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UPDATE 19 November 2025

Apple Podcasts unveils the most popular shows and trends of 2025

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Today, Apple announced the most popular podcasts of 2025, releasing a comprehensive set of year-end charts that highlight the shows and creators that captivated listeners worldwide. The Top Charts of 2025 are localised for audiences around the world, offering a global and regional perspective on the year in podcasting.
Listeners can explore the full collection of 2025 charts now through the end of the year directly on the New tab of the Apple Podcasts app. The 2025 charts provide multiple views into the year’s biggest hits, including:
  • Top Shows, the most popular podcasts of the year based on listenership.
  • Top New Shows, the biggest breakout hits that debuted in 2025.
  • Most Followed Shows, the podcasts that gained the most new followers.
  • Most Shared Shows, the content listeners shared most often with friends and on social media.
  • Top Channels, a look at the most popular channels, based on listenership.
In addition to the data-driven charts, listeners in over 15 markets can discover the Best Shows of 2025, a specially curated collection of stand-out podcasts that resonated with Apple's editorial team this year. The celebration of this year’s best shows will culminate with the announcement of the Apple Podcasts Show of the Year, an honour that will be revealed on Thursday, 4 December.

Top Shows

  1. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
  2. The Mel Robbins Podcast
  3. Between Two Beers Podcast
  4. The Rest Is History
  5. The Joe Rogan Experience
  6. The Dom Harvey Podcast
  7. The Rest Is Politics
  8. Huberman Lab
  9. The Daily
  10. Casefile True Crime

Top New Shows

  1. Kim Hill Wants To Know
  2. The Rest Is Classified
  3. Dear Rachelle
  4. The Lodge
  5. Good Hang with Amy Poehler
  6. Stalked
  7. Titanic: Ship of Dreams
  8. Blink | Jake Haendel's Story
  9. The Oprah Podcast
  10. Deadly Mirage

Top Series

  1. DELVE
  2. GUILT
  3. A Forgotten History
  4. Bronwyn
  5. World of Secrets
  6. Tortoise Investigates
  7. British Scandal
  8. Dear Rachelle
  9. The Lodge
  10. Uncover

Top Episodes

  1. Between Two Beers Podcast: “EXCLUSIVE: Simon Barnett on Losing Jodi, Grief, Faith & Finding Purpose”
  2. Kim Hill Wants To Know: “What's Changed For Malcolm Gladwell”
  3. A Forgotten History: “When Terry Met Marty”
  4. Dear Rachelle: “The long weekend | 1”
  5. The Mel Robbins Podcast: “The Body Reset: How Women Should Eat & Exercise for Health, Fat Loss, & Energy”
  6. GUILT: “S5 | Episode 01 | The Far North”
  7. The Lodge: “Distant Bells”
  8. Sex.Life: “The First Quest: The Neighbour, The Pube and The Wardrobe”
  9. Casefile True Crime: “Case 303: Duncan MacPherson”
  10. DELVE: “S8 | Season 4 | Ep 1: The Boy in the Water | The Findings”

Most Shared Shows

  1. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
  2. The Mel Robbins Podcast
  3. The Telepathy Tapes
  4. The Rest Is History
  5. ZOE Science & Nutrition
  6. The Rest Is Politics
  7. Between Two Beers Podcast
  8. Sex.Life
  9. The Rest Is Politics: US
  10. DELVE

Most Shared Episodes

  1. The Mel Robbins Podcast: “The Body Reset: How Women Should Eat & Exercise for Health, Fat Loss, & Energy”
  2. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: “The Exercise & Nutrition Scientist: The Truth About Exercising On Your Period! Women Were Right About Menopause! These 4 Supplements Give Women Optimal Health!” 
  3. Between Two Beers Podcast: “Greg Foran: CEO of Walmart and Air NZ – Lessons & Insights from a Global Leader”
  4. The Dom Harvey Podcast: “Auckland Grammar School Headmaster: The Truth About Teenage Boys & NZ Education System!”
  5. Huberman Lab: “Female-Specific Exercise & Nutrition for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Stacy Sims”
  6. The Imperfects: “Janelle Booker - Living With ADHD”
  7. The Rest Is Politics: Leading: “Jacinda Ardern: Why I Stepped Down as Prime Minister of New Zealand”
  8. Grey Areas with Petra Bagust: “When ADHD meets perimenopause | Petra & friends (with special guest Dr Greg Finucane)”
  9. On Purpose with Jay Shetty: “Mel Robbins: How to Use the ‘Let Them Theory’ (A Life Changing Mindset Hack That 15 Million People Can’t Stop Talking About)”
  10. Kim Hill Wants To Know: “Whether Boris Johnson is Attempting to Salvage His Political Career”

Most Followed Shows

  1. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
  2. The Mel Robbins Podcast
  3. The Rest Is History
  4. Kim Hill Wants To Know
  5. Between Two Beers Podcast
  6. The Rest Is Politics
  7. The Joe Rogan Experience
  8. Making Cents
  9. The Rest Is Classified
  10. A Forgotten History

Top Subscriber Shows

  1. GUILT
  2. DELVE
  3. Extrasensory
  4. The Rest Is History
  5. The Daily
  6. Unicorn Girl
  7. Scamtown
  8. Big Time
  9. RedHanded
  10. The Ezra Klein Show

Top Channels

  1. SiriusXM Podcasts
  2. BBC
  3. Wondery
  4. FlightStory
  5. iHeartPodcasts
  6. RNZ Originals
  7. The New Zealand Herald
  8. The Rest is History Club
  9. The New York Times
  10. rova
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