top US publishers & Networks

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: March 2024
Rank Podcast Publisher US Unique Monthly Audience US Downloads & Streams Active Shows Sales Contact
1 iHeartRadio Audience Network* 52,870,000 310,048,000 22,774 iHeartRadio
2 iHeartPodcasts 31,811,000 193,127,000 897 iHeartRadio
3 Acast* 20,692,000 85,698,000 50,408 Acast
4 NPR 19,419,000 113,684,000 64 National Public Media
5 Wondery 16,764,000 76,015,000 227 Wondery Brand Partnerships
6 New York Times 9,967,000 50,021,000 12
7 NBC News 9,221,000 42,466,000 81
8 The Walt Disney Company 8,035,000 30,861,000 106
9 DailyWire+ 6,987,000 41,391,000 14
10 Vox Media 5,663,000 21,655,000 63 Vox Media
11 Barstool Sports 5,353,000 20,410,000 101 Barstool Sports Sales
12 PodcastOne 5,306,000 20,619,000 182 PodcastOne Sales
13 Paramount 4,626,000 21,066,000 85
14 PRX 4,430,000 16,081,000 153 Soundrise
15 Fox Audio Network 4,173,000 31,829,000 119 Fox Ad Solutions
16 CNN 3,273,000 12,581,000 57 Warner Media Ad Sales
17 Blaze Media 3,128,000 18,871,000 18 Blaze Media
18 WNYC Studios 2,754,000 9,704,000 35 New York Public Radio
19 This American Life 2,468,000 5,279,000 1
20 ReVolver Podcasts 1,569,000 4,363,000 97 SXM Media
21 The Athletic 1,443,000 4,697,000 93 The Athletic Sales
22 Lemonada Media 1,440,000 3,297,000 54 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. A Podcast Publisher may or may not sell advertising in their podcasts.
*Sales Network:
An entity which sells advertising in an aggregated network of podcasts which they may or may not own, create and publish. A Sales Network may include Podcast Publishers.

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