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

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PODTRAC has released its DECEMBER 2022 ranking of the top 20 podcast publishers, top 20 podcasts, and top 5 podcast sales networks among participants in its measurement service. iHEARTPODCASTS once again led the publisher chart, "THE DAILY" topped podcasts as it has for almost a year, and WONDERY continued as the leading sales network among those opting into PODTRAC measurement.

The average unique U.S. monthly audience for the top 20 publishers fell 9% from OCTOBER and was up 11% year-over-year, while total global downloads dropped 11% month-over-month and increased 2% year-over-year.

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

1. HEARTPODCASTS (817 active shows)
2. WONDERY (209 shows)
3. NPR (49 shows)
4. NBC NEWS (66 shows)
5. NEW YORK TIMES (12 shows)
6. THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY (118 shows)
7. DAILY WIRE+ (14 shows)
8. BARSTOOL SPORTS (99 shows)
9. PRX (111 shows)
10. FOX AUDIO NETWORK (95 shows)
11. PARAMOUNT (115 shows)
12. CNN (59 shows)
13. BLAZE MEDIA (18 shows)
14. PODCASTONE (152 shows)
15. WNYC STUDIOS (30 shows)
16. ALL THINGS COMEDY (66 shows)
17. AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA (54 shows)
18. BBC (844 shows)
19. THIS AMERICAN LIFE (1 show)
20. SLATE (72 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 (4)
3. DATELINE NBC (3)
4. UP FIRST (2)
5. NPR NEWS NOW (5)
6. THE BEN SHAPIRO SHOW (6)
7. SMARTLESS (7)
8. STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW (8)
9. PARDON MY TAKE (10)
10. MY FAVORITE MURDER (11)
11. 2 BEARS 1 CAVE WITH TOM SEGURA & BERT KREISCHER (13)
12. FOX NEWS HOURLY UPDATE (14)
13. THIS AMERICAN LIFE (12)
14. THE DAN BONGINO SHOW (9)
15. CNN 5 THINGS (15)
16. FRESH AIR (--)
17. WAIT, WAIT... DON'T TELL ME! (17)
18. PLANET MONEY (27)
19. RADIOLAB (20)
20. HIDDEN BRAIN (18)

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 SALES NETWORK
4. PODCASTONE SALES NETWORK

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