a16z Podcast Market Overview
Top 10 Podcast Publishers - a quarter of unique
streams/downloads is NPR podcasts
RANK
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PODCAST PUBLISHER
NPR
iHeartRadio
PRX
Wondery
New York Times
WNYC Studios
This American Life/Serial
Barstool Sports
ESPN
Daily Wire
PODCAST INDUSTRY RANKING HIGHLIGHTS
TOP 10 PODCAST PUBLISHERS
US AUDIENCE: MARCH 2019
US UNIQUE MONTHLY AUDIENCE GLOBAL DOWNLOADS & STREAMS ACTIVE SHOWS
175,279,000
18,685,000
17,537,000
164,767,000
7,956,000
69,752,000
7,840,000
54,738,000
7,130,000
61,180,000
5,536,000
32,892,000
5,485,000
28,116,000
5,342,000
39,680,000
4,463,000
42,381,000
3,534,000
31,732,000
Source: Podtrac Analytics, March 2019, accessed May 2019. Unique monthly audience
© 2019 - Andreessen Horowitz
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Shows Include:
• How I Built This, Planet Money, Hidden Brain
• HowStuffWorks, Sleuth, Spit, Business Unusual with
Barbara Corcoran
• Dirty John, Dr. Death, American History Tellers,
Business Wars, Hollywood & Crime and Gladiator
• Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here's
the Thing with Alec
• Pardon My Take, KFC Radio, The Pat McAfee Show,
Spittin' Chiclets
• Ben Shapiro Show, Andrew Klavan Show, The Michael
Knowles Show, The Matt Walsh Show
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