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Podtrac Issues List of the Top New Podcasts of 2023


Podtrac
Podtrac

Podtrac has published its year-end ranking of the Top 25 New Podcasts for 2023. The ranking is based on average downloads per episode. The 2023 list is headed up by Scamanda from Lionsgate Sound, followed by The Retrievals (Serial Productions), The Coldest Case in Laramie (Serial Productions), The Girl in the Blue Mustang (NBC News) and Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Lemonada Media).

  1. Scamanda - Lionsgate Sound
  2. The Retrievals - Serial Productions
  3. Serial Productions
  4. The Girl in the Blue Mustang - NBC News
  5. Lemonada
  6. Murder in Apartment 12 - NBC News
  7. The Girlfriends - iHeart Podcasts
  8. HBO's The Last of Us Podcast - HBO
  9. Rachel Maddow Presents: Déjà News - NBC News
  10. Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University - Wondery
  11. The King Road Killings: An Idaho Murder Mystery - Walt Disney Co
  12. NBC News
  13. Stolen Hearts - Wondery
  14. High Strange - Tenderfoot TV
  15. The Kids of Rutherford County - Serial Productions
  16. Sword and Scale Nightmares - Sword and Scale
  17. MrBallen's Medical Mysteries - Wondery
  18. Strike Force Five - Strike Force Five
  19. Blind Plea - Lemonada Media
  20. Dear Alana, - Tenderfoot TV
  21. Frozen Head - Wondery
  22. The Deck Investigates - Audiochuck
  23. Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried - Wondery
  24. Morrison Mysteries - NBC News
  25. Unrestorable - iHeart Podcasts

You can find the full list at Podtrac along with our monthly Top Publisher and Top Podcast and Top Shows by Category rankings.

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