Top Podcasts of Spotify
- oliviarapier03
- Mar 2, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 24, 2025
March 2. 2025
Liv Rapier
From newspapers to Instagram articles, from radio to podcasts, news sources have started to shift in the past 15 years or so.
In 2010 an estimated 23% of Americans had ever listened to a podcast. By 2024, that number had risen to 67%.
Statistically, men are more avid podcast listeners than women. In a 2024 figure, 48% of men had listened to a podcast in the last month, and only 45% of women.
With podcasts growing popularity, there are more options in listening than ever. As of 2025, there are about 4.42 million different podcasts worldwide ranging in topics from comedy to science fiction to news.
Spotify keeps a current chart of podcasts ranked according to popularity.
Top News Podcasts
This podcast is hosted by three brothers- Ben, Brett and Jordy Meiselas. It releases new regular episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays, with breaking news updates daily. In the past month, the anti- Trump news show has been downloaded or listened to 73.3 million times, surpassing "The Joe Rogan Experience" for first place on Spotify across all topics. The brothers record the show live which appears on YouTube at 9 PM CT every Monday and Thursday.
In her new show, Candace Owens "holds nothing back" as she deep dives into cultural and political issues of the day. A new episode is available daily Monday- Friday at 2 PM CT. With 47.3 million downloads or listeners in the past month, Candace currently sits at Spotify's #2 podcast.
Tucker Carlson, the infamous host of FOX News' Tucker Carlson Tonight (2016-2023), now hosts his own political daily news podcast. In the 'About' section on Spotify, the show is described as a 'beacon of free speech' in a media landscape of misinformation. This right-leaning news podcast produces a new episode every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning at 8 AM CT.
This daily news show from NPR covers the three biggest stories of the day all in 10 minutes. Available at 7:30 CT every weekday (and 9 AM Sundays), the show is hosted by five journalists at NPR. Launching in April 2017, Up First is about to celebrate its sixth birthday with an average of 500,000 monthly listeners.
A former Secret Service Agent and New York Times best-selling author, Dan Bongino tackles political issues, both liberal and Republican. A new hour-long episode is published every weekday.
Author's Choice
As an avid daily news junkie, I try to intake a healthy diet of news without driving myself insane with new (most times depressing) information.
As part of Gen Z, I'm not the biggest fam of long-form media, so my news diet usually consists of shows 20 minutes in length or less- perfect for a daily commute.
Here are my picks:
The Headlines by The New York Times
Today, Explained by Vox
What a Day by Crooked Media
NPR News Now by NPR
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