U.S. Top 50 Podcasts Q1 2021 - Q4 2021
Weekly Podcast Listeners
| Rank |
Podcast |
Network |
| 1 | The Joe Rogan Experience | Spotify |
| 2 | The Daily | The New York Times |
| 3 | Crime Junkie | audiochuck |
| 4 | This American Life | This American Life |
| 5 | Stuff You Should Know | iHeartRadio |
| 6 | My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark | Exactly Right |
| 7 | Office Ladies | Earwolf |
| 8 | Call Her Daddy | Spotify |
| 9 | Serial | The New York Times |
| 10 | Pod Save America | Crooked Media |
| 11 | Dateline NBC | NBC |
| 12 | The Ben Shapiro Show | The Daily Wire |
| 13 | Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! | NPR/WBEZ |
| 14 | Morbid: A True Crime Podcast | Independent |
| 15 | Planet Money | NPR |
| 16 | Fresh Air | NPR/WHYY |
| 17 | Up First | NPR |
| 18 | The Dan Bongino Show | Cumulus Podcast Network |
| 19 | NPR News Now | NPR |
| 19 | Radiolab | WNYC Studios |
| 21 | H3 Podcast | h3h3productions |
| 22 | Impaulsive with Logan Paul | Kast Media |
| 23 | SmartLess | Wondery |
| 24 | Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend | Earwolf |
| 24 | TED Talks Daily | TED/PRX |
| 26 | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard | Armchair Umbrella |
| 26 | Criminal | Criminal Productions |
| 28 | The Dave Ramsey Show | The Ramsey Network |
| 29 | WTF with Marc Maron Podcast | SXM Media |
| 30 | The Rachel Maddow Show | NBC |
| 31 | Hidden Brain | Hidden Brain Media |
| 32 | The Breakfast Club | Black Effect |
| 33 | Freakonomics Radio | Dubner Productions |
| 34 | Dr. Death | Wondery |
| 35 | Reply All | Gimlet |
| 35 | Frenemies Podcast | h3h3productions |
| 37 | The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory & Mal | Joe Budden Network |
| 38 | The Mark Levin Show | Cumulus Podcast Network |
| 38 | True Crime Garage | Independent |
| 40 | Code Switch | NPR |
| 41 | You're Wrong About… | Independent |
| 42 | Bill Simmons Podcast | The Ringer |
| 43 | The Best of Car Talk | NPR |
| 44 | Drink Champs | Black Effect |
| 45 | The Moth | The Moth/PRX |
| 46 | Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast | All Things Comedy |
| 47 | Welcome to Night Vale | Night Vale Presents/PRX |
| 48 | How I Built This with Guy Raz | NPR |
| 48 | Last Podcast On The Left | The Last Podcast Network |
| 48 | Pardon My Take | Barstool Sports |
How The Study Was Conducted: The Podcast Consumer Tracker Q1 2021-Q4 2021 Top 50 Ranker is based upon 8,000 online interviews with weekly podcast consumers in the United States, ages 18 and older. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish from 1/7/2021 – 12/23/2021. Ranking based on listening over the full period. All respondents reported listening to podcasts in the last week. Data weighted using The Infinite Dial from Edison Research and Triton Digital.
