Podcast Industry Week: September 14 to 20, 2026
Recorded findings from PROOF scans for the week of 2026-09-14 to 2026-09-20 (US storefront). All figures are mechanical measurements from scheduled captures.
Top charts
The Overall top 20 as of Sep 20, 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
Dateline NBC
Simplecast
2.4k
In The Dark
Megaphone
2.6k
REAL AF with Andy Frisella
Libsyn
8k
Morbid
Simplecast
19.1k
Up First from NPR
Simplecast
7.5k
Pod Save America
Audioboom
14k
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast
Podbean
59
Mick Unplugged
Megaphone
66
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Megaphone
1.3k
Pardon My Take
Barstool Sports
14.3k
The Megyn Kelly Show
Simplecast
8.6k
The Mel Robbins Podcast
Simplecast
1.7k
The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk
Libsyn
617
Machine Gods
Acast
0
The Team House
iHeart / Triton
187
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Libsyn
1.7k
Coffeez for Closers with Joe Shalaby
Captivate
10
Giggly Squad
Acast
The Home Service Expert Podcast
Libsyn
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Acast
Growth Triggers: Content Marketing & AI
Flightcast
Before The Moment with Nile Rodgers
iHeart / Triton
Baby, this is Keke Palmer
Art19
Video
155 unique shows ranked on video charts as of Sep 20, up 15 from 140 a week earlier. 10 shows appeared on a video chart for the first time.
Gunfighters
History
#1
Before The Moment with Nile Rodgers
Music
#1
Sasquatch Chronicles
Science
#2
The Dr. Hyman Show
Health & Fitness
#2
Policing Matters
Government
#3
Do This, NOT That: Marketing Tips with Jay Schwedelson
Business
#3
Join FDNY Podcast
Government
#4
The Vanguard Wall Podcast
History
#4
You Are Error
Leisure
#5
Expense Account
Arts
#5
Hosting share across the 151 shows verified as publishing video on the tracked charts, measured by the Sep 19 scan. Deltas compare against the Sep 13 scan.
Chart movement
Positions compare each chart's last capture of the week with its last prior capture, between Sep 13 and Sep 20. 425 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: 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 UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob | Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa; The Team House took the top spot on History from The Rest Is History.
Examined: The Backfire Effect
True Crime
191→26
How Much Can I Make? — Real Jobs. Real Stories. Career Insights
Business
175→35
The Art of Accomplishment
Education
194→63
Cars & Friends
Leisure
156→28
Maximized Minimalist Podcast
Education
200→82
Establish The Run Fantasy Football
Sports
193→76
The Stacks
Arts
200→86
Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Health & Fitness
185→71
Big Life Kids Podcast
Kids & Family
193→82
Unlocked
Leisure
40→195
The Brilliant Idiots
Comedy
50→200
Not Just Football with Cam Heyward
Sports
20→165
Jason Goff Unscripted: Chicago Sports Talk
Sports
44→177
Holy Troublemakers
Religion & Spirituality
44→169
Determined Society with Shawn French | Adversity & Mindset
Society & Culture
6→128
The Bible Recap Deep Dive
Religion & Spirituality
78→199
Eating, Interrupted
Health & Fitness
61→181
Osterholm Update
Science
68→188
Beyond
Leisure
47→161
Before The Moment with Nile Rodgers
Music
#1
Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead
Fiction
#3
Gerbil
TV & Film
#3
Machine Gods
News
#4
(Not) Over the Hill
TV & Film
#6
The Woman in the Woods
Society & Culture
#10
The Weigh In with Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Health & Fitness
#15
The Travel Brats
Society & Culture
#18
Do This, NOT That: Marketing Tips with Jay Schwedelson
Business
#18
The Big O Podcast
Sports
#18
The Military Leader
Government
was #124 · 6 recorded days
How to Win a Campaign
Government
was #140 · 1 recorded day
Be All You Can Be MSC
Government
was #145 · 4 recorded days
Audio Briefs
Government
was #152 · 11 recorded days
Beyond the Woo Woo with Brycie
Religion & Spirituality
was #153 · 4 recorded days
NO TOX
Education
was #153 · 7 recorded days
The Hotshot Wake Up
Science
was #158 · 8 recorded days
Chris's Billboard Top 3000 Countdown Podcast
Music
was #164 · 5 recorded days
Hosting and prefix market share
Share of the roughly 3,799 unique shows across the tracked top 200s, measured by the Sep 19 scan. Deltas compare against the Sep 13 scan.
Feed changes
9 hosting platform moves were recorded this week, along with 8 feed URL changes.
The Adventures of Red Knight
Buzzsprout → Spotify/Anchor
The Right Time with Bomani Jones
Megaphone → iHeart / Triton
HuskerOnline Podcast
Libsyn → Simplecast
Gil's Arena
Megaphone → iHeart / Triton
Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews
Captivate → Libsyn
ScienceSphere
Podigee → Libsyn
SpawnCast
Spotify/Anchor → Megaphone
Big Mad True Crime
Megaphone → Acast
AppStories
Libsyn → Transistor
Enclosure changes
The hourly enclosure scan recorded 590 changes across 371 shows: 151 enclosure URL, 51 episode GUID, and 273 episode title changes.
Music News Radio
8 URL + 27 GUID
35 changes
Purple Daily - A Minnesota Vikings Podcast
11 URL
11 changes
Mindful In Minutes Meditation
3 URL
10 changes
The Instant Alignment: 1 Minute Magic
7 title
7 changes
RHAP: We Know Big Brother
6 URL
6 changes
Infrastructure
2 of 42 monitored services recorded downtime. The largest was Beehiiv at about 180 minutes.
Newly observed domains
18 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.