Podcast Industry Week: August 3 to 9, 2026
Recorded findings from PROOF scans for the week of 2026-08-03 to 2026-08-09 (US storefront). All figures are mechanical measurements from scheduled captures.
Top charts
The Overall top 20 as of Aug 9, with each show's position change across the week and hosting platform. Review counts at or below the 10th percentile of the chart's reference distribution are flagged red, below the 25th amber.
The Daily
Simplecast
10.9k
Crime Junkie
Simplecast
55.1k
The Joe Rogan Experience
Megaphone
15.1k
Dateline NBC
Simplecast
2.4k
Pod Save America
Audioboom
13.9k
Morbid
Simplecast
19.2k
Mick Unplugged
Megaphone
69
Up First from NPR
Simplecast
7.5k
Pardon My Take
Barstool Sports
14.3k
REAL AF with Andy Frisella
Libsyn
8k
48 Hours
Amperwave
954
The Mel Robbins Podcast
Simplecast
1.7k
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Megaphone
1.3k
The Shawn Ryan Show
Megaphone
16.4k
World War II with Tom Hanks
Amperwave
83
The Ezra Klein Show
Simplecast
1.8k
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast
Podbean
55
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Art19
7.7k
The Megyn Kelly Show
Simplecast
8.5k
The Rest Is History
Megaphone
1k
Giggly Squad
Acast
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Acast
Embracing Marketing Mistakes
Buzzsprout
Baby, this is Keke Palmer
Art19
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Art19
Video
120 unique shows ranked on video charts as of Aug 9.
Chart movement
Positions compare each chart's last capture of the week with its last prior capture, between Aug 2 and Aug 9. 244 shows appeared on a tracked chart for the first time on record and 53 shows ranked in the prior capture did not appear at any point during the week.
6 charts changed leaders: All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg took the top spot on Technology from Tomorrow, Today; The Shawn Ryan Show took the top spot on Society & Culture from The Ezra Klein Show; The Adventure Zone took the top spot on Fiction from Table Read; Ante Up Poker Magazine took the top spot on Leisure from Critical Role; American Potential took the top spot on Government from Strict Scrutiny; Radiolab took the top spot on Science from Something You Should Know.
Choiceology with Katy Milkman
Science
100→41
Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers
Education
86→30
Exploring My Strange Bible
Religion & Spirituality
86→30
Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel
News
100→46
Poetry Unbound
Arts
92→39
The Town with Matthew Belloni
Society & Culture
91→39
Julian Dorey Podcast
Comedy
79→29
This Old House Radio Hour
Leisure
89→42
Susie Larson Live
Religion & Spirituality
93→47
Founders
Business
75→29
Campfire Radio Theater
Fiction
29→81
Exploring The Greats
Arts
23→74
Where the River Took Us
Society & Culture
48→99
Your Thoughts Your Reality
Education
46→96
Something For Everybody
Education
47→90
Business MVP
Overall
58→99
Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep
Fiction
45→86
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
History
45→86
Creators Inc. Podcast
Overall
51→89
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
News
28→65
Science of Perception Box
Science
#1
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
Religion & Spirituality
#6
Brandon Walker College Football Show
Sports
#6
Ready For Love with Hilary Silver
Education
#6
So Your Parents Are Old
Society & Culture
#8
At The Table: The Food Allergy Podcast
Health & Fitness
#8
The Second Opinion with Dr. Sharon
Health & Fitness
#11
Silver Linings with The Old Gays
Health & Fitness
#12
Project Swagger with Robin Arzón
Education
was #69 · 6 recorded days
Missing
True Crime
was #72 · 13 recorded days
Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove
Health & Fitness
was #79 · 2 recorded days
Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig
Government
was #80 · 11 recorded days
8 Hour Binaural Beats
Health & Fitness
was #80 · 2 recorded days
It's Giving - Podcast
Education
was #81 · 4 recorded days
The Steve Matthes Show on RacerX
Sports
was #82 · 10 recorded days
Ranking U.S. Presidents
Government
was #85 · 3 recorded days
Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin
Society & Culture
was #85 · 4 recorded days
Hosting and prefix market share
Share of the roughly 1,900 unique shows across the tracked top 200s, measured by the Aug 8 scan. Deltas compare against the Aug 2 scan.
Feed changes
7 hosting platform moves were recorded this week, along with 15 feed URL changes.
Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast
Megaphone → Art19
What Would Dorcy Do
Captivate → Substack
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Megaphone → Art19
The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya
Megaphone → Simplecast
Dumb Blonde
Art19 → Amperwave
Scripture Central
Podbean → Spotify/Anchor
Calm Your Daily Stress - Stress Relief for the Busy Midlife Woman
Buzzsprout → Simplecast
Enclosure changes
The hourly enclosure scan recorded 323 changes across 235 shows: 111 enclosure URL, 17 episode GUID, and 195 episode title changes.
Dumb Blonde
11 URL
11 changes
RHAP: We Know Big Brother
8 URL
8 changes
Purple Daily - A Minnesota Vikings Podcast
8 URL
8 changes
The Koerner Office - Business Ideas and Deep Dives with Chris Koerner
5 URL + 1 title
6 changes
The Instant Alignment: 1 Minute Magic
6 title
6 changes
Infrastructure
2 of 42 monitored services recorded downtime. The largest was Libsyn at about 30 minutes.
Newly observed domains
4 previously unobserved domains appeared in this week's feed scans. Newly observed domains are listed as recorded and have not been classified.
Figures come from PROOF's scheduled captures: daily Apple Podcasts chart snapshots (top 200 across the tracked charts, US storefront), daily video chart captures with per show verification, daily hosting and prefix scans of ranked shows, hourly enclosure checks, and infrastructure checks every 30 minutes. Position changes compare each chart's last capture of the week with its last prior capture. Review flags compare a show's written review count against the chart's reference distribution. Newly observed domains are unclassified and listed as recorded. Explore the live data in the PROOF tools.