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Rogan Tops Spotify, Apple and YouTube’s 2025 Podcast Charts as Video Viewing Soars

Spotify ranks shows by unique listeners who play at least two minutes, highlighting that platform lists use different yardsticks.

Overview

  • Spotify released its 2025 U.S. top 50 podcasts, naming The Joe Rogan Experience No. 1.
  • On Spotify, 24 of the top 50 shows have video, and time spent with video more than doubled as 390 million users streamed a video podcast.
  • Other leading Spotify titles include This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, The Mel Robbins Podcast, Call Her Daddy, and Crime Junkie.
  • YouTube issued its first annual podcast data with Rogan at No. 1, alongside top performers such as KILL TONY, Good Mythical Morning, and Rotten Mango.
  • Spotify’s video push is extending to distribution partnerships, with a nonexclusive Netflix slate of Spotify video podcasts starting in 2026 including The Bill Simmons Podcast and Serial Killers.