Genre chart · October 2026

Top News Podcasts

Daily news briefings, political analysis, business news and long-form reporting. The news podcasts listeners rely on most, ranked across the major podcast apps.

1New on this chart

The Daily
The New York Times

Apple #1 Spotify #1 P. Casts #1

100Pulse Score out of 100
2New on this chart

Up First from NPR
NPR

Apple #2 Spotify #3 P. Casts #2

89Pulse Score out of 100
3New on this chart

Pod Save America
Pod Save America

Apple #3 Spotify #7 P. Casts #3

77Pulse Score out of 100
4New on this chart

NPR News Now
NPR

Apple #7 Spotify #6 P. Casts #5

68Pulse Score out of 100
5New on this chart

The Megyn Kelly Show
SiriusXM

Apple #4 Spotify #13 P. Casts #4

67Pulse Score out of 100
6New on this chart

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson Network

Apple #15 Spotify #2 P. Casts #11

64Pulse Score out of 100
7New on this chart

The Ben Shapiro Show
The Daily Wire

Apple #6 Spotify #9 P. Casts #9

62Pulse Score out of 100
8New on this chart

The Bulwark Daily
The Bulwark

Apple #5 Spotify #22 P. Casts #7

56Pulse Score out of 100
9New on this chart

The Journal.
The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios

Apple #16 Spotify #4 P. Casts #17

56Pulse Score out of 100
10New on this chart

The Headlines
The New York Times

Apple #10 Spotify #17 P. Casts #6

53Pulse Score out of 100
11New on this chart

Pivot
New York Magazine

Apple #11 Spotify #16 P. Casts #8

51Pulse Score out of 100
12New on this chart

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Network

Apple #14 Spotify #11 P. Casts #14

48Pulse Score out of 100
13New on this chart

Today, Explained
Vox

Apple #17 Spotify #8 P. Casts #21

47Pulse Score out of 100
14New on this chart

IHIP News
Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan

Apple #8 Spotify #27 P. Casts #12

46Pulse Score out of 100
15New on this chart

Morning Wire
The Daily Wire

Apple #12 Spotify #20 P. Casts #10

46Pulse Score out of 100
16New on this chart

Candace
Candace Owens

Apple #28 Spotify #5 P. Casts #29

46Pulse Score out of 100
17New on this chart

Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Vox Media Podcast Network

Apple #9 Spotify #29 P. Casts #13

44Pulse Score out of 100
18New on this chart

The Matt Walsh Show
The Daily Wire

Apple #20 Spotify #10 P. Casts #22

43Pulse Score out of 100
19New on this chart

The Dan Bongino Show
Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino

Apple #13 Spotify #23 P. Casts #16

41Pulse Score out of 100
20New on this chart

WSJ What’s News
The Wall Street Journal

Apple #19 Spotify #18 P. Casts #15

40Pulse Score out of 100
21New on this chart

Global News Podcast
BBC World Service

Apple #23 Spotify #19 P. Casts #19

36Pulse Score out of 100
22New on this chart

The NPR Politics Podcast
NPR

Apple #18 Spotify #31 P. Casts #20

34Pulse Score out of 100
23New on this chart

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #29 Spotify #15 P. Casts #33

34Pulse Score out of 100
24New on this chart

Pod Save the World
Pod Save the World

Apple #22 Spotify #35 P. Casts #26

30Pulse Score out of 100
25New on this chart

The Glenn Beck Program
Mercury Radio Arts

Apple #25 Spotify #45 P. Casts #24

27Pulse Score out of 100
26New on this chart

The President's Daily Brief
The First TV

Apple #42 Spotify #21 P. Casts #39

27Pulse Score out of 100
27New on this chart

Bulwark Takes
The Bulwark

Apple #30 Spotify #44 P. Casts #32

24Pulse Score out of 100
28New on this chart

Breaking News from Pod Save America
Crooked Media

Apple #77 Spotify #12 P. Casts —

24Pulse Score out of 100
29New on this chart

The Rachel Maddow Show
Rachel Maddow, MS NOW

Apple #34 Spotify #48 P. Casts #27

24Pulse Score out of 100
30New on this chart

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Ringer

Apple #47 Spotify #30 P. Casts #43

23Pulse Score out of 100
31New on this chart

Consider This from NPR
NPR

Apple #37 Spotify #40 P. Casts #40

23Pulse Score out of 100
32New on this chart

House of Troy
LA Times Studios

Apple #27 Spotify — P. Casts #18

21Pulse Score out of 100
33New on this chart

Serial
Serial Productions & The New York Times

Apple #24 Spotify — P. Casts #23

20Pulse Score out of 100
34New on this chart

Letters from an American
Heather Cox Richardson

Apple #26 Spotify — P. Casts #28

18Pulse Score out of 100
35New on this chart

Real Time with Bill Maher
HBO Podcasts

Apple #57 Spotify #47 P. Casts #49

18Pulse Score out of 100
36New on this chart

The Rest Is Politics: US
Goalhanger

Apple #66 Spotify #24 P. Casts —

18Pulse Score out of 100
37New on this chart

Part Of The Problem
Dave Smith

Apple — Spotify #14 P. Casts —

18Pulse Score out of 100
38New on this chart

The Next Level
The Bulwark

Apple #32 Spotify — P. Casts #25

17Pulse Score out of 100
39New on this chart

Armstrong & Getty On Demand
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #31 Spotify — P. Casts #35

16Pulse Score out of 100
40New on this chart

The World and Everything In It
WORLD Radio

Apple #35 Spotify — P. Casts #30

16Pulse Score out of 100
41New on this chart

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

Apple #38 Spotify — P. Casts #31

15Pulse Score out of 100
42New on this chart

Morning Joe
Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

Apple #36 Spotify — P. Casts #34

15Pulse Score out of 100
43New on this chart

The Daily Beast Podcast
The Daily Beast, Joanna Coles

Apple #62 Spotify #39 P. Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
44New on this chart

The Opinions
The New York Times Opinion

Apple #55 Spotify #43 P. Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
45New on this chart

Louder with Crowder
Louder with Crowder

Apple #53 Spotify #46 P. Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
46New on this chart

Ruthless Podcast
Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook

Apple #39 Spotify — P. Casts #38

14Pulse Score out of 100
47New on this chart

Radio Atlantic
The Atlantic

Apple #76 Spotify #37 P. Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
48New on this chart

Deadline: White House
Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

Apple #41 Spotify — P. Casts #36

14Pulse Score out of 100
49New on this chart

Reuters World News
Reuters

Apple #93 Spotify #34 P. Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
50New on this chart

Apple News Today
Apple News

Apple #21 Spotify — P. Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
51New on this chart

Still Counting
Crooked Media

Apple #40 Spotify — P. Casts #41

13Pulse Score out of 100
52New on this chart

Start Here
ABC News

Apple #43 Spotify — P. Casts #37

13Pulse Score out of 100
53New on this chart

The Morgan Stewart Show
Morgan Stewart

Apple #59 Spotify #49 P. Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
54New on this chart

All In with Chris Hayes
MS NOW, Chris Hayes

Apple #45 Spotify — P. Casts #42

13Pulse Score out of 100
55New on this chart

What A Day
What A Day

Apple #46 Spotify — P. Casts #45

12Pulse Score out of 100
56New on this chart

The Michael Knowles Show
The Michael Knowles Show

Apple — Spotify #25 P. Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
57New on this chart

Hacks On Tap
Vox Media

Apple #48 Spotify — P. Casts #44

12Pulse Score out of 100
58New on this chart

Real Baron Podcast
Baron Coleman

Apple — Spotify #26 P. Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
59New on this chart

The New Yorker Radio Hour
WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

Apple #49 Spotify — P. Casts #46

12Pulse Score out of 100
60New on this chart

Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words
Victor Davis Hanson | The Daily Signal

Apple #52 Spotify — P. Casts #47

11Pulse Score out of 100
61New on this chart

New Things with Joanna Stern
Joanna Stern

Apple — Spotify #28 P. Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
62New on this chart

Creative Entrepreneur: A Podcast For Business Growth and Trending News
Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky

Apple #54 Spotify — P. Casts #48

11Pulse Score out of 100
63New on this chart

Piers Morgan Uncensored
Piers Morgan Uncensored

Apple — Spotify #32 P. Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
64New on this chart

10 Minute Drill
Matt Whitlock

Apple #33 Spotify — P. Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
65New on this chart

TRIGGERnometry
Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

Apple — Spotify #33 P. Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
66New on this chart

Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words
Jennifer Hayne

Apple — Spotify #36 P. Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
67New on this chart

The Harry Sisson Show
Harry Sisson

Apple — Spotify #38 P. Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
68New on this chart

The Trish Regan Show
Trish Regan

Apple — Spotify #41 P. Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
69New on this chart

Jack Cocchiarella Show
Jack Cocchiarella

Apple — Spotify #42 P. Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
70New on this chart

The Michael Knowles Show
The Daily Wire

Apple #44 Spotify — P. Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
71New on this chart

Lovett or Leave It
Lovett or Leave It

Apple #50 Spotify — P. Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
72New on this chart

The Keith Edwards Show
Keith Edwards

Apple — Spotify #50 P. Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
73New on this chart

Main Justice
MS NOW, Andrew Weissmann, Mary McCord

Apple #51 Spotify — P. Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
74New on this chart

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #56 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
75New on this chart

Part Of The Problem
GaS Digital Network

Apple #58 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
76New on this chart

The Commentary Magazine Podcast
Commentary Magazine

Apple #60 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
77New on this chart

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
MS NOW, Jen Psaki

Apple #61 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
78New on this chart

Bannon`s War Room
WarRoom.org

Apple #63 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
79New on this chart

Fox News Hourly Update
FOX News Podcasts

Apple #64 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
80New on this chart

The Parnas Perspective
Aaron Parnas

Apple #65 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
81New on this chart

Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis
Bill O'Reilly

Apple #67 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
82New on this chart

The Daily Beans
MSW Media

Apple #68 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
83New on this chart

Mark Levin Podcast
Cumulus Podcast Network

Apple #69 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
84New on this chart

The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Kirk

Apple #70 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
85New on this chart

The Rubin Report
Dave Rubin

Apple #71 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
86New on this chart

Democracy Now! Audio
Democracy Now!

Apple #72 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
87New on this chart

American Potential
American Potential

Apple #73 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
88New on this chart

Economist Podcasts
The Economist

Apple #74 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
89New on this chart

Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #75 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
90New on this chart

VINCE
Silverloch | Cumulus Podcast Network

Apple #78 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
91New on this chart

House Guest
Scott Evans

Apple #79 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
92New on this chart

CNN 5 Things
CNN Podcasts

Apple #80 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
93New on this chart

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
Greg Sargent

Apple #81 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
94New on this chart

PBS News Hour - Full Show
PBS News

Apple #82 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
95New on this chart

The Chuck ToddCast
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #83 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
96New on this chart

Verdict with Ted Cruz
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #84 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
97New on this chart

The 7
The Washington Post

Apple #85 Spotify — P. Casts —

4Pulse Score out of 100
98New on this chart

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Deante’ Kyle

Apple #86 Spotify — P. Casts —

4Pulse Score out of 100
99New on this chart

The David Pakman Show
David Pakman

Apple #87 Spotify — P. Casts —

4Pulse Score out of 100
100New on this chart

Chapo Trap House
Chapo Trap House

Apple #88 Spotify — P. Casts —

4Pulse Score out of 100

Quick answers

What is the #1 news podcast right now?

The Daily by The New York Times is the No. 1 news podcast on Pod is Life's combined chart for October 1, 2026 (#1 on Apple Podcasts, #1 on Spotify, #1 on Pocket Casts).

What are the top 3 news podcasts this week?

Right now the top three are The Daily, Up First from NPR and Pod Save America. The chart updates every day, so check back to see who's climbing.

How is this ranking calculated?

We combine each show's position on the Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Pocket Casts News charts into a single Pulse Score from 1 to 100. Shows that rank well on several platforms score higher than shows that top just one. Read the full methodology.