The Podnews Ranker Top 30: October 2021
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Who’s in the podcast news? Here’s a list of the people and companies we mentioned most in the three months between August 1 and October 31, and how they’re trending.
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Gender balance
Overall, in this 90-day period, Podnews gave 174 mentions (37%) to women, and 302 mentions to men. In the previous period, the gender split was 37%.
The Wrap reports that only 21% of top-charting shows have a female host; Quartz puts the figure at one in three. 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.
Companies
| 1 | ↑ 2 | Spotify |
| 2 | ↓ 1 | Apple Podcasts |
| 3 | ↑ 5 | Acast |
| 4 | ↓ 3 | iHeart |
| 5 | ↑ 7 | Libsyn |
| 6 | → 6 | YouTube |
| 7 | ↓ 4 | Podcast Movement |
| 8 | → 8 | Google Podcasts |
| 9 | ↑ 16 | Audacy |
| 10 | ↑ 11 | Triton Digital |
| 11 | ↑ 32 | Anchor |
| 12 | ↑ 14 | Edison Research |
| 13 | ↑ 15 | IAB |
| 14 | ↓ 13 | NPR |
| 15 | ↑ 20 | New York Times |
| 16 | ↑ 36 | |
| 17 | ↓ 12 | Wondery |
| 18 | ↓ 17 | Buzzsprout |
| 19 | ↓ 9 | Podtrac |
| 20 | ↓ 18 | Clubhouse |
| 21 | ↑ 28 | Captivate |
| 22 | ↑ 49 | PRX |
| 23 | ↑ 31 | SiriusXM |
| 24 | ↑ 30 | Blubrry |
| 25 | ↓ 22 | Podchaser |
| 26 | ↑ 27 | Megaphone |
| 27 | ↑ 44 | CNN |
| 28 | ↑ 52 | AdvertiseCast |
| 29 | ↑ 53 | Australian Podcast Awards |
| 30 | ↓ 23 | PodcastOne |
People
| 1 | → 1 | Joe Rogan |
| 2 | ↑ 8 | Adam Curry |
| 3 | → 3 | Tom Webster |
| 4 | ↓ 2 | Evo Terra |
| 5 | ↑ 10 | Dave Jones |
| 6 | ↑ 9 | Jared Easley |
| 7 | -- | John Spurlock |
| 8 | ↑ 23 | Jack Rhysider |
| 9 | ↑ 25 | Gary Arndt |
| 10 | ↓ 4 | Dave Jackson |
| 11 | ↓ 6 | Sam Sethi |
| 12 | ↑ 54 | Bandrew Scott |
| 13 | ↓ 11 | Richard Kramer |
| 14 | ↓ 13 | Ross Adams |
| 15 | ↓ 5 | Tanner Campbell |
| 16 | ↓ 7 | Ashley Carman |
| 17 | ↓ 16 | Rachel Corbett |
| 18 | ↓ 17 | Benjamin Bellamy |
| 19 | -- | Dan Bongino |
| 20 | -- | Adam Bowie |
| 21 | -- | Eric Nuzum |
| 22 | -- | Carlos Watson |
| 23 | -- | Melinda Wittstock |
| 24 | ↑ 58 | Johan Billgren |
| 25 | ↑ 77 | Ashley Flowers |
| 26 | ↑ 98 | Genevieve Hassan |
| 27 | ↓ 19 | Jake Brennan |
| 28 | ↓ 21 | Alex Jacobi |
| 29 | ↑ 182 | Leah Lamarr |
| 30 | ↑ 192 | Clarissa Ward |
Source: We match names and companies mentioned in Podnews’s main newsletter editorial (stories, tips, tech and podcast news) between August 1 and October 31, and compare these figures with mentions between July 1 and September 30. 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 diversity.