top US publishers & Networks

Podcast Industry Ranking Highlights
Top US Podcast Publishers and Networks
US Audience: FEBRUARY 2026
Rank Podcast Publisher US Unique Monthly Audience US Downloads & Streams Active Shows Sales Contact
1 iHeart Audience Network* 60,724,000 320,680,000 30,288 iHeartRadio
2 iHeartPodcasts 29,212,000 157,027,000 889 iHeartRadio
3 Acast*+ 24,058,000 88,186,000 58,769 Acast
4 NPR Sales Network* 19,773,000 109,735,000 70 National Public Media
5 Libsyn* 17,944,000 80,784,000 836 Libsyn Ads
6 Vox Media 6,501,000 24,347,000 68 Vox Media
7 Fox Audio Network 6,029,000 22,722,000 182 Fox Ad Solutions
8 The Walt Disney Company 5,963,000 21,590,000 149
9 DailyWire+ 5,849,000 25,220,000 11 The Daily Wire
10 PodcastOne 5,801,000 19,545,000 181 PodcastOne Sales
11 Barstool Sports 4,778,000 12,581,000 119 Barstool Sports Sales
12 Paramount 4,384,000 15,420,000 141
13 PRX 2,886,000 8,233,000 195 Soundrise
14 WNYC Studios 2,598,000 8,737,000 37 New York Public Radio
15 Blaze Media 2,084,000 10,495,000 16 Blaze Media
16 This American Life 1,806,000 3,955,000 1 National Public Media
17 CNN 1,604,000 5,989,000 70 Warner Media Ad Sales
18 ReVolver Podcasts 1,347,000 3,337,000 176 SXM Media

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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.
+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.