YouTube Drops Its First Ever Podcast Chart – See Who Made The Top 100

David GilmourMay 16th, 2025, 1:54 pm

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Spotify and Apple have had their podcast charts for years but now YouTube, home to a billion monthly podcast listeners, has decided it’s done letting rivals own the scoreboard and this week launched its own.

In a move aimed squarely at staking its claim in podcasting dominance, YouTube launched its Weekly Top Podcast Shows chart this week. The rankings, based on U.S. watch time, will update every Wednesday and exclude shorts, clips and any content not tagged as a podcast by creators.

In a company blog post, YouTube said the new chart “celebrates top podcasters who are redefining the next era of entertainment.” It also gave itself a pat on the back with Edison Research stats declaring YouTube the #1 podcast platform in the U.S. – especially on TV screens, where users rack up over 400 million podcast watch hours a month.

Top of the debut board is The Joe Rogan Experience. Rogan is followed by Kill Tony, Rotten Mango, 48 Hours and The MeidasTouch Podcast.

Several cable network podcasts also made the chart, ranking in the top 25 is NewsNation’s show Reality Check with Ross Coulthart and CBS’ 60 Minutes. Several MAGA commentators make the list too, Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson and Tim Pool with anti-Trump conservatives at The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller also making the top half of the table.

True crime and legal analysis podcast Law&Crime Sidebar with Jesse Weber, part of the network created by Mediaite’s own founder Dan Abrams, landed in the #32 spot.

Here’s a full rundown of the top 100 podcasts from YouTube, May 5 – May 11, 2025: