Dan Bongino exited his podcast in March to become the Deputy Director of the FBI. His replacement, Vince Coglianese, kept the show right where it was in the first Triton Digital podcast rankings since Bongino’s exit.
The podcast helmed by Vince Coglianese finished the month of March third in the Top Podcasts by Weekly Average Downloads category from Triton Digital. It marks the same finish The Dan Bongino Show featured in his final month hosting the program.
Besting the show from Coglianese were a pair of programs from NPR — NPR News Now and Up First from NPR.
The largest climber inside the top 10 was The Charlie Kirk Show. The Salem Podcast Network program rose three positions to finish the month in sixth position.
Elsewhere, The Sean Hannity Show saw a massive spike, jumping 24 positions to finish 14th. That places it directly behind The NPR Politics Podcast (12th) and The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show (13th) and in front of Consider This from NPR (15th).
Other news/talk shows finishing in the top 25 included the Shawn Ryan Show (9th), Indicator from Planet Money (17th), The Daily Show: Ears Edition (19th), Planet Money (20th), Armstrong & Getty on Demand (21st), and The Mark Levin Podcast (24th).
In the Top Sales Networks by Weekly Average Downloads category, iHeart Audience Network reigned supreme. It’s more than 500 shows delivered an average weekly audience of 71.2 million. NPR, which features 66 programs, saw an average of 27.8 million for the month.
Audacy Podcast Network, Audioboom, and Cumulus Podcast Network rounded out the top five in order.
After missing the February rankings due to a data issue, Paramount returned to the rankings in sixth place in the sector. That dropped Salem Podcast Network, Soundrise, American Public Media Group, and All Things Comedy down one position in the rankings to round out the top 10, respectively.
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