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Triton Digital Releases May 2024 U.S. Podcast Ranker


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Triton Digital has released its May, 2024 (April 29-June 2), U.S. Podcast Ranker. During May, the iHeart Audience Network joined the ranker. With the influx of new iHeart Audience Network podcasts, Triton increased its numbers for both the Top Podcasts by Weekly Average Downloads and Top Podcasts by Weekly Average Users to now include the top 150.

iHeart Audience Network earned the #1 spot on the Top Sales Networks Report for the month of May, with 67.4 million Average Weekly Downloads and 18.6 million Average Weekly Users. SiriusXM Podcast Network came in at #2 with 38.5 million Average Weekly Downloads and 12.9 million Average Weekly Users, followed by NPR at #3 with 24.6 million Average Weekly Downloads and 6.4 million Average Weekly Users.

For this reporting period, the top three podcasts based on downloads included NPR News Now (NPR) again at #1, Up First (NPR) again at #2, and Dateline NBC (NBCUniversal News Group) climbing to #3.

For listeners, the top three podcasts included NPR News Now (NPR) again at #1, Crime Junkie (audiochuck) again at #2, and Up First (NPR) again at #3.

There were several debuts for the month of May including "Stuff You Should Know" (iHeart Audience Network) and "MrBallen's Medical Mysteries" (Wondery) debuting for both downloads and listeners. "Smosh Reads Reddit Stories" (The Roost Podcast Network) debuts for downloads and "The Economics of Everyday Things" (SiriusXM Podcast Network) and "It's Been a Minute With Sam Sanders" (NPR) debuts for listeners.

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