The news genre has become an important one to the podcast industry, and that’s reflected in the latest Podtrac rankings after NPR, The Daily, Dan Bongino, and Tucker Carlson all finished in the top 10.
In the December U.S. Unique Monthly Audience rankings, NPR News Now moved to the top, besting The Daily from The New York Times. Up First from NPR joined the other programs in the top three. DatelineNBC finished fourth, while Fox News Hourly Update jumped three spots to round out the top five.
The Dan Bongino Show slipped one spot to sixth. Meanwhile, The Shawn Ryan Show from Cumulus Podcast Network jumped six places to earn a top-ten finish, ranking seventh. The Tucker Carlson Show dropped three spots as it earned a ninth-place showing.
Other news podcasts finishing in the top 20 included The Ben Shapiro Show (13th), The Megyn Kelly Show (14th), Today, Explained (18th), and 20/20 (20th).
Elsewhere, in the Top U.S. Podcast Publishers & Networks rankings, iHeartAudience Network and iHeartPodcasts earned the top two spots. Meanwhile, Acast (3rd), Libsyn (4th), and NPR Sales Network (5th) also saw top-five finishes during the month.
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