The Top 50 Podcasts in the US for Q4 2025
Edison Research at SSRS announces the Top 50 Podcasts in the U.S. from Edison Podcast Metrics™ based on reach for the third quarter of 2026 among weekly podcast consumers ages 13+.
The Joe Rogan Experience, Crime Junkie, and The Daily top the list, as they did in Q2 2026.
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Breaking into the Top 20
Dumb Blonde breaks into the top 20 for the first time. Host Bunnie Xo made news in August after posting and removing an episode about her divorce from music artist Jelly Roll.
Welcome to the Top 25
The Pat McAfee Show debuts in the top 25. The sports podcaster released a highly criticized country rock album in August, shortly before the start of the 2026 NFL season.
Another sports podcast, Pardon My Take, breaks into the top 25. The show’s creators published a book to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the podcast, appropriately titled:
Pardon My Book. Kill Tony breaks into the top 25. The show returned to Madison Square Garden in New York with back-to-back nightly specials.
Joining the Top 50
Startalk Radio, Club 520, The Stephen A. Smith Show/Straight Shooter, Hang Out with Sean Hannity, and Smosh Reads Reddit Stories all enter the top 50 for the first time.
Bubbling under: True Crime with Kendall Rae climbs 44 positions to 55th, just missing the top 50.
The above list of podcasts is available as an OPML file for your podcast player
About Edison Research at SSRS
Edison Research conducts survey research and provides strategic information to a broad array of clients worldwide, having conducted research in 66 countries. Edison Research’s The Infinite Dial® series has been the survey of record for digital audio, social media, podcasting, smart speakers, and other media-related technologies since 1998. The company’s Share of Ear® survey is the only single-source measure of all audio in the U.S. Edison Research is the leading podcast research company in the world, producing the only survey-based data on podcast listening in the U.S, Edison Podcast Metrics, and has conducted research for many companies in the space. On October 15, 2025, Edison Research announced the company’s acquisition by the full-service market research firm SSRS.
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