Edison Research Is Out With Top 50 Podcast List

Edison Research at SSRS announces the Top 50 Podcasts in the U.S. from Edison Podcast Metrics™ based on reach for the third quarter of 2026 among weekly podcast consumers ages 13+.

The Joe Rogan Experience, Crime Junkie, and The Daily top the list, as they did in Q2 2026. The full list of Top 50 podcasts is below.

1. The Joe Rogan Experience
2. Crime Junkie
3. The Daily
4. Call Her Daddy
5. Smartless
6. New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce (+1 rank position since Q2 2026)
7. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von (+1 rank position since Q2 2026)
8. Dateline NBC (-2 rank positions since Q2 2026)
9. Rotten Mango (+4 rank position since Q2 2026)
10. The Breakfast Club (+1 rank position since Q2 2026)

➤Breaking into the Top 20

Dumb Blonde breaks into the top 20 for the first time. Host Bunnie Xo made news in August after posting and removing an episode about her divorce from music artist Jelly Roll.
Welcome to the Top 25

The Pat McAfee Show debuts in the top 25. The sports podcaster released a highly criticized country rock album in August, shortly before the start of the 2026 NFL season.

Another sports podcast, Pardon My Take, breaks into the top 25. The show’s creators published a book to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the podcast, appropriately titled: Pardon My Book.

Kill Tony breaks into the top 25. The show returned to Madison Square Garden in New York with back-to-back nightly specials.