Apple Podcasts Best Shows of 2025 in the U.S. Apple has published its official year-end Apple Podcasts charts for 2025, revealing the most-streamed and widely followed shows among listeners in the United States this year. These rankings highlight audience preferences across top shows, breakout new podcasts and popular series formats. 

Apple’s annual Apple Podcasts Top Charts spotlight the podcasts that captured the most listeners in the United States throughout 2025. The company’s official release organizes the data into categories like Top Shows, Top New Shows and Top Series, giving a comprehensive picture of what audiences streamed most this year on iPhone, iPad, Mac and other devices. 

The Top Shows category includes the podcasts with the highest overall engagement from listeners in the U.S., combining total streams, subscribers and sustained interest. These shows span news analysis, personal conversation formats, storytelling and personality-driven content that resonated widely with American listeners. 

In addition to longstanding popular shows, Apple’s year-end charts also highlight the Top New Shows of 2025. This list showcases breakout podcasts that debuted this year and quickly found an audience, often blending fresh perspectives with creative formats that stirred curiosity and engagement. 

Another category, Top Series, focuses on narrative-rich productions and serialized storytelling. These shows kept listeners returning week after week with multi-episode arcs and compelling content structures. 

The Apple Podcasts year-end charts reflect millions of listeners and trends based on actual usage patterns within the Apple Podcasts app throughout 2025. For enthusiasts looking for their next favorite show, these lists represent some of the most popular and culturally relevant audio experiences of the year. 

Top Shows in the U.S. 2025

The most popular shows in the United States this year included news, lifestyle and cultural podcasts that defined listener habits:

1. The Joe Rogan Experience

2. The Daily

3. The Mel Robbins Podcast

4. Crime Junkie

5. Dateline NBC

6. SmartLess

7. Call Her Daddy

8. This American Life

9. Huberman Lab

10. The Ezra Klein Show 

Top New Shows 2025

Breakout shows that debuted and gained rapid traction:

1. Good Hang with Amy Poehler

2. Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce

3. Deadly Mirage

4. Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story

5. Murder in the Moonlight

6. Devil in the Desert

7. What Happened to Holly Bobo?

8. Cold Blooded: Mystery in Alaska

9. Unicorn Girl

10. The Best People with Nicolle Wallace 

Top Podcast Series

Narrative-focused and episodic storytelling favorites:

1. The Telepathy Tapes

2. The Binge Cases

3. Deadly Mirage

4. Blink | Jake Haendel’s Story

5. Dateline Originals

6. Murder in the Moonlight

7. Serial

8. THREE

9. Devil in the Desert

10. CounterClock 

Together, these lists paint a detailed picture of the shows that shaped podcast listening in the U.S. for 2025, from heavyweight staples like The Joe Rogan Experience to new voices that quickly found their audience.