Edison Research announces the Top 50 Podcasts in the U.S. based on reach for Q3 2025 among weekly podcast consumers ages 13+. The list ranks podcasts based on total audience reach from Edison Podcast Metrics.
The top four podcasts remain in the same rank order as Q2 2025: The Joe Rogan Experience, Crime Junkie, The Daily, and Call Her Daddy. SmartLess moves up one spot from Q2 to round out the top five. The rankings below show rank changes noted in parentheses.
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- Crime Junkie
- The Daily
- Call Her Daddy
- SmartLess (+1)
- This Past Weekend w/Theo Von (-1)
- New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce (+3)
- Dateline NBC (-1)
- Morbid (+9)
- Stuff You Should Know (-2)
In the Top 20 for the first time: The Meidas Touch Podcast (#14) enters the Top 20 for the first time. Meidas Touch did overtake The Joe Rogan Experience in the YouTube podcast rankings at one point this quarter — note that the YouTube chart is ranked by watch time, not by reach. The Charlie Kirk Show (#17) sees a 32-rank increase from #49 in Q2. Since Kirk’s passing on September 10, the show has continued to release new episodes.
In the Top 50 for the first time: On Purpose with Jay Shetty enters the Top 50 for the first time at #42, perhaps buoyed by his 9/11 appearance on The Today Show.
Other notable moves: New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce gets a bump from the Taylor Swift guest appearance. Candace (#28) rises at least partially because of her return from a maternity break in late June. The Pat McAfee Show hits an all-time high ranking of #26, up from #39 in Q2, while another sports-focused pod, The Bill Simmons Podcast, increases rank position to #36 from #67, timed with the start of football season. Bubbling under the Top 50 are Diary of a CEO (#51) and Giggly Squad (#52).
Interviews were conducted continuously throughout the quarter in English and Spanish. Rankings are based on average weekly consumption over the full period. All respondents reported listening to a podcast or watching a podcast in the last week.