Podcast Industry Week: August 31 to September 6, 2026
Recorded findings from PROOF scans for the week of 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-06 (US storefront). All figures are mechanical measurements from scheduled captures.
Top charts
The Overall top 20 as of Sep 6, 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
Morbid
Simplecast
19.1k
Pod Save America
Audioboom
14k
COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller
Megaphone
9
Up First from NPR
Simplecast
7.5k
The Megyn Kelly Show
Simplecast
8.5k
Love Trapped
iHeart / Triton
1.1k
Mick Unplugged
Megaphone
66
Pardon My Take
Barstool Sports
14.3k
REAL AF with Andy Frisella
Libsyn
8k
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Megaphone
1.3k
48 Hours
Amperwave
960
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast
Podbean
56
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Megaphone
4.2k
The Rest Is History
Megaphone
1k
20/20
Megaphone
1.2k
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Simplecast
3.2k
Giggly Squad
Acast
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Acast
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Art19
Baby, this is Keke Palmer
Art19
The MeatEater Podcast
iHeart / Triton
Video
128 unique shows ranked on video charts as of Sep 6, up 4 from 124 a week earlier. 10 shows appeared on a video chart for the first time.
The Cato Weekly Podcast
Government
#2
Therapy and Theology
Health & Fitness
#2
Parenting & You With Dr. Shefali
Kids & Family
#2
SPD Protect and Connect
Government
#3
Meet the Mayor with Murray City
Government
#4
Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine
Science
#5
Off the Cuff with Carson Kressley
Arts
#5
PFT Live with Mike Florio
Sports
#6
Bible Talk — A podcast by 9Marks & Southern Seminary
Religion & Spirituality
#6
Build or Break
Business
#7
Hosting share across the 139 shows verified as publishing video on the tracked charts, measured by the Sep 5 scan. Deltas compare against the Aug 30 scan.
Chart movement
Positions compare each chart's last capture of the week with its last prior capture, between Aug 30 and Sep 6. 549 shows appeared on a tracked chart for the first time on record and 79 shows ranked in the prior capture did not appear at any point during the week.
3 charts changed leaders: The Joe Budden Podcast took the top spot on Music from Dolly Parton's America; Stuff You Should Know took the top spot on Society & Culture from The Ezra Klein Show; Ante Up Poker Magazine took the top spot on Leisure from Critical Role.
Prof G Markets
Business
190→28
Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children's Health Podcast
Health & Fitness
199→47
UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob | Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa
Fiction
153→3
Shelf Respect
Arts
181→45
House Guest
News
180→48
Campfire Radio Theater
Fiction
169→44
COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller
Overall
129→7
Uncapped with Jack Altman
Technology
185→63
Now That We're A Family
Kids & Family
129→8
The Just Security Podcast
Government
157→38
Abu Dhabi Unwrapped: A Sonic Travel Guide
Leisure
18→172
FDNY Pro
Government
73→194
Osterholm Update
Science
57→178
All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories
History
72→187
I'll Do It Myself
Music
73→186
Meditation for Anxiety
Health & Fitness
82→193
Learn Spanish
Education
78→188
Summation with Auren Hoffman
Technology
32→142
Full Trial Audio: Lindsay Clancy Triple Murder
Overall
80→189
Executive Functions Chat
Government
77→186
Parenting & You With Dr. Shefali
Kids & Family
#3
The Permanent Questions With David Brooks
Society & Culture
#6
Jersey Made
Music
#9
Flagrant and Funny with Cari Champion and Jemele Hill
Sports
#11
Barstool Pick Em
Sports
#14
Degenerated: a Horror Fiction Podcast
Fiction
#18
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu Official Podcast
TV & Film
#24
Not So Fast
Sports
#28
AI Career Edge: Practical AI Skills for Non-Tech Professionals
Technology
#29
Off the Cuff with Carson Kressley
Arts
#30
FroKnowsPhoto Photography Podcasts
Arts
was #146 · 4 recorded days
Ray Appleton
Government
was #146 · 2 recorded days
The Dane Moore NBA Podcast
Sports
was #153 · 3 recorded days
The County Compass
Government
was #156 · 4 recorded days
Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up
Government
was #158 · 1 recorded day
Brave in the Bay - Indivisible Mid-Peninsula’s Podcast
Government
was #168 · 3 recorded days
Hosting and prefix market share
Share of the roughly 3,799 unique shows across the tracked top 200s, measured by the Sep 5 scan. Deltas compare against the Aug 30 scan.
Feed changes
7 hosting platform moves were recorded this week, along with 6 feed URL changes.
The PoliticsGirl Podcast
Megaphone → Amperwave
American History Hotline
iHeart / Triton → Libsyn
For Heaven's Sake
Simplecast → Beehiiv
SpawnCast
Megaphone → Spotify/Anchor
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast
Audioboom → Megaphone
Mike Drop
Megaphone → RedCircle
Numbers on The Board
iHeart / Triton → Buzzsprout
Enclosure changes
The hourly enclosure scan recorded 656 changes across 415 shows: 194 enclosure URL, 20 episode GUID, and 277 episode title changes.
Purple Daily - A Minnesota Vikings Podcast
11 URL + 1 title
12 changes
IHIP News
5 URL
10 changes
Uplifting Trance Sessions with DJ Phalanx (Trance Podcast)
1 URL
9 changes
Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & LORE Interviews
1 URL
9 changes
The Instant Alignment: 1 Minute Magic
7 title
8 changes
Infrastructure
All 42 monitored hosting and prefix services responded normally throughout the week.
Newly observed domains
20 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.