Podtrac Issues List of the Top New Podcasts of 2023

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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).

Scamanda - Lionsgate Sound
The Retrievals - Serial Productions
Serial Productions
The Girl in the Blue Mustang - NBC News
Lemonada
Murder in Apartment 12 - NBC News
The Girlfriends - iHeart Podcasts
HBO's The Last of Us Podcast - HBO
Rachel Maddow Presents: Déjà News - NBC News
Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University - Wondery
The King Road Killings: An Idaho Murder Mystery - Walt Disney Co
NBC News
Stolen Hearts - Wondery
High Strange - Tenderfoot TV
The Kids of Rutherford County - Serial Productions
Sword and Scale Nightmares - Sword and Scale
MrBallen's Medical Mysteries - Wondery
Strike Force Five - Strike Force Five
Blind Plea - Lemonada Media
Dear Alana, - Tenderfoot TV
Frozen Head - Wondery
The Deck Investigates - Audiochuck
Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried - Wondery
Morrison Mysteries - NBC News
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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