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UPDATE 18 November 2025

Apple Podcasts unveils the most popular shows and trends of 2025

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Today, Apple announced the most popular podcasts of 2025, releasing a comprehensive set of year-end charts that highlight the shows and creators that captivated listeners worldwide. The Top Charts of 2025 are localised for audiences around the world, offering a global and regional perspective on the year in podcasting.
Listeners can explore the full collection of 2025 charts now through the end of the year directly on the New tab of the Apple Podcasts app. The 2025 charts provide multiple views into the year’s biggest hits, including:
  • Top Shows, the most popular podcasts of the year based on listenership.
  • Top New Shows, the biggest breakout hits that debuted in 2025.
  • Most Followed Shows, the podcasts that gained the most new followers.
  • Most Shared Shows, the content listeners shared most often with friends and on social media.
  • Top Channels, a look at the most popular channels, based on listenership.
In addition to the data-driven charts, listeners in over 15 markets can discover the Best Shows of 2025, a specially curated collection of stand-out podcasts that resonated with Apple's editorial team this year. The celebration of this year’s best shows will culminate with the announcement of the Apple Podcasts Show of the Year, an honour that will be revealed on Thursday, 4 December.

Top Shows

  1. Conversations 
  2. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
  3. The Mel Robbins Podcast
  4. The Imperfects
  5. Casefile True Crime
  6. Mamamia Out Loud
  7. The Joe Rogan Experience
  8. No Filter
  9. The Rest Is History
  10. The Case Of

Top New Shows

  1. Dear Rachelle
  2. No One Saw It Coming
  3. Good Hang with Amy Poehler
  4. The Rest Is Classified
  5. Stalked
  6. Julie's Gone
  7. Deadly Mirage
  8. The Unthinkable
  9. Blink | Jake Haendel's Story
  10. The Mushroom Trial: Say Grace

Top Series

  1. Bronwyn 
  2. Dear Rachelle 
  3. Unravel 
  4. Witness
  5. Expanse 
  6. The Telepathy Tapes
  7. The Truth About Amy 
  8. Stalked 
  9. Tortoise Investigates 
  10. World of Secrets 

Top Episodes

  1. Dear Rachelle: “The long weekend | 1”
  2. Casefile True Crime: “Case 305: Marshall Street, Casefile True Crime”
  3. Bronwyn: “Episode 14: Jon's Own Words”
  4. Hamish & Andy: “2024 Ep 280 - Goodbye to 2024, Podcast Mike and Team Loyalty”
  5. The Imperfects: “Janelle Booker - Living With ADHD”
  6. Unravel: “01 Mr Big | The secret recording”
  7. The Telepathy Tapes: “Ep 1: Unveiling the Hidden World of Telepathic Communication in a Silenced Community”
  8. The Case Of: “Rachael, Kristian and Stocky tell you what they really think”
  9. The Mel Robbins Podcast: “The Body Reset: How Women Should Eat & Exercise for Health, Fat Loss, & Energy”
  10. Mamamia Out Loud: “The Coldplay Affair. And What The Internet Did Next.”

Most Shared Shows

  1. The Telepathy Tapes 
  2. The Mel Robbins Podcast 
  3. The Case Of 
  4. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
  5. The Imperfects 
  6. The Rest Is History 
  7. Conversations 
  8. Pop Culture Parenting
  9. The Rest Is Politics: US
  10. Huberman Lab

Most Shared Episodes

  1. The Imperfects: “Janelle Booker - Living With ADHD”
  2. The Mel Robbins Podcast: “The Body Reset: How Women Should Eat & Exercise for Health, Fat Loss, & Energy”
  3. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: “The Exercise & Nutrition Scientist: The Truth About Exercising On Your Period! Women Were Right About Menopause! These 4 Supplements Give Women Optimal Health!”
  4. Conversations: “Jonathan Haidt on ‘attention fracking’ and how to stop tech companies from stealing your child's focus” 
  5. The Telepathy Tapes: “Unveiling the Hidden World of Telepathic Communication in a Silenced Community”
  6. On Purpose with Jay Shetty: “Mel Robbins: How to Use the ‘Let Them Theory’ (A Life Changing Mindset Hack That 15 Million People Can’t Stop Talking About)”
  7. Huberman Lab: “Female-Specific Exercise & Nutrition for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Stacy Sims”
  8. The Peter Attia Drive: “Women's sexual health, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) | Rachel Rubin, M.D.”
  9. Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee: “The Most Important Daily Habits That Could Add Decades to Your Life & Keep Your Brain Young with Dr Darshan Shah #573”
  10. All In The Mind: “‘Bad behaviour’ or just misunderstood? What to know about kids’ mental health”

Most Followed Shows

  1. The Mel Robbins Podcast 
  2. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
  3. The Case Of 
  4. The Rest Is History 
  5. Dear Rachelle 
  6. The Joe Rogan Experience 
  7. The Imperfects 
  8. Good Hang with Amy Poehler
  9. No One Saw It Coming
  10. The Telepathy Tapes 

Top Subscriber Shows

  1. Mamamia Out Loud
  2. Casefile True Crime
  3. The Rest Is History
  4. No Filter
  5. Extrasensory
  6. Shameless
  7. The Daily
  8. Unicorn Girl
  9. Scamtown
  10. I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin

Top Channels

  1. SiriusXM Podcasts, SiriusXM
  2. Mamamia, Mamamia Podcasts 
  3. LiSTNR, Support LiSTNR
  4. Wondery, Wondery
  5. Crime X, News Corp Australia 
  6. BBC, BBC
  7. FlightStory, The Diary Of A CEO
  8. iHeartPodcasts, iheart 
  9. Casefile Presents, Casefile Presents 
  10. ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation 
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