Edison Podcast Metrics publishes Top 50 Podcasts in the US for Q4 2023

Edison Research announces the Top 50 Podcasts in the U.S. based on reach for Q4 2023 among weekly podcast listeners age 13+.

While there was some movement among ranks four through ten in the Top 10, the big story is New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce. New Heights not only broke into the Top 10 in Q4 at #6, but the show skyrocketed straight into the Top 10 from #67 in just one quarter (Q3), having been out of the Top 100 podcasts in the prior quarter (Q2). Edison Podcast Metrics data validated the “Taylor Swift Effect” on New Heights in Q4 of 2023 as the show gained four and a half times the number of listeners, and saw a change in composition to 50% female listeners.

In the Top 50 for the first time: The Megyn Kelly Show and The Herd with Colin Cowherd. Kelly has been in the spotlight more lately and had former President Trump on her show at the end of September. Cowherd’s company, The Volume, has been courted by several private equity firms recently.