The Top Podcasts in the USA by Popularity (⌚ Updated Daily)

I know, this is a tricky one. How can we judge the top podcasts in the USA, right now? Is it by production value? By entertainment value? By educational value? Or any number of the other amazing things that podcasts bring us!

Well, I’m going to take the wimp’s way out, and not judge it at all! Instead, here you’ll find a list of the top podcasts in the USA, right now, as judged by YOU and your downloads! Yes, this is a popularity contest: the most popular podcasts in the USA, this minute. True, the chart rankings are caused by many different variables. Some variables are stranger than others. May the most outrageous win.

The Top Podcasts in the USA by Download Numbers

This is a live feed, updated daily, of the most popular podcasts on Apple’s listings, right now. You’ll find the top 100 shows here. That should be enough to keep you busy for quite some time!

Remember, if you need more info on how to listen, check out the following:

How to listen to a podcast
The best headphones for listening to a podcast (or music!)

Last updated on the 6th of May 2024 at 09:01 am (GMT)

1. The Joe Rogan Experience

By: Joe Rogan

Genre: Comedy

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The Top Podcasts in the USA by Download Numbers

1. The Joe Rogan Experience

2. Status: Untraced

3. Beyond All Repair

4. Dateline NBC

5. The Daily

6. SmartLess

7. Serial

8. Crime Junkie

9. Call Her Daddy

10. Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

11. Morbid

12. The School of Greatness

13. The Mel Robbins Podcast

14. KILL TONY

15. Huberman Lab

16. Inconceivable Truth

17. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

18. Stuff You Should Know

19. Up First

20. The Interview

21. MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

22. 20/20

23. Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin

24. The Price of Paradise

25. Blood is Thicker: The Hargan Family Killings

26. Conan Oâ€™Brien Needs A Friend

27. This American Life

28. Pod Save America

29. Soothing Sleep

30. The Charlie Kirk Show

31. The Commercial Break

32. REAL AF with Andy Frisella

33. Serialously with Annie Elise

34. The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

35. ZOE Science & Nutrition

36. The Ramsey Show

37. Expedition Unknown

38. The Ben Shapiro Show

39. The Bible Recap

40. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

41. The Bill Simmons Podcast

42. To Die For

43. The Rest Is History

44. Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

45. The Tucker Carlson Podcast

46. 48 Hours

47. The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

48. New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce

49. Murder in the Hollywood Hills

50. Giggly Squad

51. Shawn Ryan Show

52. Wild Card with Rachel Martin

53. History's Secret Heroes

54. Felonious Florida

55. Something You Should Know

56. Three

57. Passion Struck with John R. Miles

58. Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

59. Hidden Brain

60. The Money Mondays

61. Pivot

62. The Doctor's Farmacy with Mark Hyman, M.D.

63. Young and Profiting with Hala Taha

64. On Purpose with Jay Shetty

65. Something Was Wrong

66. Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

67. Pardon My Take

68. Up and Vanished

69. Bear Brook

70. Freakonomics Radio

71. The Megyn Kelly Show

72. Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris

73. Calm Parenting Podcast

74. Fresh Air

75. No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

76. Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children's Health Podcast

77. Habits and Hustle

78. The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

79. Unlocking Us with BrenÃ© Brown