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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Edison Unveils Top U-S Podcasts Q4 2023


Looking for the most popular podcasts in the U.S.? This week Edison Research announced the Top 50 Podcasts based on number of weekly listeners for Q4 2023 among weekly podcast listeners age 13+. Edison Podcast Metrics is the only podcast measurement service in the U.S. that measures the relative audience size of all podcasts and podcast networks; this includes networks and shows that have not opted in to other industry rankers.

The top three podcasts had no change in rank from Q3, with The Joe Rogan Experience, Crime Junkie, and The Daily taking those spots, respectively. Changes are noted in the ranker below. 

  1. The Joe Rogan Experience  
  2. Crime Junkie 
  3. The Daily 
  4. Stuff You Should Know (+5) 
  5. Dateline NBC (+5) 
  6. New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce (Top 10 debut) 
  7. This American Life (-3) 
  8. This Past Weekend w/Theo Von (-3) 
  9. The Ben Shapiro Show (+8) 
  10. SmartLess (-4) 

While there was some movement among ranks four through ten in the Top 10, the big story is New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce. New Heights not only broke into the Top 10 in Q4 at #6, but the show skyrocketed straight into the Top 10 from #67 in just one quarter (Q3), having been out of the Top 100 podcasts in the prior quarter (Q2). Edison Podcast Metrics data detailed the “Taylor Swift Effect” on New Heights in Q4 of 2023 as the show gained four and a half times the number of listeners, and saw a change in composition to 50% female weekly listeners.

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