• by Ray Schultz , Yesterday

SiriusXM is the top podcast channel worldwide, according to the Best Shows of 2025 from Apple Podcasts.

The 10 leading channels are: 

1. SiriusXM Podcasts
2. Wondery
3. iHeartPodcasts
4. The New York Times
5. audiochuck
6. Dateline NBC
7. Dear Media
8. Cumulus Podcast Network
9. Audacy
10. Vox Media Podcast Network

The biggest podcast shows are:

1. The Joe Rogan Experience
2. The Daily
3. The Mel Robbins Podcast
4. Crime Junkie
5. Dateline NBC
6. SmartLess
7. Call Her Daddy
8. This American Life
9. Huberman Lab
10. The Ezra Klein Show

News podcasts are led by:                            

1. Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2. Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
3. Deadly Mirage
4. Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story
5. Murder in the Moonlight
6. Devil in the Desert
7. What Happened to Holly Bobo?
8. Cold Blooded: Mystery in Alaska
9. Unicorn Girl
10. The Best People with Nicolle Wallace

The most-followed shows are:

1. The Mel Robbins Podcast
2. The Joe Rogan Experience
3. Good Hang with Amy Poehler
4. The Charlie Kirk Show
5. Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
6. The Telepathy Tapes
7. The MeidasTouch Podcast
8. The Shawn Ryan Show
9. Call Her Daddy

Meanwhile, the dominant Subscriber Shows include:

1. The Daily
2. Apple News+ Narrated
3. The Ezra Klein Show
4. Unicorn Girl
5. Morbid
6. Extrasensory
7. Dateline NBC
8. Scamtown
9. Big Time
10. The New York Times Narrated