The Joe Rogan Experience is predictably and regularly the top-ranked podcast in measurement studies which include all podcast platforms. Edison Research conducts one such survey, resulting in the Top 50 Podcasts In The U.S. (Freely available HERE.) This release represents survey fieldwork conducted in Q1, and results in a ranking of the top 50 podcasts.
Zooming in to the op 10 of that larger list, we observe a topline stability that long-time RAIN readers and Edison watchers are accustomed to: Six of the top 10 are identical to the previous (Q4 2024) ranker. Here hey are:
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- Crime Junkie
- The Daily
- Call Her Daddy
- This Past Weekend w/Theo Von
- Dateline NBC
Rankings seven through ten below, with their month-over-month movements in italics:
- #7 – This American Life (+8)
- #8 – Rotten Mango (+4)
- #9 – SmartLess (-2)
- #10 – New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce (+9)
Edison calls out Rotten Mango (#8) for special coverage:
“In The Top 10 for the first time: Former YouTuber turned podcast host Stephanie Soo joined the SiriusXM Podcast Network recently with her show Rotten Mango. The true crime podcast picked up some PR when it was prominently featured in the YouTube press release about YouTube’s one billion monthly users. The show makes its debut in the Top 10 U.S. podcasts at #8 this quarter.” — Edison Research
All this is just part of the full Top 50, which is HERE.