Apple today published a list of the most popular podcasts of 2023. Year-end charts are available in the Browse tab of the Podcasts app through the end of the year.
Here are the most popular podcasts of 2023 in the U.S.:
Top Shows
- Crime Junkie
- The Daily
- Dateline NBC
- SmartLess
- This American Life
- Morbid
- Up First
- Huberman Lab
- Hidden Brain
- Stuff You Should Know
Top New Shows
- Scamanda
- The Retrievals
- The Deck Investigates
- Murder & Magnolias
- Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- The Girl in the Blue Mustang
- The Coldest Case in Laramie
- Murder in Apartment 12
- The Girlfriends
- Undetermined
Most Followed Shows
- Huberman Lab
- SmartLess
- New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce
- Scamanda
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- Crime Junkie
- The Retrievals
- The Deck Investigates
- Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Most Shared Shows
- Scamanda
- Sold a Story
- The Retrievals
- Huberman Lab
- SmartLess
- The Witch Trials of J.K Rowling
- Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
- Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis Dreyfus
- The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
- True Sunlight
Most Shared Episodes
- Huberman Lab: “What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health”
- Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus: “Julia Gets Wise with Jane Fonda”
- The Daily: “The Fight Over Phonics”
- Hidden Brain: “The Paradox of Pleasure”
- Sold a Story: “The Problem”
- The Mel Robbins Podcast: “The ‘Let Them Theory’: A Life Changing Mindset Hack That 15 Million People Can’t Stop Talking About”
- The Retrievals: “The Patients”
- We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle: “Why We Love the Way We Love: Attachment Styles with Dr. Becky Kennedy”
- Just B with Bethenny Frankel: “Reality Reckoning: Rachel Leviss (Part One)”
- Serial: “The Alibi”
Top Free Channels
- iHeartPodcasts
- audiochuck
- The New York Times
- Dear Media
- Serial Productions
- Barstool Sports
- ABC News
- The Daily Wire
- Scicomm Media
- Cumulus Podcast Network
Top Subscriber Channels
- Wondery
- Dateline NBC
- Pushkin
- iHeart True Crime
- Lemonada
- Tenderfoot TV
- TED Audio Collective
- Freakonomics Radio
- Radiolab
- BBC Podcasts
Apple Podcasts will reveal the Show of the Year on Tuesday, December 5.
