NPR, NYTimes Pods Remain Atop Podtrac Podcast Ranker
Podtrac releases its Top Podcasts chart for April 2025, based on U.S. unique monthly audience, and the top five shows remain unchanged from the March ranker. At #1 is NPR’s “NPR News Now,”
followed by The New York Times’ “The Daily” at #2, NPR’s “Up First” at #3, NBC News’ Dateline NBC at #4, and FOX Audio Network’s “FOX News Hourly Update” at #5. Other radio-centric podcasts of note include Cumulus Podcast Network’s “The Shawn Ryan Show” rising two spots to #6, and Silverloch’s “VINCE” falling 11 places to #18. See the full chart here.
Podcast Metrics. The top six podcasts are unchanged in rank from the previous chart from Edison with “The Joe Rogan Experience” at #1, followed by “Crime Junkie” at #2, and “The Daily” at #3. Other radio-related podcasts of note include “The Ramsey Show” at #20, “The Dan Bongino Show” at #21, “The Ben Shapiro Show” at #22, and “The Shawn Ryan Show” at #29. 
NBC” at #1, audiochuck’s “Crime Junkie” at #2, Wondery’s “Morbid” at #3 and Cumulus Podcast Network’s “The Dan Bongino Show” at #4. Radio-related podcasts of note in this ranker include Salem Podcast Network’s “The Charlie Kirk Show” rising four places to #12, Cumulus Podcast Network’s “The Mark Levin Show” up two places to #13, and Cumulus Podcast Network’s “The Shawn Ryan Show” rising five places to #24.