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Podtrac Releases Rankers of Top Podcasts, Top New Podcasts Of 2017
December 8, 2017 at 5:35 AM (PT)
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PODTRAC has released its lists of the Top Podcasts of 2017 and the Top New Podcasts of 2017. The rankings are determined by a proprietary PODTRAC algorithm that tracks shows using the system but tracks others only with "publicly available data," which may not include all podcasts.
With that caveat, the Top 20 Podcasts overall, based on average U.S. downloads per episode across all listening devices for episodes posted in 2017, are:
- S-TOWN
- SERIAL
- THIS AMERICAN LIFE
- RADIOLAB
- DAN CARLIN'S HARDCORE HISTORY
- TED RADIO HOUR
- INVISIBILIA
- FREAKONOMICS RADIO
- DIRTY JOHN
- WAIT WAIT... DON'T TELL ME
- PLANET MONEY
- STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
- HIDDEN BRAIN
- THE MOTH
- RADIOLAB PRESENTS MORE PERFECT
- HOW I BUILT THIS
- CRIMINAL
- 99% INVISIBLE
- IN THE DARK
- POD SAVE AMERICA
And the Top New Podcasts are:
- S-TOWN
- DIRTY JOHN
- POD SAVE AMERICA
- THE DAILY
- UP FIRST
- EAR HUSTLE
- 30 FOR 30
- ROUGH TRANSITION
- OPRAH'S SUPER SOUL CONVERSATIONS
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