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Across the charts

50 shows, from Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts and Audible, read October 24, 2026. Free to stream.

Across the charts

Read 24 Oct

Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts and Audible, read the same morning. Where a show stands on each is beside it; the order is the three standings added up.

  1. 1— Up First from NPR NPR 1,431 episodes4.6 (154) New episode yesterday
    On 3 of 3Apple No. 8Pocket Casts No. 10Audible No. 22
  2. 2— Crime Junkie Audiochuck 534 episodes4.6 (843) New episode 5 days ago
    On 3 of 3Apple No. 2Pocket Casts No. 55Audible No. 6
  3. 3— Stuff You Should Know iHeartPodcasts 2,035 episodes4.4 (167) New episode today
    On 3 of 3Apple No. 47Pocket Casts No. 6Audible No. 13
  4. 4— The Daily The New York Times 2,758 episodes New episode yesterday
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 1Pocket Casts No. 1Audible —At Apple Books →
  5. 5— The Joe Rogan Experience Joe Rogan 2,000 episodes New episode 2 days ago
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 3Pocket Casts No. 13Audible —At Apple Books →
  6. 6▲1 Pod Save America Pod Save America 1,562 episodes4.5 (109) New episode today
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 5Pocket Casts No. 11Audible —
  7. 7▼1 Morbid Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart 914 episodes4.3 (1,616) New episode 2 days ago
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 9Pocket Casts —Audible No. 7
  8. 8▲5 The Ezra Klein Show New York Times Opinion 544 episodes New episode yesterday
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 10Pocket Casts No. 15Audible —At Apple Books →
  9. 9▼1 SmartLess Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett 383 episodes4.8 (348) New episode today
    On 3 of 3Apple No. 54Pocket Casts No. 21Audible No. 32
  10. 10▼1 My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts 1,236 episodes4.6 (265) New episode 2 days ago
    On 3 of 3Apple No. 48Pocket Casts No. 67Audible No. 20
  11. 11▲1 This American Life This American Life 514 episodesunrated New episode 5 days ago
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 58Pocket Casts No. 2Audible —
  12. 12▼2 Good Hang with Amy Poehler The Ringer 87 episodes New episode 4 days ago
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 14Pocket Casts No. 47Audible —At Apple Books →
  13. 13▲1 Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! NPR 460 episodes4.6 (57) New episode today
    On 2 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts No. 16Audible No. 23
  14. 14▼3 The Rest Is History Goalhanger 1,005 episodes4.8 (47) New episode today
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 38Pocket Casts No. 27Audible —
  15. 15▲3 The Bill Simmons Podcast The Ringer 1,646 episodes New episode yesterday
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 11Pocket Casts No. 59Audible —At Apple Books →
  16. 16▲1 The Ramsey Show Ramsey Network 180 episodesunrated New episode yesterday
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 44Pocket Casts —Audible No. 15
  17. 17▼2 Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend Team Coco & Earwolf 747 episodes4.9 (181) New episode today
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 68Pocket Casts No. 12Audible —
  18. 18▼2 Serial Serial Productions & The New York Times 135 episodes Last episode 4 months ago
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 78Pocket Casts No. 8Audible —At Apple Books →
  19. 19▲8 Freakonomics Radio Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher 1,014 episodes4.7 (32) New episode yesterday
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 87Pocket Casts No. 5Audible —
  20. 20▼1 Ologies with Alie Ward Alie Ward 538 episodes4.9 (97) New episode 3 days ago
    On 2 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts No. 42Audible No. 29
  21. 21New Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard Armchair Umbrella 1,116 episodes4.8 (27) New episode 3 days ago
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 23Pocket Casts No. 78Audible —
  22. 22▼1 True Crime All The Time Emash Digital 866 episodes4.2 (458) New episode 2 days ago
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts —Audible No. 1
  23. 23— Radiolab WNYC Studios 872 episodes4.8 (43) New episode yesterday
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts No. 3Audible —
  24. 24New My Mom's Murder AYR Media 11 episodes4.6 (2,239) New episode 3 weeks ago
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts —Audible No. 2
  25. 25▼3 Dateline NBC NBC News 931 episodes4.5 (571) New episode yesterday
    On 1 of 3Apple No. 4Pocket Casts —Audible —
  26. 26— Planet Money NPR 696 episodesunrated New episode yesterday
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts No. 4Audible —
  27. 27▼3 This Is Actually Happening (Ad-Free) Audible 486 episodes4.4 (37) New episode 4 days ago
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts —Audible No. 3
  28. 28New Criminal Vox Media Podcast Network 500 episodes4.9 (31) New episode yesterday
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 85Pocket Casts No. 22Audible —
  29. 29▼1 The Builders iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope 8 episodes New episode 2 days ago
    On 1 of 3Apple No. 6Pocket Casts —Audible —At Apple Books →
  30. 30— 99% Invisible Roman Mars 845 episodes4.5 (15) New episode today
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts No. 7Audible —
  31. 31New Pardon My Take Barstool Sports 926 episodes4.9 (13) New episode yesterday
    On 1 of 3Apple No. 7Pocket Casts —Audible —
  32. 32▼1 Rush Limbaugh - Timeless Wisdom The Rush Limbaugh Show 1,318 episodes4.6 (25) Last episode over 3 years ago
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts —Audible No. 4
  33. 33▼8 Fresh Air NPR 1,698 episodes4.6 (18) New episode yesterday
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 92Pocket Casts No. 17Audible —
  34. 34▼1 Hidden Brain Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam 719 episodes4.8 (96) New episode 5 days ago
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts No. 9Audible —
  35. 35▼6 Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets Stephen Fry, John Woolf 12 episodes4.8 (533) Last episode over 2 years ago
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts —Audible No. 5
  36. 36▲6 The Megyn Kelly Show SiriusXM 1,997 episodes4.8 (59) New episode yesterday
    On 1 of 3Apple No. 12Pocket Casts —Audible —
  37. 37▼1 METRO with Sarah Koenig Serial Productions & The New York Times 3 episodes New episode 2 days ago
    On 1 of 3Apple No. 13Pocket Casts —Audible —At Apple Books →
  38. 38▲3 Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Dan Carlin 13 episodes New episode 12 weeks ago
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts No. 14Audible —At Apple Books →
  39. 39— Huberman Lab Scicomm Media 452 episodes4.9 (254) New episode 2 days ago
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 84Pocket Casts No. 32Audible —
  40. 40▼3 Betrayal Season 6 iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts 194 episodesunrated New episode 2 days ago
    On 1 of 3Apple No. 15Pocket Casts —Audible —
  41. 41▼1 American Scandal (Ad-Free) Audible 373 episodes4.6 (88) New episode last week
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts —Audible No. 8
  42. 42New Pivot New York Magazine 821 episodes New episode yesterday
    On 2 of 3Apple No. 46Pocket Casts No. 71Audible —At Apple Books →
  43. 43▼9 REAL AF with Andy Frisella Andy Frisella 1,395 episodes New episode 4 days ago
    On 1 of 3Apple No. 16Pocket Casts —Audible —At Apple Books →
  44. 44▼1 48 Hours 48 Hours 1,157 episodes4.5 (47) New episode today
    On 1 of 3Apple No. 17Pocket Casts —Audible —
  45. 45▼1 American History Tellers (Ad-Free) Audible 467 episodes4.5 (310) New episode 4 days ago
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts —Audible No. 9
  46. 46▼11 Mick Unplugged Mick Hunt 313 episodes New episode 2 days ago
    On 1 of 3Apple No. 18Pocket Casts —Audible —At Apple Books →
  47. 47New Revisionist History Pushkin Industries 227 episodes4.9 (33) New episode 2 days ago
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts No. 18Audible —
  48. 48New Behind the Bastards Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts 1,226 episodes4.5 (108) New episode 2 days ago
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts No. 19Audible —
  49. 49▼11 The Dylan Gemelli Podcast Dylan Gemelli 181 episodes New episode 2 days ago
    On 1 of 3Apple No. 19Pocket Casts —Audible —At Apple Books →
  50. 50New Start Here with Mel Robbins Mel Robbins 13 episodes4.9 (1,265) Last episode 5 months ago
    On 1 of 3Apple —Pocket Casts —Audible No. 10

The same, by category

Each of these shelves starts with a combined chart of its own.

Mystery, Thriller & SuspenseLiterature & FictionHistoryBusiness & CareersScience & EngineeringChildren's AudiobooksHealth & WellnessPolitics & Social SciencesComedy & HumorReligion & SpiritualityArts & EntertainmentEducation & LearningComputers & TechnologySports & Outdoors

How this chart is made

Three charts are read on the same morning: Apple Podcasts’ top hundred, Pocket Casts’ top hundred and Audible’s top fifty. Apple and Pocket Casts share an identifier, so those two join exactly. Audible does not, so its shows are joined to the other two by title, checked against the maker’s name where a title is short enough to belong to two shows. This morning that joined 71 Audible shows to the other charts, and found 100 shows on the other two that Audible does not carry at all.

The order is a sum. A show’s standing on each chart, as a fraction of that chart’s depth — first of a hundred is worth 1, hundredth is worth 1/100, absent is 0 — added across the three. A show near the top of all three sits above one at the top of two, and a show on one chart alone sits low however high it stands there. That is a reasonable ordering rather than an observed one, which is why every row prints the three standings it was made from: the number is this site’s, and the standings are the charts’.

What is not here, and why. Spotify publishes a chart but no way to read it that worked on the morning this was built, and a source that fails on day one is not a source. Podcast Index needs a key, and this site runs on none. Neither is a judgement about the shows on them.

A show that is on Apple or Pocket Casts but not Audible links to where it can be heard and carries no membership offer, because there is nothing to buy. It still has a page here, and the audiobook shelf on that page is the same one every show gets.