Podtrac Issues List of the Top New Podcasts of 2023

RADIO ONLINE | Friday, December 1, 2023 | 10:58am CT

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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).

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.