top US publishers & Networks

Note: As of January 2024, the Top US Podcast Publishers ranking includes US Global Downloads & Streams where it formerly included Global Downloads & Streams.

Podcast Industry Ranking Highlights
Top US Podcast Publishers and Networks
US Audience: November 2024
Rank Podcast Publisher US Unique Monthly Audience US Downloads & Streams Active Shows Sales Contact
1 iHeart Audience Network* 70,869,000 355,278,000 22,088 iHeartRadio
2 iHeartPodcasts 33,051,000 168,710,000 852 iHeartRadio
3 Libsyn* 21,974,000 87,215,000 881 Libsyn Ads
4 Wondery Sales Network* 21,199,000 81,805,000 603 Wondery Brand Partnerships
5 Acast*+ 21,160,000 81,953,000 55,859 Acast
6 NPR Sales Network* 20,351,000 113,036,000 69 National Public Media
7 The Walt Disney Company 8,243,000 26,397,000 126
8 Vox Media 6,304,000 18,992,000 70 Vox Media
9 DailyWire+ 6,253,000 39,415,000 9
10 Paramount 6,103,000 20,545,000 92
11 Barstool Sports 5,811,000 14,710,000 106 Barstool Sports Sales
12 Fox Audio Network 5,575,000 35,042,000 130 Fox Ad Solutions
13 PodcastOne 5,431,000 15,843,000 184 PodcastOne Sales
14 PRX 5,194,000 15,431,000 184 Soundrise
15 CNN 4,136,000 11,807,000 58 Warner Media Ad Sales
16 Blaze Media 3,237,000 14,976,000 17 Blaze Media
17 WNYC Studios 2,738,000 8,823,000 36 New York Public Radio
18 This American Life 2,350,000 4,444,000 1
19 Lemonada Media 1,795,000 4,045,000 68 Lemonada Media
20 ReVolver Podcasts 1,646,000 4,186,000 136 SXM Media
21 The Athletic 1,272,000 3,568,000 95 The Athletic Sales

Total mobile and desktop US podcast audience.

Unique Monthly Audience:
Total of unique audience members who stream or download publisher's podcast content across all shows they produce.
Unique Streams & Downloads:
Total unique streams and downloads of podcast content for the month across all shows produced by publisher.
Active Shows:
Count of shows produced by publisher and measured by Podtrac which contribute to the totals in the Ranking.
Podcast Publisher:
An entity or individual which owns, creates and publishes podcasts. A Podcast Publisher may or may not sell advertising in their podcasts.
*Sales Network:
An entity which sells advertising in an aggregated network of podcasts which they may or may not own, create and publish. A Sales Network may include Podcast Publishers.
+Data for October 2024 (Acast's data is released after each quarterly financial report is published).

Ranking data only includes publishers that participate in Podtrac measurement for the full month for which the ranking is being released.