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Triton Digital Unveils U.S. Podcast Ranker for August


Triton Digital
Triton Digital

Triton Digital has unveiled its U.S. Podcast Ranker, covering the data from July 31 to September 3. This report showcases the performance of the SiriusXM Podcast Network, which has secured the top spot in the Top Sales Networks Report for August. The network amassed 53.4 million average weekly downloads and 14 million average weekly users. Following closely behind is Wondery, claiming the second spot with 36.4 million average weekly downloads and an audience of 8.7 million users. NPR takes a solid third position with 31.8 million downloads and a listenership of 6.4 million users.

When it comes to individual podcasts based on download numbers, "NPR News Now" takes the leading position, closely pursued by "Crime Junkie" from audiochuck and "Dateline NBC" from NBCUniversal News Group. As for the listener's perspective, the top three podcasts include "Crime Junkie," "Dateline NBC" and "NPR's Up First," which climbed to the third position.

During this reporting period is the introduction of three newcomers to the scene: Wondery's "Over My Dead Body" has made its mark in both the downloads and listeners categories, "Prosecuting Donald Trump" by NBCUniversal News Group debuted strongly in the downloads category, and "H3 Podcast" by The Roost Podcast Network entered the listener rankings.

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