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 26th of Apr 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. Beyond All Repair

3. The Daily

4. Serial

5. Status: Untraced

6. The Price of Paradise

7. Dateline NBC

8. Crime Junkie

9. Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

10. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

11. Inconceivable Truth

12. SmartLess

13. Morbid

14. The Mel Robbins Podcast

15. Up First

16. Huberman Lab

17. Call Her Daddy

18. New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce

19. MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

20. The Tucker Carlson Podcast

21. Three

22. Giggly Squad

23. Calm Parenting Podcast

24. Conan Oâ€™Brien Needs A Friend

25. Add to Cart with Kulap Vilaysack & SuChin Pak

26. The Letter Season 2: Ripple Effect

27. Soul Boom

28. Murder in the Hollywood Hills

29. Prosecuting Donald Trump

30. Stuff You Should Know

31. Deep Cover: The Nameless Man

32. 20/20

33. Private Equity Podcast: Karma School of Business

34. SERIALously

35. Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin

36. The Bill Simmons Podcast

37. This American Life

38. The Ramsey Show

39. Pardon My Take

40. History's Secret Heroes

41. The School of Greatness

42. The Commercial Break

43. The Megyn Kelly Show

44. Cold Blooded

45. Hidden Brain

46. Dumb Blonde

47. On Purpose with Jay Shetty

48. REAL AF with Andy Frisella

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

50. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

51. Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris

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

53. Fallen Angels: A Story of California Corruption

54. The Toast

55. 48 Hours

56. The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

57. Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV

58. Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

59. ZOE Science & Nutrition

60. Anatomy of Murder

61. Felonious Florida

62. The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast

63. Unlocking Us with BrenÃ© Brown

64. Passion Struck with John R. Miles

65. The Ben Shapiro Show

66. We Can Do Hard Things

67. The Daily Show: Ears Edition

68. Handsome

69. Pod Save America

70. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

71. To Die For

72. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

73. Shawn Ryan Show

74. The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

75. Up and Vanished

76. The Dan Bongino Show

77. The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka

78. The Dough

79. Pivot