Top Podcast Publishers
What is the Podscribe Ranker?
The Podscribe Ranker is the industry’s most comprehensive view of podcast performance, ranking shows using cross-platform audience data, not just RSS. We track audio downloads, YouTube views, Spotify Video, and more to reflect how audiences consume podcasts today.
Unlike static lists, the Podscribe Ranker updates dynamically to show live growth trends, helping buyers and publishers spot rising shows early and understand reach across platforms, even for podcasts without a prefix.
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Podscribe brings you show-level insights, real-time attribution, and incrementality testing for your audio campaigns across podcasts, YouTube, and streaming. You get the same live data powering this Ranker, plus deeper insights on reach, ad load, advertiser mix, growth over time, and much more — so you can plan faster, benchmark smarter and optimize with confidence.
Top Publishers by Audio Reach
Ranked by the estimated audience size across all shows from a publisher.
| Rank | Publisher | # of Shows | Audio | Dls. & Views / Mo. | Ad Load | % Ads Host Read | Top Advertisers |
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Top Publishers by Downloads & Views per Month
Ranked by the total RSS downloads and video views across YouTube, Rumble and Spotify Video in the last 30 days.
| Rank | Publisher | # of Shows | Audio | Dls. & Views / Mo. | Ad Load | % Ads Host Read | Top Advertisers |
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Top Podcast Publisher Rankings Methodology
Each month, Podscribe analyzes the past 30 days of data to identify the top podcast publishers based on audio reach, downloads and views per month. Live rankings are continuously updated on this page, but we also publish monthly snapshots to spotlight standout shows and trends.
Glossary
Audio Reach - The estimated number of unique listeners reached by a podcast’s audio content, based on audience measurement and scaling across episodes. This is a key metric to help understand total exposure potential.
Downloads & Views / Month - The total number of downloads and views a podcast receives in a typical month, combing all episodes and across all platforms.
Ad Load - The percentage of a podcast’s runtime that is dedicated to advertising. For example: a 5-minute ad block in a 50-minute episode would be a 10% ad load. It helps advertisers assess how ad-heavy a show is.
Renew % - The percentage of advertisers who choose to run another campaign on the show after an initial flight. A high renewal rate signals strong performance and advertiser satisfaction.
% Host Read - The percentage of ads on the podcast that are read by the host versus pre-produced or third-party ads. Host-read ads are often seen as more effective due to the trust and familiarity hosts have with their audiences.
Past Podcast Rankers
November 2025 Top Podcast Publishers
In the November 2025 publisher rankings, newcomer Jamx enters at #9, pushing Audacy out of the top 10. Wondery falls from #5 to #8 as NPR, Libsyn Ads, and Audioboom each move up one spot.
September 2025 Top Podcast Publishers
In September 2025, Spotify claimed the top spot in audio reach. iHeartMedia climbed to #3 and Wondery saw mixed results. Newcomers Red Seat Ventures and GeorgeTom entered the top 10 for monthly downloads.
June 2025 Top Podcast Publishers
Competition among publishers remains strong, but Spotify continues to hold the top spot.
April 2025 Top Podcast Publishers
Spotify holds the top spot in audio reach and downloads, while Audioboom climbs to #2. Acast and QCode see major growth, and MeidasTouch slips to #4. See the full April 2025 rankings.
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