iHeart Remains #1 in June Podtrac Rankings

RADIO ONLINE | Tuesday, July 8, 2025 | 10:35am CT

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The June 2025 Podtrac rankings reveal a modest contraction in podcast consumption across the U.S., with all measured publishers reporting declines in unique monthly audience (UMA) from May.

iHeartMedia maintained its dominant lead as the top podcast publisher, with its iHeart Audience Network drawing 63.2 million unique U.S. listeners and more than 338 million streams and downloads. iHeartPodcasts followed in the #2 spot, generating 164.5 million downloads across 836 active shows.

NPR Sales Network ranked third in monthly audience, just ahead of Acast, which leads in active shows with a staggering 55,859 titles. Meanwhile, Libsyn posted the fifth-largest audience with over 19.6 million listeners and more than 90 million downloads.

While overall UMA declined across all participants in June, five publishers reported increases in total U.S. downloads, demonstrating resilience in listener engagement even as reach narrowed slightly.

Among individual podcasts, NPR News Now held the top spot for unique U.S. audience, followed by The Daily from The New York Times and Up First from NPR. No changes were recorded among the top seven shows. Notably, The Charlie Kirk Show experienced the most dramatic shift, dropping 12 places to #19.

iHeart's Stuff You Should Know and On Purpose with Jay Shetty rounded out the Top 10, with Today, Explained from Vox Media climbing one spot to #9. Other minor gains were made by 48 Hours, 20/20, and Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Globally, all Podtrac-tracked networks saw declines in total downloads, streams, and views for June compared to May.