Triton Ranker: iHeart Leads November; ‘Stuff You Should Know’ Tops Show Rankings.

Triton Digital says the iHeart Audience Network remained in the top spot last month, with 66.5 million average weekly downloads in the U.S. And with the exit of NPR from the ranker, where it had earlier ranked second, there were steps forward for the rest of the top 10 publishers. Triton says the Audacy Podcast Network was second with 13.7 million average weekly downloads. It was followed by Audioboom at No. 3 with 11.8 million.

Triton’s monthly reports include only publishers that opt-in to the measurement program and reflect the period of Nov. 3-30.

Unlike Triton’s quarterly updates that include publishers that aren’t subscribers, the monthly updates rely on server-side data. Similar to the sales network ranker, the list of top shows was impacted by the disappearance of NPR shows. In November, Triton says iHeart’s “Stuff You Should Know” jumped to No. 1. It was followed by Salem Podcast Network’s “The Charlie Kirk Show” and the Audacy Podcast Network’s “48 Hours.”

Debuting shows for November included Lemonada Media’s “Story Pirates,” iHeart’s “Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders,” Audioboom’s “No Such Thing As A Fish” and CBC/Radio-Canada’s “The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall.”

The November update is a stripped down, mid-quarter report from Triton Digital, which is now releasing expanded quarterly updates that not only feature a ranking of the top 200 shows but also new insights by show, genre, and audience profile. They also include more than 40 demographic and purchase intent segments sourced from the Demos+ survey and audience profiles collected and assembled by Triton in collaboration with Signal Hill Insights.

The latest quarterly ranking shows “The Joe Rogan Experience” remained the most listened-to podcast during the third quarter, followed by The New York Times’ “The Daily,” Audiochuck’s “Crime Junkie” and SiriusXM’s “Call Her Daddy.”

The latest release for November features only the server-side measurement data from companies that have opted-in to Triton rankings. Download Triton Digital’s latest U.S. Podcast Ranker HERE.