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• Apple Podcasts released a set of rankings for the most popular shows in each country - showing the “top shows” (based on listenership), “top new shows” that first published in 2025, “most followed shows”, “most shared shows”, and “top channels”. You can see your country’s chart here.
• Based on listenership data, rankings for Apple Podcasts’ “top shows” (and top new shows) appear in seventy different countries: we’ve all those country lists in full.
  • In the US, Joe Rogan is #1, while Good Hang is the top new show. (Rogan also appears in the top tens for Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa).
  • In the UK, The Rest is Politics is #1, one of four Goalhanger shows in the top ten. There are two more in the new show ranker, including The Rest is Classified at #1. Goalhanger shows appear 19 times in the full lists.
  • The English-language show that appears the most is The Ringer’s Good Hang, with ten appearances - launched this year, it’s eligible for both charts.
  • By comparing Triton Digital ranker data, we think Apple’s “top shows” are measured by total plays, rather than by listeners or time-spent.
• In addition, Apple’s curated lists of Best Shows of 2025 appear in 29 different countries. Here’s your country’s, if you have one.

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