The 10 Most Popular Podcasts on Spotify 🎧
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The ten most popular podcasts on Spotify ranked by their number of followers. Data was collected by Bloomberg from Spotify's platform on March 21st, 2024.
Joe Rogan: The King of Podcasting
It comes as no surprise that The Joe Rogan Experience is Spotify's top podcast with 14.5 million followers. The UFC commentator and comedian started his podcast back in 2009, with Rogan's inquisitive nature across a variety of topics quickly garnering him millions of listeners.
In 2020, Spotify signed a deal with Joe Rogan to make his podcast exclusive on the Spotify platform which was rumored to be worth $200 million over three and a half years.
Spotify and Rogan signed a new multi-year deal at the start of 2024 worth up to $250 million, however the podcast will no longer be exclusive to Spotify's platform under the latest agreement.
Educational Podcasts Among Most Popular
Besides Joe Rogan's dominance, a theme among the top 10 podcasts is the variety of educational shows.
Alongside Ted Talks Daily and the Stuff You Should Know podcasts which are staples in the educational content world, The New York Times' The Daily features daily 20-minute news roundups for its listeners.
The Huberman Lab podcast is a fairly new entrant in the educational podcasting scene which started in 2021, covering science-based tools and explainers with a focus on optimizing health.