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Revealed: Apple Podcasts Most Popular Shows, Subscriber Channels For 2025.

There is a new most listened-to show on Apple Podcasts as “The Joe Rogan Experience” marks its first full year being widely distributed across all apps. Rogan’s show first gained distribution on Apple Podcasts in mid-2024 after his exclusive arrangement with Spotify expired. That put Rogan in third place on last year’s ranking. But with a full year now in the books, Apple says Rogan had the top show on Apple Podcasts in 2025.


Knocked out of first place, The New York Times’ morning show series “The Daily” fell back to second place, while “The Mel Robbins Podcast” — which didn’t finish in the top 10 last year — jumped into third place in 2025. “Crime Junkie” fell two spots to fourth place, while “Dateline NBC” also makes its top 10 debut in fifth place.


The other big debut in the top 10 is Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy,” which sits at No. 7 on Apple Podcast’s ranking. Like Rogan, Cooper’s show had earlier been a Spotify exclusive. And while The New York Times can no longer claim to having the No. 1 show on Apple Podcasts, it does have a second show in the top 10 with the debut of “The Ezra Klein Show.” 


The additions mean that three podcasts that ranked in the top 10 in 2024 were knocked out in 2025, including “New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce,” “Up First from NPR,” and “Morbid.”


The true crime genre dominates Apple Podcasts’ listing of the top new shows in 2025, although actress Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang” and MS Now host Nicole Wallace’s “Good People” bookend the ranking.


Apple Podcasts also reports SiriusXM had the biggest channel based on listenership on its app, followed by Wondery, iHeartPodcasts, The New York Times, and Audiochuck.


Here are the most popular podcasts of 2025 in the U.S.:


Top Shows 

  1. The Joe Rogan Experience

  2. The Daily

  3. The Mel Robbins Podcast

  4. Crime Junkie

  5. Dateline NBC

  6. SmartLess

  7. Call Her Daddy

  8. This American Life

  9. Huberman Lab

  10. The Ezra Klein Show


Top New Shows 

  1. Good Hang with Amy Poehler

  2. Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce

  3. Deadly Mirage

  4. Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story

  5. Murder in the Moonlight

  6. Devil in the Desert

  7. What Happened to Holly Bobo?

  8. Cold Blooded: Mystery in Alaska

  9. Unicorn Girl

  10. The Best People with Nicolle Wallace


Top Series 

  1. The Telepathy Tapes

  2. The Binge Cases

  3. Deadly Mirage

  4. Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story

  5. Dateline Originals

  6. Murder in the Moonlight

  7. Serial

  8. THREE

  9. Devil in the Desert

  10. CounterClock


Top Episodes 

  1. The Telepathy Tapes: “Unveiling the Hidden World of Telepathic Communication in a Silenced Community”

  2. Crime Junkie: “Murdered: The Feeney Family”

  3. New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce: “The Taylor Swift Episode”

  4. The Joe Rogan Experience: “#2223 - Elon Musk”

  5. The Daily: “Trump, Again”

  6. Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story: “Blink”

  7. Deadly Mirage: “Death in the High Desert”

  8. SmartLess: “Amy Poehler”

  9. Good Hang with Amy Poehler: “Tina Fey”

  10. Murder in the Moonlight: “In Cold Blood”


Most Shared Shows 

  1. The Telepathy Tapes

  2. The Mel Robbins Podcast

  3. Sold a Story

  4. Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story

  5. The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

  6. The Daily

  7. Huberman Lab

  8. The Bible Recap

  9. Scamanda

  10. The Ezra Klein Show


Most Shared Episodes 

  1. The Mel Robbins Podcast: “The Body Reset: How Women Should Eat & Exercise for Health, Fat Loss, & Energy”

  2. The Telepathy Tapes: “Unveiling the Hidden World of Telepathic Communication in a Silenced Community”

  3. The Ezra Klein Show: “Don’t Believe Him”

  4. The Shawn Ryan Show: “#163 Gary Brecka - Biohacking Secrets to Longevity, Aging Myths and the Science of Nutrition”

  5. The Peter Attia Drive: “Women’s sexual health, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) | Rachel Rubin, M.D.”

  6. The Joe Rogan Experience: “#2294 - Dr. Suzanne Humphries”

  7. The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart: “Trump Won. What Now? with Heather Cox Richardson”

  8. The Daily: “The Secret Power of Siblings”

  9. On Purpose with Jay Shetty: “Mel Robbins: How to Use the ‘Let Them Theory’ (A Life Changing Mindset Hack That 15 Million People Can’t Stop Talking About)”

  10. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard: “Mary Claire Haver (on menopause)”


Most Followed Shows 

  1. The Mel Robbins Podcast

  2. The Joe Rogan Experience

  3. Good Hang with Amy Poehler

  4. The Charlie Kirk Show

  5. Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce

  6. The Telepathy Tapes

  7. The MeidasTouch Podcast

  8. The Shawn Ryan Show

  9. Call Her Daddy

  10. The Daily


Top Subscriber Shows 

  1. The Daily

  2. Apple News+ Narrated

  3. The Ezra Klein Show

  4. Unicorn Girl

  5. Morbid

  6. Extrasensory

  7. Dateline NBC

  8. Scamtown

  9. Big Time

  10. The New York Times Narrated


Top Channels 

  1. SiriusXM Podcasts

  2. Wondery

  3. iHeartPodcasts

  4. The New York Times

  5. Audiochuck

  6. Dateline NBC

  7. Dear Media

  8. Cumulus Podcast Network

  9. Audacy

  10. Vox Media Podcast Network


In addition to the U.S. rankings, Apple also released a comprehensive set of year-end charts that highlight the shows and creators that captivated listeners worldwide. The Top Charts of 2025 are localized for audiences around the world, offering a global and regional perspective on the year in podcasting.


In addition to the data-driven charts, listeners in the U.S. and more than 15 other countries can discover the Best Shows of 2025, a specially curated collection of standout podcasts that resonated with Apple’s editorial team this year.


Apple Podcasts says it will announce its Show of the Year honor on Thursday, Dec. 4. In 2024, Dan Taberski’s seven-episode limited-run series “Hysterical” was its pick.

 
 
 

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