Podcast Industry Week: September 7 to 13, 2026
Recorded findings from PROOF scans for the week of 2026-09-07 to 2026-09-13 (US storefront). All figures are mechanical measurements from scheduled captures.
Top charts
The Overall top 20 as of Sep 13, 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
55.2k
The Joe Rogan Experience
Megaphone
15.1k
Morbid
Simplecast
19.1k
Dateline NBC
Simplecast
2.4k
REAL AF with Andy Frisella
Libsyn
8k
Pod Save America
Audioboom
14k
Up First from NPR
Simplecast
7.5k
Pardon My Take
Barstool Sports
14.3k
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Megaphone
1.3k
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast
Podbean
58
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Megaphone
4.2k
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Simplecast
50
Mick Unplugged
Megaphone
66
The Megyn Kelly Show
Simplecast
8.6k
Love Trapped
iHeart / Triton
1.1k
48 Hours
Amperwave
962
20/20
Megaphone
1.2k
Still Counting
Audioboom
63
Unblinded with Sean Callagy
Spotify/Anchor
44
Giggly Squad
Acast
The Home Service Expert Podcast
Libsyn
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Acast
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Art19
On The Line with Jim Pyne
Buzzsprout
The MeatEater Podcast
iHeart / Triton
Baby, this is Keke Palmer
Art19
Video
140 unique shows ranked on video charts as of Sep 13, up 12 from 128 a week earlier. 10 shows appeared on a video chart for the first time.
The Home Service Expert Podcast
Business
#1
Chicks in the Office
Society & Culture
#1
History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification
History
#2
Crime in America with Joe Budden
True Crime
#2
Year Zero
Government
#3
Better Every Shift
Government
#3
Brandon Walker College Football Show
Sports
#4
The Yak
Comedy
#4
3CMA COMMcast
Government
#4
Crime & Entertainment
TV & Film
#4
Hosting share across the 145 shows verified as publishing video on the tracked charts, measured by the Sep 12 scan. Deltas compare against the Sep 6 scan.
Chart movement
Positions compare each chart's last capture of the week with its last prior capture, between Sep 6 and Sep 13. 440 shows appeared on a tracked chart for the first time on record and 73 shows ranked in the prior capture did not appear at any point during the week.
3 charts changed leaders: The Shawn Ryan Show took the top spot on Society & Culture from Stuff You Should Know; UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob | Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa took the top spot on Fiction from Table Read; Something You Should Know took the top spot on Science from Radiolab.
Jason Goff Unscripted: Chicago Sports Talk
Sports
195→44
The View: Behind the Table
TV & Film
169→20
FDNY Pro
Government
194→48
Tranquilo Sports Talk
Sports
198→57
The View
TV & Film
195→57
Hoosier Health Matters
Government
198→67
Embedded
Society & Culture
185→55
The Beato Pod
Music
190→64
Zero Hour: A History of 9/11
History
161→35
The Opinions
News
154→35
Establish The Run Fantasy Football
Sports
28→193
Eye On A.I.
Technology
26→167
How Much Can I Make? — Real Jobs. Real Stories. Career Insights
Business
39→175
Game of Roses
TV & Film
65→199
Bound By Oath by IJ
Government
47→180
Dolly Parton's America
Overall
74→193
Flagrant and Funny with Cari Champion and Jemele Hill
Sports
21→140
DGTL Voices with Ed Marx
Technology
11→123
SOFREP Radio
Government
78→185
Deep Dive with Kirk Minihane
TV & Film
#2
Building Champions for Life
Education
#5
Similarly Different
Society & Culture
#9
How Hard Can It Be? with Diana Maria Riva
Education
#9
Eating, Interrupted
Health & Fitness
#12
Benny & Kate
Kids & Family
#15
Not Just Football with Cam Heyward
Sports
#16
Blindspot
History
#22
Homeschooling 101
Education
#22
Holy Troublemakers
Religion & Spirituality
#22
Strait Forward
Government
was #155 · 4 recorded days
Clever Fox Tales
Kids & Family
was #155 · 15 recorded days
The Emergency Management Network Podcast
Government
was #159 · 13 recorded days
Beyond the Gavel with Judge Ron Rangel
Government
was #160 · 10 recorded days
Impact Podcast, Mentorship with Eddie Wilson
Education
was #167 · 48 recorded days
In the Booth with Babish
Arts
was #167 · 3 recorded days
What's the Reality?
Society & Culture
was #170 · 4 recorded days
Pandora's Box: The Fall of L.A.'s Sheriff
Government
was #171 · 8 recorded days
Nymphet Alumni
Arts
was #172 · 11 recorded days
Abu Dhabi Unwrapped: A Sonic Travel Guide
Leisure
was #172 · 19 recorded days
Hosting and prefix market share
Share of the roughly 3,799 unique shows across the tracked top 200s, measured by the Sep 12 scan. Deltas compare against the Sep 6 scan.
Feed changes
7 hosting platform moves were recorded this week, along with 4 feed URL changes.
We are the Hanson's / Family Life
iHeart / Triton → RSS.com
Calm History (not A.I. & no loud ads) - Bedtime Sleep Stories for Education & Relaxation
Blubrry → RedCircle
The Mindful Enterprise: Spirituality and Success for the Modern Leader
Amperwave → Podbean
Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews
Amperwave → Captivate
Sustainable Minimalists
Simplecast → RedCircle
New Books in Psychoanalysis
Megaphone → Simplecast
Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce
RedCircle → iHeart / Triton
Enclosure changes
The hourly enclosure scan recorded 528 changes across 361 shows: 159 enclosure URL, 16 episode GUID, and 243 episode title changes.
Purple Daily - A Minnesota Vikings Podcast
13 URL
13 changes
Relay All-Network Feed
10 URL
10 changes
Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & LORE Interviews
1 URL + 1 GUID
9 changes
Two Percent with Michael Easter
1 URL
7 changes
RHAP: We Know Big Brother
6 URL
6 changes
Infrastructure
1 of 42 monitored services recorded downtime. The largest was Beehiiv at about 120 minutes.
Newly observed domains
15 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.