top US publishers & Networks

Podcast Industry Ranking Highlights
Top US Podcast Publishers and Networks
US Audience: APRIL 2026
Rank Podcast Publisher US Unique Monthly Audience US Downloads & Streams Active Shows Sales Contact
1 iHeart Audience Network* 62,871,000 343,049,000 22,591 iHeartRadio
2 iHeartPodcasts 31,020,000 170,881,000 949 iHeartRadio
3 Acast*+ 24,058,000 88,186,000 58,769 Acast
4 NPR Sales Network* 19,576,000 112,006,000 71 National Public Media
5 Libsyn* 18,779,000 85,910,000 825 Libsyn Ads
6 Vox Media 7,288,000 27,205,000 70 Vox Media
7 Fox Audio Network 6,752,000 25,993,000 185 Fox Ad Solutions
8 The Walt Disney Company 6,303,000 23,966,000 156
9 PodcastOne 6,099,000 21,371,000 192 PodcastOne Sales
10 DailyWire+ 5,865,000 24,309,000 11 The Daily Wire
11 Paramount 5,330,000 18,923,000 145
12 Barstool Sports 5,187,000 13,616,000 122 Barstool Sports Sales
13 Versant 3,507,000 14,047,000 92 Versant Sales
14 WNYC Studios 2,788,000 9,411,000 36 New York Public Radio
15 PRX 2,683,000 7,986,000 193 Soundrise
16 This American Life 2,200,000 4,682,000 1 National Public Media
17 Blaze Media 2,114,000 10,664,000 16 Blaze Media
18 The Volume 1,569,000 6,744,000 28 The Volume
19 ReVolver Podcasts 1,484,000 3,660,000 167 SXM Media
20 CNN 1,478,000 5,916,000 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.
+Data for December 2025 (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.