Looking for the top podcasts at the end of 2024?
We analyzed Spotify, YouTube and Apple’s most listened to podcasts to compile the list of the 100 top podcasts right now.
Find them below.
100 Top podcasts to listen to right now
| Final Rank |
Podcast |
Host(s) |
Genre |
Categories |
Spotify Rank |
Change |
Apple Rank |
Change |
| 1 |
Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce |
Wave Sports + Entertainment |
Sports & Entertainment |
1 |
↔ |
1 |
↔ |
| 2 |
The Joe Rogan Experience |
Joe Rogan |
Comedy |
2 |
↔ |
2 |
↔ |
| 3 |
Deadly Mirage |
NBC News |
True Crime |
6 |
↔ |
3 |
↔ |
| 4 |
Crime Junkie |
audiochuck |
True Crime |
5 |
↔ |
4 |
↔ |
| 5 |
ChainsFR On Spotify |
ChainsFR |
Music |
8 |
↔ |
|
|
| 6 |
Huberman Lab |
Scicomm Media |
Health & Science |
7 |
↔ |
12 |
▲2 |
| 7 |
Shawn Ryan Show |
Shawn Ryan |
Society & Culture |
4 |
↔ |
17 |
↔ |
| 8 |
The Daily |
The New York Times |
News |
19 |
↔ |
5 |
↔ |
| 9 |
Rotten Mango |
Stephanie Soo & Ramble |
True Crime |
13 |
↔ |
|
|
| 10 |
Call Her Daddy |
Alex Cooper |
Comedy |
9 |
↑ |
20 |
▲12 |
| 11 |
So True with Caleb Hearon |
Headgum |
Comedy |
15 |
↑ |
|
|
| 12 |
The Mel Robbins Podcast |
Mel Robbins |
Self-Help |
11 |
↔ |
19 |
▲4 |
| 13 |
The LOL Podcast |
Cash, Maverick, Kate, Harper, Kenzie |
Comedy |
16 |
↓ |
|
|
| 14 |
The Megyn Kelly Show |
SiriusXM |
News |
18 |
↔ |
16 |
▼8 |
| 15 |
Distractible |
Distractible |
Comedy |
20 |
↑ |
|
|
| 16 |
The Telepathy Tapes |
Ky Dickens |
Paranormal |
17 |
↑ |
24 |
▲16 |
| 17 |
Up First from NPR |
NPR |
News |
27 |
↑ |
15 |
▼5 |
| 18 |
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories |
Ballen Studios |
True Crime |
21 |
↑ |
|
|
| 19 |
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von |
Theo Von |
Comedy |
12 |
↔ |
32 |
▲8 |
| 20 |
Modern Wisdom |
Chris Williamson |
Self-Improvement |
22 |
↓ |
|
|
| 21 |
The Rest Is History |
Goalhanger |
History |
39 |
↑ |
6 |
▲14 |
| 22 |
Crime, Conspiracy, Cults and Murder |
Kallmekris |
True Crime |
23 |
↑ |
|
|
| 23 |
Morbid |
Morbid Network |
True Crime |
33 |
↑ |
13 |
▼5 |
| 24 |
The Tucker Carlson Show |
Tucker Carlson Network |
News |
10 |
↓ |
37 |
▼8 |
| 25 |
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett |
Flight Studio |
Business |
14 |
↑ |
34 |
▲41 |
| 26 |
REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana |
Wondery |
True Crime |
25 |
↓ |
|
|
| 27 |
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard |
Armchair Umbrella |
Comedy |
29 |
↑ |
22 |
▲4 |
| 28 |
This American Life |
This American Life |
|
|
|
27 |
▲40 |
| 29 |
Smosh Reads Reddit Stories |
Smosh |
Comedy |
28 |
↑ |
|
|
| 30 |
The Ben Shapiro Show |
The Daily Wire |
News |
49 |
↓ |
10 |
▲3 |
| 31 |
Not Loveline |
Tana Mongeau and Trish Paytas |
Society & Culture |
31 |
↓ |
|
|
| 32 |
The Bryce Crawford Podcast |
Bryce Crawford |
Comedy |
32 |
↓ |
|
|
| 33 |
CounterClock |
audiochuck |
|
|
|
33 |
▼11 |
| 34 |
Dateline NBC |
NBC News |
True Crime |
61 |
↑ |
7 |
▼1 |
| 35 |
Bad Friends |
Bobby Lee & Andrew Santino |
Comedy |
26 |
↔ |
43 |
▲40 |
| 36 |
CreepCast |
Wendigoon & MeatCanyon |
Paranormal |
35 |
↑ |
|
|
| 37 |
SmartLess |
Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett |
Comedy |
59 |
↑ |
11 |
▲7 |
| 38 |
Dan Bongino Show |
Cumulus Podcast Network |
News |
36 |
↓ |
|
|
| 39 |
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart |
Comedy Central |
Comedy |
41 |
↑ |
35 |
▼3 |
| 40 |
The Basement Yard |
Joe Santagato |
Comedy |
38 |
↑ |
|
|
| 41 |
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast |
Matt McCusker & Shane Gillis |
Comedy |
34 |
↑ |
44 |
▲25 |
| 42 |
PBD Podcast |
PBD Podcast |
Business |
40 |
↓ |
|
|
| 43 |
Acquired |
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal |
Business |
44 |
↑ |
38 |
▲17 |
| 44 |
Stuff You Should Know |
iHeartPodcasts |
Education |
62 |
↓ |
21 |
▼9 |
| 45 |
The Ezra Klein Show |
New York Times Opinion |
|
|
|
42 |
▼18 |
| 46 |
Markiplier |
Distractible |
Comedy |
42 |
↓ |
|
|
| 47 |
Extra Dirty with Hallie Batchelder |
Unwell |
Comedy |
3 |
↔ |
82 |
▼3 |
| 48 |
Financial Audit |
Caleb Hammer |
Finance |
43 |
↓ |
|
|
| 49 |
The Good Whale |
Serial Productions and the New York Times |
Society & Culture |
58 |
↓ |
29 |
▲7 |
| 50 |
Duncanyounot |
DuncanJoseph |
Comedy |
45 |
↓ |
|
|
| 51 |
Lex Fridman Podcast |
Lex Fridman |
Technology |
30 |
↑ |
61 |
▲110 |
| 52 |
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce |
Wondery |
Sports |
37 |
↑ |
57 |
▼10 |
| 53 |
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update |
iHeartPodcasts |
Comedy |
48 |
↑ |
|
|
| 54 |
Pod Save America |
Crooked Media |
News |
54 |
↓ |
45 |
▼33 |
| 55 |
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg |
All-In Podcast, LLC |
Business |
47 |
↑ |
52 |
▼24 |
| 56 |
The Commercial Break |
Commercial Break LLC |
Comedy |
46 |
↓ |
53 |
▲13 |
| 57 |
Morning Wire |
The Daily Wire |
|
|
|
50 |
▼10 |
| 58 |
KILL TONY |
DEATHSQUAD.TV & Studio71 |
Comedy |
51 |
↓ |
|
|
| 59 |
Pardon My Take |
Barstool Sports |
Sports |
90 |
↑ |
14 |
▲6 |
| 60 |
Morning Brew Daily |
Morning Brew |
News |
53 |
↑ |
|
|
| 61 |
Candace |
Candace Owens |
Politics |
24 |
↔ |
85 |
▲11 |
| 62 |
The Journal. |
The Wall Street Journal |
Business |
55 |
↑ |
|
|
| 63 |
Lights Out |
Mile Higher Media |
True Crime |
56 |
↓ |
|
|
| 64 |
Call It What It Is |
iHeartPodcasts |
Comedy |
60 |
↑ |
54 |
▲74 |
| 65 |
Ryth |
Ryth |
Music |
57 |
↓ |
|
|
| 66 |
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin |
Money News Network |
Finance |
63 |
↓ |
56 |
▲13 |
| 67 |
Giggly Squad |
Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo |
Comedy |
64 |
↑ |
|
|
| 68 |
Las Alucines |
Lupita Villalobos y Kass Quezada (Quesito) |
Society & Culture |
65 |
↑ |
|
|
| 69 |
The Broski Report with Brittany Broski |
Brittany Broski & Audioboom Studios |
Comedy |
66 |
↓ |
|
|
| 70 |
REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries |
Wondery |
|
|
|
66 |
▲19 |
| 71 |
The Headlines |
The New York Times |
News |
67 |
↑ |
|
|
| 72 |
20/20 |
ABC News |
|
|
|
67 |
▼30 |
| 73 |
What Now? with Trevor Noah |
Spotify Studios |
Comedy |
68 |
↑ |
|
|
| 74 |
Hyperfixed |
Hyperfixed & Radiotopia |
Education |
74 |
↑ |
62 |
↔ |
| 75 |
Serial Killers |
Spotify Studios |
True Crime |
69 |
↑ |
|
|
| 76 |
NPR News Now |
NPR |
News |
50 |
↑ |
88 |
▼13 |
| 77 |
Dhar Mann |
Dhar Mann |
Society & Culture |
71 |
↓ |
|
|
| 78 |
The Ramsey Show |
Ramsey Network |
Finance |
83 |
↓ |
59 |
▼8 |
| 79 |
anything goes with emma chamberlain |
emma chamberlain |
Society & Culture |
72 |
↓ |
|
|
| 80 |
Murder In America |
Bloody FM |
True Crime |
73 |
↑ |
|
|
| 81 |
Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery |
ABC News |
|
|
|
73 |
▲14 |
| 82 |
2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer |
YMH Studios |
Comedy |
52 |
↑ |
97 |
▲39 |
| 83 |
Global News Podcast |
BBC World Service |
News |
70 |
↑ |
80 |
▼3 |
| 84 |
Rotten Mango Video |
Stephanie Soo |
True Crime |
75 |
↑ |
|
|
| 85 |
The Antihero Podcast |
The Antihero Podcast |
True Crime |
76 |
↓ |
|
|
| 86 |
Hollywood & Crime |
Wondery |
True Crime |
95 |
↓ |
58 |
▲48 |
| 87 |
Two Hot Takes |
Morgan Absher |
Society & Culture |
77 |
↓ |
|
|
| 88 |
The Charlie Kirk Show |
Charlie Kirk |
Politics |
86 |
↓ |
69 |
▼20 |
| 89 |
The Bulwark Podcast |
The Bulwark |
|
|
|
78 |
▼13 |
| 90 |
Murder: True Crime Stories |
Crime House |
True Crime |
78 |
↓ |
|
|
| 91 |
Batman Unburied: Fallen City |
Warner Bros. / Spotify Studios |
Fiction |
79 |
↓ |
|
|
| 92 |
The Mindset Mentor |
Rob Dial |
Self-Improvement |
80 |
↓ |
|
|
| 93 |
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe |
Mike Rowe |
Society & Culture |
81 |
↓ |
|
|
| 94 |
Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha |
Hala Taha |
Business |
88 |
↑ |
74 |
▲25 |
| 95 |
MSA previously My Story Animated |
MSA Team |
Fiction |
82 |
↓ |
|
|
| 96 |
Murder, Mystery & Makeup |
Audioboom Studios |
True Crime |
84 |
↓ |
|
|
| 97 |
The Matt Walsh Show |
The Daily Wire |
|
|
|
84 |
▼22 |
| 98 |
Girls Gone Bible |
Girls Gone Bible |
Society & Culture |
85 |
↓ |
|
|
| 99 |
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast |
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson |
Education |
93 |
↔ |
79 |
▲19 |
| 100 |
Digital Social Hour |
Sean Kelly |
Business |
87 |
↑ |
|
|
Let's dive deeper: A look at the top-rated podcasts at the end of 2024
With new shows coming out daily, the podcast charts change constantly. And even the most high-rated -and generally number 1 ranking podcast- The Joe Rogan Show can get dethroned.
Right now Kylie Kelce’s new podcast show is topping the charts. She released the first episode of Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce, early in December 2024 and it seems to be the hype. (It could be the Swifties…)
Joe Rogan’s podcast remains in 2nd place with a few other well-known shows staying in the top 10. For example, Crime Junkie, the true crime classic, and Huberman Lab, the neuroscience hit, are regular top 10 podcasts.
While everyone has different tastes, we’re seeing that true crime, comedy, politics and educational business or self-development shows are what people like to listen to.
Let’s take a look at some of the top podcasts on each platform and in some categories:
- Top Spotify podcast: Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
- Top Apple Charts podcast: Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
- Top YouTube podcast (by subscribers): The Joe Rogan Show
How we calculate our list of top-rated podcasts
To get our final top podcast list we:
- Reviewed the top podcast charts across Spotify, Apple and YouTube for the US.
- We calculated the average ranking for each show across the platforms.
- We included this average to create our final list.
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