Podcast Industry Week: September 21 to 27, 2026
Recorded findings from PROOF scans for the week of 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-27 (US storefront). All figures are mechanical measurements from scheduled captures.
Top charts
The Overall top 20 as of Sep 27, 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
Dateline NBC
Simplecast
2.4k
Morbid
Simplecast
19.2k
The Joe Rogan Experience
Megaphone
15.1k
Up First from NPR
Simplecast
7.5k
REAL AF with Andy Frisella
Libsyn
8k
This American Life
Simplecast
5.2k
Pod Save America
Audioboom
14k
Live Free with Josh Howerton
Megaphone
409
Mick Unplugged
Megaphone
66
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast
Podbean
59
Pardon My Take
Barstool Sports
14.3k
The Ezra Klein Show
Simplecast
1.8k
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Megaphone
1.4k
The Mel Robbins Podcast
Simplecast
1.7k
The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk
Libsyn
618
20/20
Megaphone
1.2k
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Megaphone
4.2k
Tomorrow, Today
Simplecast
3
Giggly Squad
Acast
The Home Service Expert Podcast
Libsyn
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Acast
Growth Triggers: Content Marketing & AI
Flightcast
The MeatEater Podcast
iHeart / Triton
Chicks in the Office
Barstool Sports
Video
150 unique shows ranked on video charts as of Sep 27, down 5 from 155 a week earlier. 10 shows appeared on a video chart for the first time.
In Touch TV Broadcast featuring Dr. Charles Stanley - In Touch Ministries
Religion & Spirituality
#4
Amplify Speakers Podcast
Business
#4
Your Briefing
Government
#4
Marked with Angie Elkins and Andrea Lennon
Religion & Spirituality
#5
The Dr. Tyna Show
Health & Fitness
#8
Cozy Corner with Hossein Nasiri | کوزی کرنر با حسین نصیری
Arts
#8
Unstoppable Success Podcast
Business
#8
Live, Laugh, Luke... with Luke Hamnett
Comedy
#10
The Ramsey Show Highlights
Business
#11
AIAA Up Next with Clay Mowry
Technology
#11
Hosting share across the 150 shows verified as publishing video on the tracked charts, measured by the Sep 26 scan. Deltas compare against the Sep 20 scan.
Chart movement
Positions compare each chart's last capture of the week with its last prior capture, between Sep 20 and Sep 27. 302 shows appeared on a tracked chart for the first time on record and 86 shows ranked in the prior capture did not appear at any point during the week.
4 charts changed leaders: Live Free with Josh Howerton took the top spot on Religion & Spirituality from The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz); Tomorrow, Today took the top spot on Technology from All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg; This American Life took the top spot on Society & Culture from Stuff You Should Know; The Rest Is History took the top spot on History from The Team House.
The Brilliant Idiots
Comedy
200→39
Unlocked
Leisure
195→38
Right Answers Mostly
History
152→4
AHS: 13 Official Podcast
TV & Film
183→39
Cheap Talk
Government
181→39
Wooden Overcoats
Fiction
173→44
American Monster: The Trial Of Caleb Flynn
True Crime
181→54
The Impossible State
Government
192→68
Osterholm Update
Science
188→67
Plagues with Dr. Keith
History
8→149
Show Me Something
Sports
59→191
Happy & Healthy with Jeanine Amapola Ward
Religion & Spirituality
59→184
Machine Gods
Overall
17→135
Drive Thru Magic
Fiction
63→176
Vet Candy – Veterinary Lifestyle, News & Learning
Kids & Family
43→152
The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
Leisure
58→167
Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Technology
58→165
We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson
Society & Culture
57→164
Zero Hour: A History of 9/11
History
88→194
Jeselnik Book Club
Arts
#2
Steady Notes
Education
#5
Marry Me Everyday
Education
#6
Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast
Society & Culture
#10
Design Nerds Anonymous
Arts
#22
Your Poor Dad
Leisure
#29
The Freiburger Files
Arts
#29
Drift Into Dreams A Closing Blessing Elevated Open
Fiction
#30
LOW
Society & Culture
#30
Church History for Everyone
History
#34
A Peek Inside
Society & Culture
was #136 · 11 recorded days
Inside The Colony
Government
was #138 · 4 recorded days
Outside the Secret Service Podcast
Government
was #141 · 34 recorded days
The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast
Government
was #143 · 28 recorded days
HuMed with David Spiro, MD
Health & Fitness
was #143 · 3 recorded days
Here We Have Idaho
Government
was #146 · 4 recorded days
Herrimanology
Government
was #149 · 6 recorded days
Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig
Government
was #153 · 17 recorded days
Always Be Testing
Business
was #153 · 4 recorded days
Hosting and prefix market share
Share of the roughly 3,799 unique shows across the tracked top 200s, measured by the Sep 26 scan. Deltas compare against the Sep 20 scan.
Feed changes
9 hosting platform moves were recorded this week, along with 6 feed URL changes.
This Week in Tech (Audio)
Megaphone → Captivate
Security Now (Audio)
Megaphone → Captivate
Intelligent Machines (Audio)
Megaphone → Captivate
iOS Today (Audio)
Megaphone → Captivate
Bravo Breaking News
Simplecast → Art19
Mindful In Minutes Meditation
Megaphone → Art19
Game Theory
Simplecast → Barstool Sports
I Love Being Sober
Libsyn → Podetize
Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی
Blubrry → Acast
Enclosure changes
The hourly enclosure scan recorded 660 changes across 422 shows: 195 enclosure URL, 49 episode GUID, and 277 episode title changes.
Music News Radio
6 URL + 18 GUID
24 changes
Purple Daily - A Minnesota Vikings Podcast
15 URL
15 changes
Relay All-Network Feed
10 URL
10 changes
Crash Dummies Podcast with Pat and Mike
3 URL + 3 GUID
9 changes
Patterns Tell Stories
9 changes
Infrastructure
1 of 42 monitored services recorded downtime. The largest was Beehiiv at about 150 minutes.
Newly observed domains
14 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.