iHeartRadio Tops Podtrac's Podcast Publishers in July

Podtrac

Podtrac has issued the Top Podcast Publishers rankings for July. Topping the chart is iHeartRadio, followed by NPR and the New York Times. Eight of the Top 20 publishers saw an increase in U.S. monthly audience in July over June, led by ESPN/ABC (+38%) with the inclusion of ABC into the network. Thirteen Top 20 publishers saw positive growth in their Global Download numbers from June to July.

The average U.S. Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 10 publishers was flat month-over-month, while it increased by 22% from July of 2019. Global Unique Streams & Downloads increased for the Top 10 publishers by 4% over June and increased by 72% over July, 2019.

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