Podcast Industry Week: August 10 to 16, 2026
Recorded findings from PROOF scans for the week of 2026-08-10 to 2026-08-16 (US storefront). All figures are mechanical measurements from scheduled captures.
Top charts
The Overall top 20 as of Aug 16, 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
The Joe Rogan Experience
Megaphone
15.1k
Crime Junkie
Simplecast
55.1k
Dateline NBC
Simplecast
2.4k
Up First from NPR
Simplecast
7.5k
What Happened to the McStays?
Megaphone
1
Mick Unplugged
Megaphone
68
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Megaphone
1.3k
Pod Save America
Audioboom
13.9k
Morbid
Simplecast
19.1k
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast
Podbean
56
Pardon My Take
Barstool Sports
14.3k
48 Hours
Amperwave
956
REAL AF with Andy Frisella
Libsyn
8k
20/20
Megaphone
1.2k
The Rest Is History
Megaphone
1k
Stuff You Should Know
iHeart / Triton
10.4k
The Mel Robbins Podcast
Simplecast
1.7k
The Megyn Kelly Show
Simplecast
8.5k
The Shawn Ryan Show
Megaphone
16.4k
Giggly Squad
Acast
Embracing Marketing Mistakes
Buzzsprout
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Acast
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Art19
Eye On A.I.
Libsyn
Growth Triggers: Content Marketing & AI
Flightcast
Baby, this is Keke Palmer
Art19
Video
128 unique shows ranked on video charts as of Aug 16, up 8 from 120 a week earlier. 10 shows appeared on a video chart for the first time.
Paranormal
Fiction
#1
GovCon M&A Talk
Government
#1
The GOAL Podcast - Official Podcast of Gun Owners' Action League
Government
#3
The Jimmy Dore Show
Arts
#4
The County Line
Government
#4
Only Comics Podcast
TV & Film
#4
The Audible
Sports
#5
Почему мы еще живы
Science
#5
Aftermath Hours
Leisure
#5
Stateside with Kai and Carter
News
#5
Hosting share across the 126 shows verified as publishing video on the tracked charts, measured by the Aug 15 scan. Week over week deltas are omitted because the scan universe changed size between the two scans.
Chart movement
Positions compare each chart's last capture of the week with its last prior capture, between Aug 9 and Aug 16. 189 shows appeared on a tracked chart for the first time on record and 35 shows ranked in the prior capture did not appear at any point during the week.
4 charts changed leaders: The Rewatchables took the top spot on TV & Film from Watch What Crappens; Stuff You Should Know took the top spot on Society & Culture from The Shawn Ryan Show; Table Read took the top spot on Fiction from The Adventure Zone; The Rest Is History took the top spot on History from World War II with Tom Hanks.
What Happened to the McStays?
True Crime
90→3
The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast
Religion & Spirituality
71→12
We Might Be Drunk
Comedy
94→38
How to Touch Grass
Education
75→25
Something For Everybody
Education
90→41
Ridiculous Crime
History
78→30
Your Undivided Attention
Technology
79→34
Data Science With Sam
Technology
72→27
Decomposed with Jade Simmons
Music
86→42
Big Bro with Kid Cudi
Music
74→30
The Ringer NBA Show
Sports
45→100
Classes of Mail
Government
31→83
Section 10
Sports
43→95
The Martyr Made Podcast
History
28→77
A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein
Society & Culture
44→90
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast
Overall
52→97
The Warning Woods | Horror Stories
Fiction
37→78
The Rolling Stones Official Podcast - Speaking in Tongues
Music
54→93
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
Music
25→63
The Vic Mensa Show
Music
#5
On The Line with Jim Pyne
Sports
#7
The ManFlu | Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care
Society & Culture
#8
Naaji /ناجـی
Arts
#10
Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Society & Culture
#13
Think Fast
Leisure
#13
Redefiners
Business
#16
Burden of Proof: Luigi Mangione
True Crime
#16
The Katie Miller Podcast
Society & Culture
#18
Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter
True Crime
#18
The Major Wrestling Figure Podcast
Leisure
was #81 · 9 recorded days
Scheananigans with Scheana Shay
Society & Culture
was #84 · 3 recorded days
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
Business
was #85 · 4 recorded days
Chula Vista CityCast
Government
was #85 · 6 recorded days
The Fine Homebuilding Podcast
Leisure
was #87 · 10 recorded days
Get Birding
Science
was #87 · 15 recorded days
The Supermassive Podcast
Science
was #88 · 7 recorded days
The Grimoire Diaries
Fiction
was #89 · 5 recorded days
Pioneering Today Podcast - Homesteading in a Modern World
Leisure
was #91 · 3 recorded days
Hosting and prefix market share
Share of the roughly 1,900 unique shows across the tracked top 200s, measured by the Aug 15 scan. Deltas compare against the Aug 9 scan.
Feed changes
6 hosting platform moves were recorded this week, along with 10 feed URL changes.
Handbag Designer 101: The Stories Behind Handbag Designers, Brands, and Industry Icons
Buzzsprout → RedCircle
LOL Storytime - Stories for Kids
iHeart / Triton → Art19
Inside AsembleAI: DeepTech, AI & Science
RSS.com → Amperwave
The Genius Life
Megaphone → Spotify/Anchor
Data Science With Sam
RSS.com → Amperwave
Crash Dummies Podcast with Pat and Mike
Megaphone → Art19
Enclosure changes
The hourly enclosure scan recorded 270 changes across 189 shows: 105 enclosure URL, 10 episode GUID, and 155 episode title changes.
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
15 title
15 changes
Purple Daily - A Minnesota Vikings Podcast
12 URL
12 changes
RHAP: We Know Big Brother
8 URL
8 changes
The Instant Alignment: 1 Minute Magic
7 title
7 changes
Rob Has a Podcast | Survivor 50, The Traitors & Reality TV - RHAP
6 URL
6 changes
Infrastructure
1 of 42 monitored services recorded downtime. The largest was Beehiiv at about 300 minutes.
Newly observed domains
5 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.