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: October 2024
Rank Podcast Publisher US Unique Monthly Audience US Downloads & Streams Active Shows Sales Contact
1 iHeart Audience Network* 71,515,000 376,442,000 28,108 iHeartRadio
2 iHeartPodcasts 30,044,000 174,208,000 863 iHeartRadio
3 Libsyn* 23,589,000 96,272,000 885 Libsyn Ads
4 Acast* 21,160,000 81,953,000 55,859 Acast
5 Wondery Sales Network* 22,698,000 93,801,000 604 Wondery Brand Partnerships
6 NPR Sales Network* 20,739,000 111,735,000 70 National Public Media
7 The Walt Disney Company 8,988,000 29,773,000 125
8 Vox Media 6,451,000 20,586,000 69 Vox Media
9 Paramount 6,424,000 22,972,000 92
10 DailyWire+ 6,252,000 38,228,000 9
11 Barstool Sports 5,620,000 16,232,000 104 Barstool Sports Sales
12 PodcastOne 5,540,000 16,836,000 182 PodcastOne Sales
13 Fox Audio Network 5,510,000 34,547,000 131 Fox Ad Solutions
14 PRX 5,221,000 16,836,000 182 Soundrise
15 CNN 4,408,000 13,435,000 58 Warner Media Ad Sales
16 Blaze Media 3,397,000 16,239,000 18 Blaze Media
17 WNYC Studios 2,771,000 10,248,000 36 New York Public Radio
18 This American Life 2,316,000 4,506,000 1
19 ReVolver Podcasts 1,901,000 4,562,000 135 SXM Media
20 Lemonada Media 1,583,000 3,471,000 66 Lemonada Media
21 The Athletic 1,364,000 3,871,000 95 The Athletic Sales

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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.

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