Podtrac Releases January Ranking Of Top 20 Podcasts And Publishers, Top 5 Podcast Sales Networks

January Rankers

PODTRAC has released its JANUARY 2023 ranking of the top 20 podcast publishers, top 20 podcasts, and top 5 podcast sales networks among participants in its measurement service, and the charts largely resembled the rankings of previous months, with iHEARTPODCASTS remaining atop the publishers' chart, "THE DAILY" atop the podcast list, and WONDERY still the leading sales network among those opting into PODTRAC measurement.

The average unique U.S. monthly audience for the top 20 publishers increased 7% from DECEMBER and was up 16% year-over-year, while total global downloads rose 9% month-over-month and increased 6% year-over-year.

The rankings, ranked by unique U.S. monthly audience:

1. HEARTPODCASTS (814 active shows)
2. WONDERY (210 shows)
3. NPR (49 shows)
4. NEW YORK TIMES (12 shows)
5. NBC NEWS (66 shows)
6. THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY (121 shows)
7. DAILY WIRE+ (14 shows)
8. BARSTOOL SPORTS (98 shows)
9. PRX (113 shows)
10. FOX AUDIO NETWORK (100 shows)
11. PARAMOUNT (117 shows)
12. CNN (59 shows)
13. PODCASTONE (149 shows)
14. BLAZE MEDIA (18 shows)
15. WNYC STUDIOS (30 shows)
16. THIS AMERICAN LIFE (1 show)
17. ALL THINGS COMEDY (65 shows)
18. BBC (852 shows)
19. AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA (55 shows)
20. TED (18 shows)

The podcast rankings, which also include only shows opting in for PODTRAC's Podcast Measurement System for the full month (and missing some of the largest shows):

1. THE DAILY (last month #1)
2. MORBID (2)
3. UP FIRST (4)
4. DATELINE NBC (3)
5. NPR NEWS NOW (5)
6. SMARTLESS (7)
7. THE BEN SHAPIRO SHOW (6)
8. STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW (8)
9. PARDON MY TAKE (9)
10. THIS AMERICAN LIFE (13)
11. MY FAVORITE MURDER (10)
12. 2 BEARS 1 CAVE WITH TOM SEGURA & BERT KREISCHER (11)
13. THE DAN BONGINO SHOW (14)
14. FOX NEWS HOURLY UPDATE (12)
15. CNN 5 THINGS (15)
16. WAIT, WAIT... DON'T TELL ME! (17)
17. HIDDEN BRAIN (20)
16. FRESH AIR (16)
19. THIS PAST WEEKEND (26)
20. RADIOLAB (19)

The top podcast sales networks, ranked by unique monthly audience and, again, not including networks which did not opt into PODTRAC's measurement system for the full month:

1. WONDERY SALES NETWORK
2. ACAST
3. LIBSYN ADVERTISECAST
4. PODCASTONE SALES NETWORK

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