Podtrac Releases Ranker Of Top 20 Podcast Publishers For March

Top 20

PODTRAC has released its MARCH 2019 ranking of the top podcast publishers, expanding the list to 20.

Joining the top list for the first time are WARNERMEDIA, FOX NEWS RADIO, and SLATE, while AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA and WBUR/BOSTON return to the rankings. Average Unique Monthly Audience figures for the top 10 were off 4% from FEBRUARY and up 33% year-to-year; Global Unique Streams & Downloads jumped 12% for the top 10 from FEBRUARY and 28% year-to-year.

The publisher rankings, which, once again, only include shows opting in for PODTRAC's Podcast Measurement System for the full month (and missing some of the largest shows and publishers) and ranked by unique U.S. monthly audience:

1. NPR (last month: 1) (49 active shows)
2. iHEARTRADIO (2) (387 active shows)
3. THE NEW YORK TIMES (3) (10 active shows)
4. WONDERY (4) (91 active shows)
5. RADIOTOPIA/PRX (5) (82 active shows)
6. BARSTOOL SPORTS (6) (39 active shows)
7. NBC NEWS (7) (28 active shows)
8. ESPN (8) (66 active shows)
9. WNYC STUDIOS (9) (56 active shows)
10. WARNERMEDIA (--) (81 active shows)
11. WESTWOOD ONE/CUMULUS MEDIA (11) (101 active shows)
12. KAST MEDIA (10) (58 active shows)
13. THIS AMERICAN LIFE/SERIAL (12) (2 active shows)
14. DAILY WIRE (13) (5 active shows)
15. ALL THINGS COMEDY (14) (58 active shows)
16. TED (15) (8 active shows)
17. AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA (--) (46 active shows)
18. FOX NEWS RADIO (--) (34 active shows)
19. SLATE (--) (75 active shows)
20. WBUR/BOSTON (--) (16 active shows)

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