The November rankings from Podtrac have been released, and Charlie Kirk, Tucker Carlson, and Shawn Ryan each saw changes in their finishes during the month.
In the Top Podcasts by U.S. Unique Monthly Audience rankings, the top three positions remained unchanged from the prior month. NPR News Now, The Daily, and Up First from NPR each held their spots in order.
The first change in the order comes in fourth place, where the Shawn Ryan Show jumped two positions. Dateline NBC was fifth, while Fox News Hourly Update dropped two places to sixth.
Also in the top 10, The Ben Shapiro Show fell one place to earn ninth overall during November.
The Tucker Carlson Show finished November in 17th place on the list. That represented a two-position increase compared to October. Other shows earning increases were 20/20 from ABC News, moving up to 16th, while The NPR Politics Podcast jumped three positions to take the last position in the top 20.
The Charlie Kirk Show saw the largest decrease of any program ranked inside the top 20 spots during the month. It fell eight positions to finish the month 19th overall.
The change in the rankings comes after The Charlie Kirk Show saw a massive jump in listenership following the host’s September assassination. During that month, the program rose 28 positions to earn sixth place in the September rankings. In October, the show decreased five places to earn 11th, before taking the penultimate spot in the top 20 rankings in November.
Elsewhere, The Ezra Klein Show fell out of the top 20 positions after finishing October as the 15th show in the Top Podcasts by U.S. Unique Monthly Audience rankings.
iHeartAudience Network and iHeartPodcasts were the top two publishers according to the Podtrac Top U.S. Podcast Publishers & Networks rankings.
They were followed by Acast (3rd), Libsyn (4th), and NPR (5th) in the top five. Meanwhile, Disney (6th), Vox Media (7th), PodcastOne (8th), Fox Audio Network (9th), and Barstool Sports (10th) rounded out the top 10 positions.
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