48% audio. For podcasts ranked 51 to 200, total delivery is 74% audio and 26% video.
YouTube and Spotify Video: 132 podcasts (66%) post video episodes to YouTube, 45 podcasts (23%) post video episodes to Spotify.
By Genre: Top genres are: News (54), Comedy (34), True Crime (20), Society & Culture (18), Business (17), & Sports (12).
Podcast Clips: 131 podcasts (66%) post podcast-related video clips to Instagram, 108 podcasts (54%) post clips to TikTok, and 107 podcasts (54%) post clips to YouTube.
Podcast Clip Delivery: 71 podcasts (36%) get more podcast video clip delivery than podcast episode delivery.
YouTube Episodes vs Clips: 52% of podcast delivery on YouTube is for views of full episodes, and 48% is for views of podcast-related clips. (Neither stat is a measure of play duration.) Podcast clip totals are not used to determine podcast rank.
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January 2026 Top 20 Audio and Video Podcasts, across all sources, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube:
1 - The MeidasTouch Podcast, MeidasTouch Network, News
2 - The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan, Comedy
3 - The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, FlightStory, Business
4 - NPR News Now, NPR, News
5 - The Daily, The New York Times, News
6 - The Rest Is History, Goalhanger, History
7 - IHIP News, PodcastOne, News
8 - Crime Junkie, AudioChuck, True Crime
9 - 48 Hours, Paramount, True Crime
10 - Candace, Candace Owens, News
11 - The Adam Mockler Show, MeidasTouch Network, News
12 - The Young Turks, TYT Network, News
13 - The Ben Shapiro Show, DailyWire+, News
14 - Up First from NPR, NPR, News
15 - The Tucker Carlson Show, Red Seat Ventures, News
16 - The Mel Robbins Podcast, SiriusXM, Education
17 - On Purpose with Jay Shetty, iHeartPodcasts, Health & Fitness
18 - The Rest Is Politics, Goalhanger, News
19 - The Majority Report with Sam Seder Sam Seder, News
20 - Dateline NBC, NBC News, True Crime
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