Apple shares the most popular podcasts of 2023 across the globe

Apple has shared the most popular podcasts of 2023, with year-end charts localised for listeners in nearly 100 countries and regions.

Using Apple Podcasts is the best way to discover and enjoy podcasts and support the creators who make them, with millions of shows covering practically every topic.

There are also thousands of premium podcasts, which can be easily found and and listened to on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch with AirPods.

Released today, the 2023 charts are available in the Browse tab through the end of the year, and include the top podcasts overall, the top new shows that debuted this year, the most followed shows, the most shared shows and episodes, and the top free and subscriber channels.

Listeners in over 15 markets can also explore Shows We Love, a curated collection of standout narrative and episodic series that resonated with listeners this year.

Additionally, Apple Podcasts will reveal the Show of the Year on Tuesday 5 December.

The most popular podcasts of 2023 in the UK and USA:

UK

Top Shows

1. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
2. The Rest Is Politics
3. Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
4. The News Agents
5. The Rest Is History
6. ZOE Science & Nutrition
7. Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee
8. The Therapy Crouch
9. Sh**ged Married Annoyed
10. Desert Island Discs

Most Followed Shows

1. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
2. The Rest Is Politics
3. Leading
4. The Rest Is History
5. The Therapy Crouch
6. ZOE Science & Nutrition
7. The News Agents
8. The Rest Is Football
9. Help I Sexted My Boss
10. 1Huberman Lab

Most Shared Shows

1. ZOE Science & Nutrition
2. The Rest Is Politics
3. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
4. The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
5. The Rest Is History
6. Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee
7. The News Agents
8. Empire
9. Leading
10. Huberman Lab

Most Shared Episodes

1. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: “E209: Doctor Tim Spector: The Shocking New Truth About Weight Loss, Calories & Diets!”
2. Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee: “Fasting, Hormones & Menopause: Why Women Need A Different Approach To Men with Dr Mindy Pelz”
3. “Israel At War”
4. ZOE Science & Nutrition: “How ultra-processed foods wreak havoc on your body”
5. Leading: “Kate Raworth: Doughnut economics and thriving in balance”
6. Huberman Lab: “What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health”
7. The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling: “Plotted In Darkness”
8. The Rest Is History: “Oppenheimer: The Father of the Atom Bomb”
9. Just One Thing – with Michael Mosley: “Food Special with Tim Spector”
10. The High Performance Podcast: “Eddie Howe: Turnaround: how to improve a culture”

Top Free Channels

1. BBC Podcasts
2. Global Originals
3. The Guardian
4. Plosive
5. iHeartPodcasts
6. The News Agents
7. Serial
8. LBC
9. The Athletic
10. Pixiu

Top Subscriber Channels

1. Wondery
2. The Rest Is Politics
3. History Hit
4. The Times
5. Tortoise
6. Noiser
7. Pushkin
8. Casefile Presents
9. Slumber Studios
10. The Economist

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USA

Top Shows

1. Crime Junkie
2. The Daily
3. Dateline NBC
4. SmartLess
5. This American Life
6. Morbid
7. Up First
8. Huberman Lab
9. Hidden Brain
10. Stuff You Should Know

Top New Shows

1. Scamanda
2. The Retrievals
3. The Deck Investigates
4. Murder & Magnolias
5. Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
6. The Girl in the Blue Mustang
7. The Coldest Case in Laramie
8. Murder in Apartment 12
9. The Girlfriends
10. Undetermined

Most Followed Shows

1. Huberman Lab
2. SmartLess
3. New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce
4. Scamanda
5. The Mel Robbins Podcast
6. Crime Junkie
7. The Retrievals
8. The Deck Investigates
9. Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
10. On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Most Shared Shows

1. Scamanda
2. Sold a Story
3. The Retrievals
4. Huberman Lab
5. SmartLess
6. The Witch Trials of J.K Rowling
7. Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
8. Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis Dreyfus
9. The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
10. True Sunlight

Most Shared Episodes

1. Huberman Lab: “What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health”
2. Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus: “Julia Gets Wise with Jane Fonda”
3. The Daily: “The Fight Over Phonics”
4. Hidden Brain: “The Paradox of Pleasure”
5. Sold a Story: “The Problem”
6. The Mel Robbins Podcast: “The ‘Let Them Theory’: A Life Changing Mindset Hack That 15 Million People Can’t Stop Talking About”
7. The Retrievals: “The Patients”
8. We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle: “Why We Love the Way We Love: Attachment Styles with Dr. Becky Kennedy”
9. Just B with Bethenny Frankel: “Reality Reckoning: Rachel Leviss (Part One)”
10. Serial: “The Alibi”

Top Free Channels

1. iHeartPodcasts
2. audiochuck
3. The New York Times
4. Dear Media
5. Serial Productions
6. Barstool Sports
7. ABC News
8. The Daily Wire
9. Scicomm Media
10. Cumulus Podcast Network

Top Subscriber Channels

1. Wondery
2. Dateline NBC
3. Pushkin
4. iHeart True Crime
5. Lemonada
6. Tenderfoot TV
7. TED Audio Collective
8. Freakonomics Radio
9. Radiolab
10. BBC Podcasts