Top Global Podcast Publishers & Networks

Podcast Industry Ranking
Top Podcast Publishers & Networks
Global Delivery: February 2025
Podtrac Rank Podcast Network Global Streams, Downloads & Views Global Streams & Downloads (RSS) Views (YouTube) Shows (RSS) Shows (YouTube)
1 iHeart Audience Network 696,962,000 535,264,000 161,698,000 29,503 83
2 Acast* 406,298,000 406,298,000 NA 68,427 NA
3 Libsyn 207,297,000 114,696,000 92,602,000 889 9
4 Sonoro Global Media Corp. 88,633,000 59,798,000 28,835,000 198 4
5 Paramount¹ 62,597,000 22,028,000 40,569,000 135 32
6 DailyWire+ 47,696,000 34,292,000 13,404,000 9 6
7 The Athletic 9,297,000 9,297,000 NA 95 NA
8 American Public Media 9,205,000 9,205,000 NA 62 NA
Podtrac Rank:
Podtrac’s ranking of participating networks. This rank is not from YouTube. It is part of Podtrac’s own product.
Global Streams, Downloads and Views:
Combined total of downloads from RSS and video views from YouTube for all shows in the Network.
Global Streams & Downloads (RSS):
Total worldwide unique streams and downloads of podcast content distributed via RSS for the month across all shows in the Network.
Views (YouTube):
Total number of worldwide views of the Youlube playlists which correspond to podcast content distnibuted via Ros and tracked by Podtrac. NA indicates where data is not yet available.
Shows (RSS/YouTube):
Count of shows which contribute to the Global Streams & Downloads and Global Views metrics respectively.
*Data for October 2024 (Acast's data is released after each quarterly financial report is published).
¹ Paramount's January metrics, as measured by Podtrac, were affected by hosting changes implemented by Paramount in January.