July 2023- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Sales Networks

The Top Podcast Publishers, Top Sales Networks and Top Podcasts rankings for July are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

Highlights of the July 2023 rankings include :

  • US UMA increased for 2 of the Top 20 publishers in July 2023 over June 2023.

  • The average US Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 20 publishers was down 9% month-over-month and down 3% over June 2022.

  • Total Global Downloads for the Top 20 publishers was up 1% month-over-month and down 3% year-over-year.

  • The combined Audience for the Top Sales Networks was down 7% month-over-month.

June 2023- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Sales Networks

The Top Podcast Publishers, Top Sales Networks and Top Podcasts rankings for June are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

Highlights of the JUne 2023 rankings include :

  • US UMA increased for 8 of the Top 20 publishers in June 2023 over May 2023.

  • The average US Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 20 publishers was down 3% month-over-month and up 3% over June 2022.

  • Total Global Downloads for the Top 20 publishers was flat month-over-month and down 3% year-over-year.

  • The combined Audience for the Top Sales Networks was up 5% month-over-month.

May 2023- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Sales Networks

The Top Podcast Publishers, Top Sales Networks and Top Podcasts rankings for May are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

Highlights of the May 2023 rankings include :

  • US UMA increased for 14 of the Top 20 publishers in May 2023 over April 2023.

  • The average US Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 20 publishers was up 1% month-over-month and up 11% over May 2022.

  • Total Global Downloads for the Top 20 publishers was up 3% month-over-month and flat year-over-year.

  • The combined Audience for the Top Sales Networks was up 2% month-over-month.

April 2023- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Sales Networks

The Top Podcast Publishers, Top Sales Networks and Top Podcasts rankings for April are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

Highlights of the April 2023 rankings include :

  • Podtrac welcomes Vox Media to the ranking at #10 with a US UMA of 5.9. million across its 59 shows.

  • US UMA increased for two of the Top 20 publishers (PRX and PodcastOne) in April 2023 over March 2023.

  • The average US Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 20 publishers was down 4% month-over-month and up 5% over April 2022.

  • Total Global Downloads for the Top 20 publishers was down 8% month-over-month and down 2% year-over-year.

  • The combined Audience for the Top Sales Networks was down 5% month-over-month.

  • The order of the top 4 of the Top 20 Podcasts remains unchanged from March.

March 2023- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Sales Networks

The Top Podcast Publishers, Top Sales Networks and Top Podcasts rankings for March are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

Highlights of the March 2023 rankings include :

  • US UMA increased for all of the Top 20 publishers in March 2023 over February 2023 reflecting the short month of February versus longer month of March.

  • The average US Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 20 publishers was up 10% month-over-month and up 7% over March 2022.

  • Total Global Downloads for the Top 20 publishers was up 11% month-over-month and flat year-over-year.

  • The combined Audience for the Top Sales Networks was up 8% month-over-month.

  • The order of the top 15 of the Top 20 Podcasts remains unchanged from February.

February 2023- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Sales Networks

The Top Podcast Publishers, Top Sales Networks and Top Podcasts rankings for February are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

Highlights of the February 2023 rankings include :

  • US UMA increased for just one of the Top 20 publishers (The New York Times) in February 2023 over January 2023 reflecting the short month.

  • The average US Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 20 publishers was down 5% month-over-month and up 1% over February 2022.

  • Total Global Downloads for the Top 20 publishers were down 8% month-over-month and up 3% year-over-year.

  • The combined Audience for the Top Sales Networks was up 5% month-over-month.

  • NPR has the most Top 20 shows (4) for January 2023.

January 2023- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Sales Networks

The Top Podcast Publishers, Top Sales Networks and Top Podcasts rankings for January are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

Highlights of the January 2023 rankings include :

  • US UMA increased for 15 of the Top 20 publishers in January 2023 over December 2022 with post-holiday listening.

  • The average US Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 20 publishers was up 7% month-over-month and up 16% over January 2022.

  • Total Global Downloads for the Top 20 publishers were up 9% month-over-month and up 6% year-over-year.

  • The combined Audience for the Top Sales Networks was up 6% month-over-month.

  • NPR has the most Top 20 shows (4) for January 2023.

December 2022- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Sales Networks

The Top Podcast Publishers, Top Sales Networks and Top Podcasts rankings for December are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

Highlights of the December 2022 rankings include :

  • US UMA decreased or was flat for all of the Top 20 publishers in December 2022 over November 2022 due to lower holiday listening.

  • The average US Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 20 publishers was down 9% month-over-month and up 11% over December 2021.

  • Total Global Downloads for the Top 20 publishers were down 11 % month-over-month and up 2% year-over-year.

  • Wondery maintained the #1 spot for Sales Networks.

  • The Daily is the top podcast for the 50th month running.

REVISED: November 2022- Top Podcasts, Publishers and Sales Networks

Note: the Publisher and Sales Network Rankings, posted on December 7, 2022, contained corrected Download totals for the Dalvik bug mentioned in the Rankings footnote, but did not include corrected Audience totals. Dalvik traffic is removed from both metrics in this revision.

The Top Podcast Publishers, Top Sales Networks and Top Podcasts rankings for November are now available at www.Podtrac.com.

Highlights of the November 2022 rankings include :

  • The average US Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 20 publishers was flat month-over-month and up 16% over November 2021, in part due to a new version of the Apple Podcasts app released in November.

  • Total Global Downloads for the Top 20 publishers was down 6% month-over-month, in part due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, and up 23% year-over-year.

  • Wondery maintained the #1 spot for Sales Networks with a reach of over 29 million listeners.

  • The Daily is the top podcast for the 50th month running.