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Daily podcast charts · United States

Every podcast chart in one place. And what to play next.

Every day we bring together Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Castbox, Pocket Casts charts for the US into an overall ranking and the genre charts each source publishes, then help you find your next show.

Updated October 12, 2026 41,008 shows tracked 19 genre charts
The Journal. podcast artwork
#86 on the Trending chart

The Journal.

The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios
Overall#86Spotify#83
US charts
United States · All genres · combined

Top podcasts in the US today

This is the US chart, ranked by Pulse Score: how strongly each show performs across the US chart sources active today.

Other countries: United Kingdom · Canada · Australia · Germany · Brazil · Mexico · New Zealand · Ireland · India · Japan · Philippines · South Africa

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Updated October 12, 2026
  1. 1No change
    The Joe Rogan Experience podcast artwork
    The Joe Rogan Experience
    Joe Rogan
    Apple #5 Spotify #1 YouTube #4 Castbox #5 Pocket Casts #13
    85Pulse Score out of 100
  2. 2No change
    The Shawn Ryan Show podcast artwork
    The Shawn Ryan Show
    Shawn Ryan
    Apple #17 Spotify #5 YouTube #2 Castbox #20 Pocket Casts —
    72Pulse Score out of 100
  3. 3Up 1 from #4
    The Daily podcast artwork
    The Daily
    The New York Times
    Apple #1 Spotify #6 YouTube — Castbox #1 Pocket Casts #1
    60Pulse Score out of 100
  4. 4Down 1 from #3
    This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von podcast artwork
    This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
    Theo Von
    Apple #29 Spotify #2 YouTube #15 Castbox #30 Pocket Casts —
    59Pulse Score out of 100
  5. 5Up 1 from #6
    Crime Junkie podcast artwork
    Crime Junkie
    Audiochuck
    Apple #2 Spotify #4 YouTube — Castbox #2 Pocket Casts #55
    59Pulse Score out of 100
  6. 6Down 1 from #5
    Good Hang with Amy Poehler podcast artwork
    Good Hang with Amy Poehler
    The Ringer
    Apple #9 Spotify #3 YouTube #98 Castbox #10 Pocket Casts #48
    59Pulse Score out of 100
  7. 7No change
    The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett podcast artwork
    The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
    DOAC
    Apple #22 Spotify #10 YouTube #9 Castbox #23 Pocket Casts —
    56Pulse Score out of 100
  8. 8Up 1 from #9
    Smosh Reads Reddit Stories podcast artwork
    Smosh Reads Reddit Stories
    Smosh
    Apple #69 Spotify #19 YouTube #8 Castbox #75 Pocket Casts —
    48Pulse Score out of 100
  9. 9Up 1 from #10
    Financial Audit podcast artwork
    Financial Audit
    Caleb Hammer
    Apple #138 Spotify #42 YouTube #1 Castbox — Pocket Casts —
    45Pulse Score out of 100
  10. 10Down 2 from #8
    Up First from NPR podcast artwork
    Up First from NPR
    NPR
    Apple #10 Spotify #11 YouTube — Castbox #8 Pocket Casts #10
    43Pulse Score out of 100
Uncharted territory · October 2026

Uncharted territory: October 2026

Monthly podcast recommendations outside the combined Top 100. Genre and platform chart appearances are welcome.

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By genre

The No. 1 show in every genre

Nineteen genre charts, each combining every platform that publishes one.

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Spotify · weekly

Top episodes on Spotify this week

Episode rankings offer another way into the shows listeners are spending time with. They do not affect podcast positions.

Updated

  1. #1
    #2563 - Dan RichardsThe Joe Rogan Experience
  2. #2
  3. #3
    #2562 - Dan McClellanThe Joe Rogan Experience
  4. #4
  5. #5
  6. #6
    #2561 - LL Cool JThe Joe Rogan Experience
  7. #7
  8. #8
Momentum

Trending now

The shows gaining ground across the providers that publish momentum charts.

All trending →
  1. 1 We're Out of Time podcast artwork
    We're Out of Time
    Richard Taite
  2. 2 We! podcast artwork
    We!
    Joe Mittiga
  3. 3 Mick Unplugged podcast artwork
  4. 4 The Team House podcast artwork
  5. 5 The Dylan Gemelli Podcast podcast artwork
  6. 6 Tomorrow, Today podcast artwork
    Tomorrow, Today
    Shekhar Natarajan
  7. 7 Finding Peak with Ryan Hanley podcast artwork
  8. 8 Coffeez with Joe Shalaby podcast artwork
  9. 9 On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast artwork
  10. 10 The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett podcast artwork
How it works

One chart to rule them all.

Each source publishes its own ranking, and they rarely agree. The Pulse Score combines the available positions, rewarding shows that rank highly across multiple charts.

Read the methodology