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The Podnews Ranker Top 30: August 2026

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Who’s in the podcast news? Here’s a list of the people we mentioned most in the three months between June 1 and August 31, and how they’re trending.

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Gender balance

Overall, in this 90-day period, Podnews gave 54 mentions (26%) to women, and 153 mentions to men. In the previous period, the gender split was 24%.

Context: Sounds Profitable’s The Creators says that only 29% of podcast creators are women, in comparison to 51% of the US population. McKinsey report that women form just 24% of senior US executives (2021). The Wrap reports that only 21% of top-charting shows have a female host (2020); Quartz puts the figure at one in three (2019); data produced for AT&T says 27% of top-rated podcasts are hosted by females (2020), a further 12% by a gender-balanced team.

Our aims

Our submissions page highlights our wish to achieve a healthy gender balance, cover news from outside the USA, and amplify the under-represented. This data is one way to keep an eye on our efforts.

People

1↑ 4Steven Bartlett
2↓ 1Arielle Nissenblatt
3↓ 2Tom Webster
4↑ 10Dave Jackson
5↑ 7Dan Granger
6↓ 3Gordon Firemark
7↑ 36Dave Jones
8↑ 13Rob Walch
9↑ 18John Wordock
10↓ 6Matthew McLean
11↓ 9Eric Nuzum
12↓ 11Steven Goldstein
13↑ 133Ashley Carman
14↓ 12Joe Rogan
15↑ 39Elsie Escobar
16↓ 14Adam Curry
17↓ 15Justin Jackson
18↓ 16Jack Sylvester
19→ 19Amanda McLoughlin
20→ 20Travis Kelce
21↑ 53Lauren Tagliaferro
22↑ 55Alex Cooper
23↓ 21Taylor Swift
24↓ 22Frank Racioppi
25↓ 23Mike Dell
26↓ 24Malcolm Gladwell
27↑ 67Martha Stewart
28↓ 5Alberto Betella
29↓ 25Max Cutler
30↑ 72Steve Raizes

Source: We match names mentioned in Podnews’s main newsletter editorial (stories, tips, tech and podcast news) between June 1 and August 31, and compare these figures with mentions between May 1 and July 31. Jobs, events, press releases or separate articles are not included in the above data. Where two or more people have the same number of mentions, we bias newer entries to our database. Our data does not include racial or sexual diversity.


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