Apple released its Apple Podcasts Top Charts of 2025, giving listeners a clear view of the most popular shows, episodes, and trends of the year. You can now find the full rankings inside the New tab of the Apple Podcasts app. The charts stay available through the end of the year, making it easy for you to revisit the biggest hits anytime.
Apple’s editorial team also highlighted Best Shows of 2025 for listeners in more than 15 countries. This curated section sits alongside the data charts and adds more context to what people enjoyed. The Joe Rogan Experience, The Daily, and The Mel Robbins Podcast appear throughout the lists, showing how strongly they performed across different areas.
Here’s what Apple published inside the charts. These names appear directly in the lineup and help shape the full picture of podcast listening in 2025.
Top Categories Breakdown
Top Shows
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- The Daily
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- Crime Junkie
- Dateline NBC
- SmartLess
- Call Her Daddy
- This American Life
- Huberman Lab
- The Ezra Klein Show
Top New Shows
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler
- Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
- Deadly Mirage
- Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story
- Murder in the Moonlight
- Devil in the Desert
- What Happened to Holly Bobo?
- Cold Blooded: Mystery in Alaska
- Unicorn Girl
- The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Top Series
- The Telepathy Tapes
- The Binge Cases
- Deadly Mirage
- Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story
- Dateline Originals
- Murder in the Moonlight
- Serial
- THREE
- Devil in the Desert
- CounterClock
Top Episodes
- The Telepathy Tapes: Unveiling the Hidden World of Telepathic Communication in a Silenced Community
- Crime Junkie: MURDERED: The Feeney Family
- New Heights: The Taylor Swift Episode
- The Joe Rogan Experience: #2223 Elon Musk
- The Daily: Trump, Again
- Blink: Blink
- Deadly Mirage: Death in the High Desert
- SmartLess: Amy Poehler
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Tina Fey
- Murder in the Moonlight: In Cold Blood
Most Shared Shows
- The Telepathy Tapes
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- Sold a Story
- Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story
- The Bible in a Year
- The Daily
- Huberman Lab
- The Bible Recap
- Scamanda
- The Ezra Klein Show
Most Shared Episodes
- The Mel Robbins Podcast: The Body Reset
- The Telepathy Tapes: Unveiling the Hidden World
- The Ezra Klein Show: Don’t Believe Him
- The Shawn Ryan Show: #163 Gary Brecka
- The Peter Attia Drive: Women’s sexual health
- The Joe Rogan Experience: #2294 Dr. Suzanne Humphries
- The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart: Trump Won. What Now?
- The Daily: The Secret Power of Siblings
- On Purpose: Let Them Theory
- Armchair Expert: Mary Claire Haver
Most Followed Shows
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler
- The Charlie Kirk Show
- Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
- The Telepathy Tapes
- The MeidasTouch Podcast
- The Shawn Ryan Show
- Call Her Daddy
- The Daily
Top Subscriber Shows
- The Daily
- Apple News+ Narrated
- The Ezra Klein Show
- Unicorn Girl
- Morbid
- Extrasensory
- Dateline NBC
- Scamtown
- Big Time
- The New York Times Narrated
Top Channels
- SiriusXM Podcasts
- Wondery
- iHeartPodcasts
- The New York Times
- audiochuck
- Dateline NBC
- Dear Media
- Cumulus Podcast Network
- Audacy
- Vox Media Podcast Network
Apple localized the Top Charts to reflect regional listening patterns, which gives each country its own snapshot of the year. The company will announce the Apple Podcasts Show of the Year on December 4.
