About Pod is Life

Pod is Life is a daily guide to the podcasts people are actually listening to. Every podcast app publishes its own chart, and they rarely agree. We combine enabled chart sources (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Castbox, Pocket Casts) into one overall ranking and genre charts where those sources publish them.

Alongside the charts, Uncharted territory is a monthly set of recommendations that excludes shows in the current Combined overall Top 100. A show may still appear in genre, trending, or individual platform charts. We also occasionally feature shows we think deserve a bigger audience. Featured placements and paid Sponsored placements are always labeled and never change a show's chart position.

Where the data comes from

Chart positions come from the enabled public chart sources for the United States. YouTube's weekly Top 100 podcast chart (US, ranked by watch time) counts fully on our overall chart; it has no genre charts. Show details such as artwork, descriptions and episode lists come from the podcasts' own public feeds and directories. Spotify top episodes, Podcast Index trending and published industry rankings may appear as context, but never change numbered positions. Read how the combined ranking works.

Current configured source weights: Apple Podcasts 1 · Spotify 1 · YouTube 1 · Castbox 0.05 · Pocket Casts 0.05.

Independent

Pod is Life is an independent publication. Podcast names, artwork and descriptions belong to their creators. If you're a podcaster and something about your show looks wrong, get in touch and we'll fix it.