top US publishers & Networks

Podcast Industry Ranking Highlights
Top US Podcast Publishers and Networks
US Audience: August 2026
Rank Podcast Publisher US Unique Monthly Audience US Downloads & Streams Active Shows Sales Contact
1 iHeart Audience Network* 58,875,000 266,850,000 26,598 iHeartRadio
2 iHeartPodcasts 31,112,000 150,106,000 947 iHeartRadio
3 NPR Sales Network* 18,116,000 93,893,000 72 National Public Media
4 Libsyn* 13,701,000 43,649,000 620 Libsyn Ads
5 Vox Media 6,851,000 22,018,000 70 Vox Media
6 PodcastOne 6,850,000 20,044,000 191 PodcastOne Sales
7 The Walt Disney Company 6,736,000 22,263,000 156
8 Fox Audio Network 5,923,000 20,675,000 198 Fox Ad Solutions
9 DailyWire+ 5,781,000 21,187,000 13 The Daily Wire
10 Barstool Sports 5,573,000 13,109,000 125 Barstool Sports Sales
11 Paramount 3,804,000 11,808,000 132
12 Versant 3,469,000 13,122,000 98 Versant Sales
13 WNYC Studios 2,791,000 8,375,000 34 New York Public Radio
14 This American Life 2,371,000 4,794,000 1 National Public Media
15 PRX 2,309,000 5,461,000 123 PRX
16 Blaze Media 1,888,000 7,481,000 16 Blaze Media
17 The Volume 1,861,000 6,759,000 21 The Volume
18 ReVolver Podcasts 1,483,000 3,304,000 188 SXM Media
19 CNN 1,346,000 4,747,000 71 Warner Media Ad 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.

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