Podtrac Releases Rankers of Top Podcasts, Top New Podcasts Of 2017

Top Shows

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:

1. S-TOWN
2. SERIAL
3. THIS AMERICAN LIFE
4. RADIOLAB
5. DAN CARLIN'S HARDCORE HISTORY
6. TED RADIO HOUR
7. INVISIBILIA
8. FREAKONOMICS RADIO
9. DIRTY JOHN
10. WAIT WAIT... DON'T TELL ME
11. PLANET MONEY
12. STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
13. HIDDEN BRAIN
14. THE MOTH
15. RADIOLAB PRESENTS MORE PERFECT
16. HOW I BUILT THIS
17. CRIMINAL
18. 99% INVISIBLE
19. IN THE DARK
20. POD SAVE AMERICA

And the Top New Podcasts are:

1. S-TOWN
2. DIRTY JOHN
3. POD SAVE AMERICA
4. THE DAILY
5. UP FIRST
6. EAR HUSTLE
7. 30 FOR 30
8. ROUGH TRANSITION
9. OPRAH'S SUPER SOUL CONVERSATIONS
10. SNAP JUDGMENT PRESENTS: SPOOKED

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