Top Podcasts in Comedy, News, Society & Culture, Sports, and True Crime, by reach

Today is the last day of podcast genre week! Each day this week we have announced the top three podcasts in several genres in the U.S. based on reach using data from Edison Podcast Metrics.

You can find top podcasts in 18 genres posted on our site here.

Below are the top three podcasts in the Comedy, News, Society & Culture, Sports, and True Crime genres from Q3-Q4 2022 based on weekly audience reach among weekly podcast listeners age 13+. These are some of the most popular genres among podcast listeners, so you may have already seen these shows in our Top 50 Podcast Show ranker.

The top three podcasts in the U.S. based on reach among weekly podcast listeners age 13+ in the Comedy genre:

#1 Morbid 
#2 Office Ladies 
#3 Smartless

The top three podcasts in the U.S. based on reach among weekly podcast listeners age 13+ in the News genre: 
 
#1 The Daily 
#2 The Ben Shapiro Show 
#3 Pod Save America 

The top three podcasts in the U.S. based on reach among weekly podcast listeners age 13+ in the Sports genre: 
 
#1 The Bill Simmons Podcast 
#2 Pardon My Take 
#3 The Pat McAfee Show 2.0

The top three podcasts in the U.S. based on reach among weekly podcast listeners age 13+ in the True Crime genre: 
 
#1 Crime Junkie 
#2 My Favorite Murder 
#3 Dateline NBC

Genre is defined as the podcast’s ‘Primary Category’ in Apple Podcasts and is selected by the show’s producer. Shows that are not available on Apple Podcasts are not included. A full ranking of shows by genre is available via subscription to Edison Podcast Metrics. Contact epm@edisonresearch.com for more information.