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Note: As of January 2024, the Top US Podcast Publishers ranking includes US Global Downloads & Streams where it formerly included Global Downloads & Streams.

Podcast Industry Ranking Highlights
Top US Podcast Publishers
US Audience: February 2024
Rank Podcast Publisher US Unique Monthly Audience US Downloads & Streams Active Shows Sales Contact
1 iHeartPodcasts 33,691,000 194,124,000 870 iHeartRadio
2 NPR 19,875,000 107,947,000 64 National Public Media
3 Wondery 17,631,000 72,413,000 220 Wondery Brand Partnerships
4 New York Times 9,881,000 45,923,000 12
5 NBC News 9,498,000 39,847,000 80
6 The Walt Disney Company 8,420,000 30,391,000 106
7 DailyWire+ 7,191,000 42,543,000 14
8 Barstool Sports 6,002,000 21,566,000 101 Barstool Sports Sales
9 Vox Media 5,922,000 20,698,000 63 Vox Media
10 PodcastOne 5,499,000 19,378,000 183 PodcastOne Sales
11 PRX 4,605,000 15,818,000 152 Soundrise
12 Paramount 4,492,000 18,714,000 84
13 Fox Audio Network 4,146,000 30,395,000 118 Fox Ad Solutions
14 CNN 3,412,000 12,678,000 58 Warner Media Ad Sales
15 Blaze Media 3,117,000 17,897,000 18 Blaze Media
16 WNYC Studios 2,775,000 10,033,000 35 New York Public Radio
17 This American Life 2,620,000 5,068,000 1
18 ReVolver Podcasts 1,573,000 4,286,000 91 SXM Media
19 The Athletic 1,556,000 4,815,000 94 The Athletic Sales
20 Lemonada Media 1,052,000 2,484,000 53 Lemonada Media

Total mobile and desktop US podcast audience.

Unique Monthly Audience:
Total of unique audience members who stream or download publisher's podcast content across all shows they produce.
Unique Streams & Downloads:
Total unique streams and downloads of podcast content for the month across all shows produced by publisher.
Active Shows:
Count of shows produced by publisher and measured by Podtrac which contribute to the totals in the Ranking.
Podcast Publisher:
An entity or individual which owns, creates and publishes podcasts.

Ranking data only includes publishers that participate in Podtrac measurement for the full month for which the ranking is being released.