The Top 50 Podcasts in the US for Q1 2025

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Edison Research announces the Top 50 Podcasts in the U.S. based on reach for Q1 2025 among weekly podcast listeners ages 13+.

The list ranks podcasts based on total audience reach from Edison Podcast Metrics. Interviews were conducted continuously throughout the quarter in English and Spanish. Rankings are based on listening over the full period. All respondents reported listening to podcasts in the last week.

The top six podcasts remain in the same rank order as Q4 2024: The Joe Rogan Experience, Crime Junkie, The Daily, Call Her Daddy, This Past Weekend w/Theo Von, and Dateline NBC.

Regular Top Ten members This American Life and New Heights return.

    The Joe Rogan Experience
    1 The Joe Rogan Experience
    Comedy
    From: Joe Rogan
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Crime Junkie
    2 Crime Junkie
    True Crime
    From: audiochuck
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    The Daily
    3 The Daily
    News
    From: The New York Times
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    Call Her Daddy
    4 Call Her Daddy
    Comedy
    From: Alex Cooper
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
    5 This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
    Comedy
    From: Theo Von
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Dateline NBC
    Trailer Play trailer6 Dateline NBC
    True Crime
    From: NBC News
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    This American Life
    7 This American Life
    Politics
    From: This American Life
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Rotten Mango
    8 Rotten Mango
    True Crime
    From: Stephanie Soo
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    SmartLess
    Trailer Play trailer9 SmartLess
    Culture
    From: Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
    10 New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce
    Comedy
    From: Wondery
    Hosted by: ART19
    Pod Save America
    11 Pod Save America
    News
    From: Crooked Media
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
    Trailer Play trailer12 MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
    True Crime
    From: Ballen Studios
    Hosted by: ART19
    Stuff You Should Know
    13 Stuff You Should Know
    Culture
    From: iHeartPodcasts
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    Morbid
    14 Morbid
    True Crime
    From: Morbid Network | Wondery
    Hosted by: ART19
    The Mel Robbins Podcast
    Trailer Play trailer15 The Mel Robbins Podcast
    Education
    From: Mel Robbins
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    Club Shay Shay
    Trailer Play trailer16 Club Shay Shay
    Sports and News
    From: iHeartPodcasts and Shay Shay Media
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    Bad Friends
    Trailer Play trailer17 Bad Friends
    Comedy
    From: Bobby Lee & Andrew Santino
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
    Trailer Play trailer18 Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
    Comedy
    From: Team Coco & Earwolf
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    The Tucker Carlson Show
    Trailer Play trailer19 The Tucker Carlson Show
    News
    From: Tucker Carlson Network
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    The Ramsey Show
    Trailer Play trailer20 The Ramsey Show
    Business and Education
    From: Ramsey Network
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    VINCE
    21 The Dan Bongino Show (now VINCE)
    News
    From: Cumulus Podcast Network | VINCE
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    The Ben Shapiro Show
    22 The Ben Shapiro Show
    News
    From: The Daily Wire
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    The Megyn Kelly Show
    Trailer Play trailer23 The Megyn Kelly Show
    News and Society & Culture
    From: SiriusXM
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    The Breakfast Club
    24 The Breakfast Club
    Comedy
    From: iHeartPodcasts
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    Million Dollaz Worth Of Game
    25 Million Dollaz Worth Of Game
    Music
    From: Barstool Sports
     
    Up First from NPR
    26 Up First from NPR
    News
    From: NPR
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Serial
    Trailer Play trailer27 Serial
    True Crime
    From: Serial Productions & The New York Times
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    Radiolab
    Trailer Play trailer28 Radiolab
    Science
    From: WNYC Studios
    Hosted by: WNYC
    Shawn Ryan Show
    29 Shawn Ryan Show
    Society & Culture
    From: Shawn Ryan
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    The MeidasTouch Podcast
    30 The MeidasTouch Podcast
    News
    From: MeidasTouch Network
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Distractible
    Trailer Play trailer31 Distractible
    Comedy
    From: Distractible
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield
    32 Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield
    Society & Culture
    From: Cancelled & Audioboom Studios
    Hosted by: Audioboom
    Planet Money
    33 Planet Money
    News
    From: NPR
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
    Trailer Play trailer34 Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!
    Games
    From: NPR
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Fresh Air
    35 Fresh Air
    Arts
    From: NPR
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Impaulsive with Logan Paul
    36 Impaulsive with Logan Paul
    Culture
    From: Logan Paul
     
    Murder, Mystery & Makeup
    Trailer Play trailer37 Murder, Mystery & Makeup
    True Crime
    From: Audioboom Studios
    Hosted by: Audioboom
    TED Talks Daily
    38 TED Talks Daily
    Culture
    From: TED
    Hosted by: Acast
    Candace
    Trailer Play trailer39 Candace
    News and Society & Culture
    From: Candace Owens
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    KILL TONY
    40 KILL TONY
    Comedy
    From: DEATHSQUAD.TV & Studio71
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
    41 My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
    True Crime
    From: Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    48 Hours
    Trailer Play trailer42 48 Hours
    True Crime
    From: CBS News
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Huberman Lab
    Trailer Play trailer43 Huberman Lab
    Health & Fitness and Science
    From: Scicomm Media
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Talk Tuah with Haliey Welch
    44 Talk Tuah with Hailey Welch
    Comedy
    From: 16 Minutes
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
    Trailer Play trailer45 Armchair Expert
    Music
    From: Armchair Umbrella
    Hosted by: ART19
    The Joe Budden Podcast
    46 The Joe Budden Podcast
    Music
    From: The Joe Budden Network
    Hosted by: Libsyn
    The LOL Podcast
    47 The LOL Podcast
    Comedy
    From: Cash, Maverick, Kate, Harper, Kenzie
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    The Bill Simmons Podcast
    48 The Bill Simmons Podcast
    Sports
    From: The Ringer
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Pardon My Take
    49 Pardon my take
    Sports
    From: Barstool Sports
     
    Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast
    50 Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast
    Comedy and Society & Culture
    From: Matt McCusker & Shane Gillis
    Hosted by: Megaphone

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    In The Top 10 for the first time: Former YouTuber turned podcast host Stephanie Soo joined the SiriusXM Podcast Network recently with her show Rotten Mango. The true crime podcast picked up some PR when it was prominently featured in the YouTube press release about YouTube’s one billion monthly users. The show makes its debut in the Top 10 U.S. podcasts at #8 this quarter.

    In the Top 50 for the first time: The Mel Robbins Podcast, hosted by New York Times best-selling self-help author Mel Robbins, debuts in the Top 50 in Q1 2025 at an incredible #15. Robbins has attracted millions of followers on social media as her “Let Them” theory about eschewing others’ judgement and opinions has gone viral.

    Also making its appearance for the first time in the Top 50 is Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast at #50. Hosts Matt McCusker and Shane Gillis’s comedy podcast began with video podcasts on Spotify. Gillis continues to garner attention, most recently hosting Saturday Night Live for a second time and as part of a high-profile pop-up show with Zach Bryan before the Super Bowl.

    The podcast show ranker is derived from data collected continuously during the first quarter of 2024, interviewing 5,068 weekly podcast consumers ages 13 and older in the U.S. Participants indicate which podcasts they listened to in the past week along with a variety of demographic, psychographic, and purchase-behavior information. This ranker measures reach as a percentage of the weekly podcast listening audience.

    About Edison Research

    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. Since 2004, Edison Research has been the sole provider of election data, race projections and analysis to the National Election Pool (ABC News, CBS News, CNN, NBC News) for every presidential primary and general election since 2003.


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