The top 50 US podcasts for Q1/2025

Sponsored by RedCircle. Podcasting: where talking to yourself is highly encouraged. Turn that talent into treasure (aka monetize it). Start now.

• Edison Research released the top 50 podcasts in the US for Q1 2025. Rotten Mango makes its debut in the top ten; The Mel Robbins Podcast makes the top 50 for the first time - at #15.
  • Podnews’s list includes hosting companies; Megaphone host 22, Simplecast host 12.
• Registrations are now open for the Women Who Podcast Awards. The awards are run by a magazine, Women Who Podcast, which is up to issue 17.
• President Trump signed an executive order aiming to eliminate federal funding for NPR and PBS. Public funding for radio and TV costs the American taxpayer $1.60 a year, said New York Public Radio in a statement.

> > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website: and get our free daily newsletter.

Classifieds - your job or ad here

• Podcast Growth & Monetization tips every Thursday! — Subscribe to the FREE Podcasting Business School newsletter and get fresh tips every Thursday for podcast growth, monetization, and online business strategies. Join over 3,300+ Pod Pals on this list.
• 🎧 Grow Your Podcast On Player FM — Player.FM’s new self-serve ad portal can help you grow your show, boost engagement, and drive downloads with flexible pricing. Book your next campaign now!
• Listen to The End of the World Podcast — a new sci-fi/fantasy audio drama about a young man’s odyssey at an otherworldly bed and breakfast establishment named, rather ominously, The End of the World. A tale of life, death…and what comes next

Gold supporters: Buzzsprout, Mowpod, Mamamia, The $100 MBA, The Podglomerate, Sounds Profitable, Cloud10, Simplecast, Resound, Audiohook, audioBoom, RedCircle, SALT, Cohost, Steve Lack: Audio, Podscribe, Riverside.fm, Jar Audio, Podchaser, Awesound, Evergreen Podcasts, Podpage websites, Acast, Libsyn, Knucklehead Media Group, Disctopia, We Edit Podcasts

Silver supporters: Audacia Audio, Gamut Podcast Network, Bumper, Goalhanger, PodLabs - Podcast Experimentatio, Magellan AI, Voxtopica, Ask Ralph Christian Finance, Gumball, Tink Media, Jonekiri, Gilded Audio, Ausha, Red Seat Ventures, Castbox, ARN's iHeartPodcast Network Aust, SoundStack, Frequency, The Podcast Haven, Truefans, The Roost, PlayPodcast, Compliance Podcast Network, POW PR, Geopolitics and Empire podcast a, Podium , Deepcast Creator, Storyboard, Huberman Lab, Podcastpage, Message Heard, Health Podcast Network, Zvook, Rhapsody Voices, Oxford Road, Double Elvis Productions, Ossa Collective, Podcast Taxi, Heartcast Media50, Headliner, Wondery, Jam Street Media, Blubrry, Sonic Influencer Marketing, Optimal Living Daily, Transistor, Lemonada Media, matchmaker.fm, Rephonic, Castos, Diversion Podcasts, Podcast Partnership, StreamGuys, Ad Results Media, Hear.Here.Singapore, Content10x, Cleanfeed, She Podcasts, Lower Street, Podigy, Adopter Media, School of Podcasting, Revolver Podcasts, Podcast Movement, Sonix, Signal Hill Insights, Edison Research

Our supporters pay for Podnews, so everyone can read it. Join them today.

Image: Julien Photo