Apple Podcasts has unveiled its list of the Top Charts of 2025, and shows from Joe Rogan, Charlie Kirk, Shawn Ryan, and The Daily crack the top spots.
The company broke down the list of Top Shows, Top New Shows, Most Followed Shows, Most Shared Shows, and Top Channels as part of its rankings.
In the top shows categories, The Joe Rogan Experience was at the top of the list. It was followed by The Daily, The Mel Robbins Podcast, Crime Junkie, and Dateline NBC in the top five.
SmartLess, Call Her Daddy, This American Life, Huberman Lab, and The Ezra Klein Show rounded out the top ten, in order.
The Joe Rogan Experience and The Daily also showed up in the top episodes chart. Rogan’s conversation with Elon Musk was number four on the list, while The Daily‘s episode about Donald Trump being inaugurated was in fifth position.
The Daily was also the sixth most shared show of the year, according to Apple Podcasts, while it was also eighth on the most shared episodes ranking for its program on “The Secret Power of Siblings.” Shawn Ryan was also on the most shared episodes list in fourth position with his conversation with Gary Brecka.
Other rankings from Apple Podcasts included:
Top New Shows
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler
- Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
- Deadly Mirage
- Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story
- Murder in the Moonlight
- Devil in the Desert
- What Happened to Holly Bobo?
- Cold Blooded: Mystery in Alaska
- Unicorn Girl
- The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
Top Series
- The Telepathy Tapes
- The Binge Cases
- Deadly Mirage
- Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story
- Dateline Originals
- Murder in the Moonlight
- Serial
- THREE
- Devil in the Desert
- CounterClock
Most Shared Shows
- The Telepathy Tapes
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- Sold a Story
- Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story
- The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
- The Daily
- Huberman Lab
- The Bible Recap
- Scamanda
- The Ezra Klein Show
Most Followed Shows
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler
- The Charlie Kirk Show
- Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
- The Telepathy Tapes
- The MeidasTouch Podcast
- The Shawn Ryan Show
- Call Her Daddy
- The Daily
Top Subscriber Shows
- The Daily
- Apple News+ Narrated
- The Ezra Klein Show
- Unicorn Girl
- Morbid
- Extrasensory
- Dateline NBC
- Scamtown
- Big Time
- The New York Times Narrated
Top Channels
- SiriusXM Podcasts
- Wondery
- iHeartPodcasts
- The New York Times
- audiochuck
- Dateline NBC
- Dear Media
- Cumulus Podcast Network
- Audacy
- Vox Media Podcast Network
Additionally, Apple Podcasts is scheduled to release its Show of the Year Award on Thursday, December 4th.
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