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

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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:
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- Kill Tony
- Rotten Mango
- 48 Hours
- The MeidasTouch Podcast
- H3 Podcast
- Club Shay Shay
- This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
- Smosh Reads Reddit Stories
- Dr Insanity
- Shawn Ryan Show
- The Pat McAfee Show
- Timcast IRL
- The Diary Of A CEO
- CreepCast
- Karen Read
- Murder, Mystery & Makeup
- The Tucker Carlson Show
- The Megyn Kelly Show
- Gil’s Arena
- Reality Check with Ross Coulthart
- Lex Fridman Podcast
- It Is What It Is
- Bad Friends Podcast
- 60 Minutes
- PBD Podcast
- A Closer Look – Late Night with Seth Meyers
- Nightcap
- Just Trish
- The Lets Read Podcast
- IHIP News
- Law&Crime Sidebar with Jesse Weber
- Unsubscribe Podcast
- The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller
- The Philip DeFranco Show
- The Yak
- Smosh Mouth
- NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
- Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
- Breaking Points
- Timcast News Stories
- Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield
- True Crime with Kendall Rae
- Dark History
- Julian Dorey Podcast
- Authorized Account
- StarTalk Podcast
- Distractible
- Serialously with Annie Elise
- TigerBelly
- The Joe Budden Podcast
- Democracy Now!
- Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast
- Triggernometry
- On Purpose Podcast
- rSlash
- The 85 South Comedy Show
- You Should Know Podcast
- Power Hour
- Royals
- The Why Files: Operation Podcast
- Flagrant
- Crime Fix with Angenette Levy
- Legal AF Podcast
- The Benny Show
- The Broski Report
- Huberman Lab
- Million Dollaz Worth of Game
- Barry Cunningham Podcasts And Live Shows
- Breaking News
- Drink Champs
- ScreenCrush
- The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya
- Shane Dawson Podcast
- Stories from the Bible
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- Two Hot Takes
- #RolandMartinUnfiltered
- Bulwark Takes
- Democracy Watch with Marc Elias
- Pardon My Take
- 2 Bears, 1 Cave
- Club 520 Podcast
- 7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony
- Funky Friday Podcast
- Impaulsive Podcast
- Extra Anormal Podcast
- Your Mom’s House w/ Tom Segura & Christina P
- 520 in the Morning
- The Intersection with Popok
- Crime
- Critical Role
- The Matt Walsh Show
- The Tim Dillon Show
- Javier Ceriani
- Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
- The David Pakman Show
- La Cotorrisa – Anecdotarios
- The Yard Podcast
- Crime Weekly