Top podcasts of 2024 nearly identical to 2023 as success breeds success

Brad Hill

5 months ago

Apple’s annual release of top podcasts in various categories is here. It is based on devices that pull from Apple Podcasts — not a platform-agnostic list such as produced by Edison Research.

Below, the Top Shows:

Top Shows

The Daily
Crime Junkie
The Joe Rogan Experience
Dateline NBC
SmartLess
Huberman Lab
This American Life
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Up First from NPR
Morbid

We compared thislist with the 2023 list, and found eight duplications shuffled up differently in the ranking. The comparison is illustrated below, with the two unique podcasts in color:

The entire package released by Apple today features nine top-ten lists, each a category of success:

Top Shows
Top New Shows
Top Series
Top Episodes
Most Shared Shows
Most Shared Episodes
Most Followed Shows
Top Subscriber Shows
Top Channels

They can all be found HERE.