This week Edison Research is proud to announce the Top 50 U.S. podcasts among weekly podcast listeners age 13+ for the third quarter of 2024. Edison Podcast Metrics™ is the only podcast measurement service in the U.S. that measures the relative audience size of all podcasts and podcast networks; this includes shows and networks that have not opted into other industry rankers.
Remaining in the same order in the Top 3 since the second quarter are The Joe Rogan Experience, Crime Junkie, and The Daily.
The Joe Rogan Experience
Crime Junkie
The Daily
Call Her Daddy
SmartLess (up 1 spot)
Stuff You Should Know (+1)
Dateline NBC (-2)
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von (+1)
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories (+3)
This American Life (-2)
SmartLess, now part of the SiriusXM Podcast Network, breaks into the Top Five for the first time. MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories makes its debut in the Top Ten at #9.
In the Top 50 for the first time: Several new podcasts enter the Top 50 this quarter. The MeidasTouch Podcast rises to #28, driven by its daily election campaign coverage. The LOL Podcast enters the list at #32, reflecting steady audience growth since its debut in June 2023.
How I Built This with Guy Raz makes its debut at #35, following its spotlight in the “Wondery Means Business” campaign and a recent feature in Forbes. Additionally, KILL TONY earns the #41 spot, propelled by two sold-out live tapings at Madison Square Garden, with one including a guest appearance by Joe Rogan. Recently, KILL TONY host, Tony Hincliffe, gained even more notoriety after his controversial speech at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally.
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The 2024 election saw shifting American views on abortion following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, with a significant increase in support for legal access, but with minimal impact on presidential voting patterns. The portion of voters now taking the strongest position against abortion has dropped dramatically, with many Trump supporters moving away from the “illegal in all cases” stance. The vast majority of Harris voters (92%) said abortion should be legal in most or all cases. Discover how these evolving perspectives didn’t necessarily sway votes at the presidential level. Click here to read the full story.
