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!
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Last updated on the 25th of Apr 2024 at 09:01 am (GMT)
1. The Joe Rogan Experience
By: Joe Rogan
Genre: Comedy
2. Serial
By: Serial Productions & The New York Times
Genre: News, True Crime
3. The Daily
By: The New York Times
Genre: News
4. Beyond All Repair
By: WBUR
Genre: True Crime
5. The Price of Paradise
By: Wondery
Genre: True Crime
6. Crime Junkie
By: audiochuck
Genre: True Crime
7. Status: Untraced
By: Tenderfoot TV & Audacy
Genre: True Crime
8. Dateline NBC
By: NBC News
Genre: True Crime, News
9. Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
By: Lemonada Media
Genre: Comedy
10. SmartLess
By: Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
11. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
By: Theo Von
Genre: Comedy
12. Inconceivable Truth
By: Wavland
Genre: Society & Culture
13. The Mel Robbins Podcast
By: Mel Robbins
Genre: Education, Health & Fitness
14. Morbid
By: Morbid Network | Wondery
Genre: True Crime, Comedy
15. Up First
By: NPR
Genre: News
16. Huberman Lab
By: Scicomm Media
Genre: Health & Fitness, Science
17. Call Her Daddy
By: Alex Cooper
Genre: Comedy
18. The Tucker Carlson Podcast
By: Tucker Carlson Network
Genre: News
19. Three
By: Wavland
Genre: True Crime, Society & Culture
20. MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
By: Ballen Studios
Genre: True Crime
21. Calm Parenting Podcast
By: Kirk Martin
Genre: Kids & Family, Education
22. Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
By: Team Coco & Earwolf
Genre: Comedy
23. Deep Cover: The Nameless Man
By: Pushkin Industries
Genre: True Crime, History
24. New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce
By: Wave Sports + Entertainment
25. The Letter Season 2: Ripple Effect
By: Lemonada Media
Genre: True Crime
26. Murder in the Hollywood Hills
By: NBC News
Genre: True Crime, News
27. Prosecuting Donald Trump
By: MSNBC
Genre: News
28. This American Life
By: This American Life
Genre: Society & Culture, Arts
29. Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV
By: Audacy Studios
30. 20/20
By: ABC News
Genre: True Crime
31. Stuff You Should Know
By: iHeartPodcasts
Genre: Society & Culture
32. SERIALously
By: 10 to LIFE
Genre: True Crime, News
33. Add to Cart with Kulap Vilaysack & SuChin Pak
By: Lemonada Media
Genre: Arts
34. Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
By: Money News Network
35. Giggly Squad
By: Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo
Genre: Comedy
36. The Ramsey Show
By: Ramsey Network
37. Pardon My Take
By: Barstool Sports
Genre: Sports
38. REAL AF with Andy Frisella
By: Andy Frisella #100to0
Genre: Business
39. The Megyn Kelly Show
By: SiriusXM
Genre: News, Society & Culture
40. The Bill Simmons Podcast
By: The Ringer
Genre: Sports
41. The Commercial Break
By: Commercial Break LLC
Genre: Comedy
42. On Purpose with Jay Shetty
By: iHeartPodcasts
Genre: Health & Fitness, Business
43. Hidden Brain
By: Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
44. Soul Boom
By: Rainn Wilson
Genre: Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality
45. Fallen Angels: A Story of California Corruption
By: iHeartPodcasts
Genre: Society & Culture, True Crime
46. The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast
By: The Lonely Island & Seth Meyers
47. True Crime Obsessed
By: Obsessed Network
Genre: True Crime, Society & Culture
48. Pod Save America
By: Crooked Media
Genre: News
49. The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
By: Ascension
Genre: Religion & Spirituality, History
50. Cold Blooded
By: iHeartPodcasts
Genre: True Crime
51. Dumb Blonde
By: Dumb Blonde Productions
52. Mysteries About True Histories (M.A.T.H.)
By: Starglow Media / Atomic Entertainment
Genre: Kids & Family
53. History's Secret Heroes
By: BBC Radio 4
Genre: History
54. The School of Greatness
By: Lewis Howes
Genre: Health & Fitness, Education
55. Handsome
By: Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, Mae Martin
Genre: Comedy
56. The Toast
By: Dear Media
57. Anatomy of Murder
By: audiochuck
Genre: True Crime
58. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
By: Armchair Umbrella
59. The Daily Show: Ears Edition
By: Comedy Central & iHeartPodcasts
60. The Peter Attia Drive
By: Peter Attia, MD
Genre: Health & Fitness
61. Passion Struck with John R. Miles
By: John R. Miles
Genre: Health & Fitness
62. Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris
By: Ten Percent Happier
Genre: Health & Fitness
63. We Can Do Hard Things
By: Glennon Doyle and Audacy
Genre: Society & Culture, Education
64. 48 Hours
By: CBS News
Genre: True Crime, TV & Film
65. To Die For
By: Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts
Genre: True Crime, Society & Culture
66. The Ben Shapiro Show
By: The Daily Wire
Genre: News
67. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
By: Exactly Right Media – the original true crime comedy network
Genre: True Crime
68. The Dough
By: Lemonada Media
Genre: Business
69. The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
By: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz
Genre: Sports
70. Pivot
By: New York Magazine
Genre: News
71. Just B Divorced with Bethenny Frankel
By: iHeartPodcasts
Genre: TV & Film
72. Shawn Ryan Show
By: Shawn Ryan | Cumulus Podcast Network
Genre: Society & Culture
73. Up and Vanished
By: Tenderfoot TV
Genre: True Crime, Society & Culture
74. The Rest Is History
By: Goalhanger Podcasts
Genre: History
75. Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker
By: SmartLess Media
Genre: Comedy
76. Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast
By: Matt McCusker & Shane Gillis
Genre: Comedy
77. The Dan Bongino Show
By: Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino
Genre: News
78. The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
By: Gary Brecka
Genre: Health & Fitness
79. ZOE Science & Nutrition
By: ZOE
Genre: Health & Fitness, Science
80. Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
By: Vox Media Podcast Network
Genre: Society & Culture, Education
81. Fresh Air
By: NPR
Genre: Arts, Society & Culture
82. Felonious Florida
By: Wondery | Sun Sentinel
Genre: True Crime, History
83. Bad Friends
By: Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee
Genre: Comedy
84. Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
By: Hala Taha | YAP Media Network
85. Lex Fridman Podcast
By: Lex Fridman
Genre: Technology, Science
86. The Bible Recap
By: Tara-Leigh Cobble
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
87. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
By: DOAC
Genre: Business, Society & Culture
88. The Doctor's Farmacy with Mark Hyman, M.D.
By: Dr. Mark Hyman
Genre: Health & Fitness
89. Trump's Trials
By: NPR
Genre: News
90. Think Fast, Talk Smart: Communication Techniques
By: Stanford GSB
91. The Money Mondays
By: Dan Fleyshman
Genre: Business
92. The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
By: Vox Media Podcast Network
Genre: Business
93. The Rise and Fall of Ruby Franke
By: Law&Crime | Wondery
Genre: True Crime, Society & Culture
94. Witnessed: 19 Days
By: Campside Media / Sony Music Entertainment
Genre: True Crime, Society & Culture
95. American Scandal
By: Wondery
Genre: History, Society & Culture
96. MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie-Lynn Sigler
By: Wishbone Production
Genre: Society & Culture, Comedy
97. Habits and Hustle
By: Jen Cohen and Habit Nest
98. The Dr. John Delony Show
By: Ramsey Network
Genre: Health & Fitness, Society & Culture
99. Paper Ghosts: The Ozarks
By: iHeartPodcasts
Genre: True Crime
100. The Viall Files
By: Nick Viall
Genre: Society & Culture
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