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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 localized 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 standout 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 honor that will be revealed on Thursday, December 4.
Here are the most popular podcasts of 2025 in the U.S.:

Top Shows

  1. The Joe Rogan Experience
  2. The Daily
  3. The Mel Robbins Podcast
  4. Crime Junkie
  5. Dateline NBC
  6. SmartLess
  7. Call Her Daddy
  8. This American Life
  9. Huberman Lab
  10. The Ezra Klein Show

Top New Shows

  1. Good Hang with Amy Poehler
  2. Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
  3. Deadly Mirage
  4. Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story
  5. Murder in the Moonlight
  6. Devil in the Desert
  7. What Happened to Holly Bobo?
  8. Cold Blooded: Mystery in Alaska
  9. Unicorn Girl
  10. The Best People with Nicolle Wallace

Top Series

  1. The Telepathy Tapes
  2. The Binge Cases
  3. Deadly Mirage
  4. Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story
  5. Dateline Originals
  6. Murder in the Moonlight
  7. Serial
  8. THREE
  9. Devil in the Desert
  10. CounterClock

Top Episodes

  1. The Telepathy Tapes: “Unveiling the Hidden World of Telepathic Communication in a Silenced Community”
  2. Crime Junkie: “MURDERED: The Feeney Family”
  3. New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce: “The Taylor Swift Episode”
  4. The Joe Rogan Experience: “#2223 - Elon Musk”
  5. The Daily: “Trump, Again”
  6. Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story: “Blink”
  7. Deadly Mirage: “Death in the High Desert”
  8. SmartLess: “Amy Poehler”
  9. Good Hang with Amy Poehler: “Tina Fey”
  10. Murder in the Moonlight: “In Cold Blood”

Most Shared Shows

  1. The Telepathy Tapes
  2. The Mel Robbins Podcast
  3. Sold a Story
  4. Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story
  5. The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
  6. The Daily
  7. Huberman Lab
  8. The Bible Recap
  9. Scamanda
  10. The Ezra Klein Show

Most Shared Episodes

  1. The Mel Robbins Podcast: “The Body Reset: How Women Should Eat & Exercise for Health, Fat Loss, & Energy”
  2. The Telepathy Tapes: “Unveiling the Hidden World of Telepathic Communication in a Silenced Community”
  3. The Ezra Klein Show: “Don’t Believe Him”
  4. The Shawn Ryan Show: “#163 Gary Brecka - Biohacking Secrets to Longevity, Aging Myths and the Science of Nutrition”
  5. The Peter Attia Drive: “Women’s sexual health, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) | Rachel Rubin, M.D.”
  6. The Joe Rogan Experience: “#2294 - Dr. Suzanne Humphries”
  7. The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart: “Trump Won. What Now? with Heather Cox Richardson”
  8. The Daily: “The Secret Power of Siblings”
  9. 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)”
  10. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard: “Mary Claire Haver (on menopause)”

Most Followed Shows

  1. The Mel Robbins Podcast
  2. The Joe Rogan Experience
  3. Good Hang with Amy Poehler
  4. The Charlie Kirk Show
  5. Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
  6. The Telepathy Tapes
  7. The MeidasTouch Podcast
  8. The Shawn Ryan Show
  9. Call Her Daddy
  10. The Daily

Top Subscriber Shows

  1. The Daily
  2. Apple News+ Narrated
  3. The Ezra Klein Show
  4. Unicorn Girl
  5. Morbid
  6. Extrasensory
  7. Dateline NBC
  8. Scamtown
  9. Big Time
  10. The New York Times Narrated

Top Channels

  1. SiriusXM Podcasts
  2. Wondery
  3. iHeartPodcasts
  4. The New York Times
  5. audiochuck
  6. Dateline NBC
  7. Dear Media
  8. Cumulus Podcast Network
  9. Audacy
  10. Vox Media Podcast Network
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