Top Networks & Apps

An advertiser-supported podcast network, founded by Norm Pattiz, also founder of radio-giant Westwood One. As of 2016, PodcastOne hosted in excess of 200 podcast. The website mission statement states, “we make it easy for people to discover, connect, and engage with a selection of over 200 of the most popular podcasts”. From comedy and entertainment to news and politics, PodcastOne is the ONE place to discover, download and subscribe to great podcasts for free. Read More

AudioBoom is the leading podcasting and on-demand audio platform for hosting, distributing and monetizing content. Audioboom works with more than 3,000 active broadcasters, content creators and podcasters around the world ‐ including Cumulus, the BBC, NewsCorp, Associated Press, NBC Sports Radio, Undisclosed and Global ‐ hosting approximately 9,000 content channels. With offices in London, Melbourne, Mumbai and New York City, we host thousands of podcasts with top tier audio content producers from around the world. The platform receives over 50 million listens per month and allows partners to share their content via iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, Facebook and Twitter as well as their own websites and mobile apps. Read More

Midroll Media is a digital media company, wholly owned by the E.W. Scripps Co., providing a 360-degree suite of production, distribution, and monetization services to artists, entertainers and thought leaders. It is the parent company of Earwolf, the leading comedy podcasting network, the Howl premium audio content platform, and the Midroll advertising platform.They also acquired Stitcher, in June of 2016, a listening platform that offers free streaming of more than 65,000 podcasts & radio shows, and has over 8 million registered users. “Midroll was born from the recognition that great hosts thrive when they can focus on their shows, and advertisers benefit when they can work with a professional sales team. We started with the top-notch shows on the Earwolf network, and quickly grew from there”. Advertisers benefit from access to the talented hosts of more than 300 shows and their engaged audiences totaling more than 25 million downloads a month, using the industry’s first user-focused, self-service platform. Read More

Wondery creates and curates podcasts to connect wonderers and brands to a world of entertainment and a world of knowledge. The company was launched in 2016 by Hernan Lopez, backed by 20th Century Fox. Read More

Play.it is the podcasting arm of CBS, Radio & Television. Producing pure plays and exclusive content repurposed from their spoken word television & radio platforms, CBS pushes out over 300 shows through their podcasting network. Read More

National Public Radio (NPR) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the U.S. In 2005, NPR entered podcasting with a directory of over 170 programs created by NPR and member stations. By November or 2005, users downloaded NPR related shows 5 million times. A little over 10 years later, their global Unique Streams & Downloads reach nearly 70 million downloads per month. Read More

WNYC creates ground-breaking radio programs and podcasts for public radio stations around the country and listeners throughout the world. Broadcasting live from New York City on 93.9 FM and AM 820, and available online and on the go. WNYC Studios is the premier producer of on-demand and broadcast audio. Born from the team that created some of the most critically acclaimed and popular podcasts of the last decade, WNYC Studios is leading the new golden age in audio with high-quality storytelling that informs, inspires, and delights millions of intellectually curious and highly engaged listeners across digital, mobile, and broadcast platforms. Read More

Public Radio Exchange, PRX, is a leading creator and distributor, connecting audio producers with their most engaged, supportive audiences. A fierce champion of new voices, new formats, and new business models, PRX advocates for the entrepreneurial producer. For over a dozen years, PRX has operated public radio’s largest distribution marketplace, offering thousands of show. In 2014, they launched Radiotopia, from PRX, which is a curated network of extraordinary, producer-driven shows. Radiotopia empowers independent producers to do their best work, grow audience and increase revenue. At its core, Radiotopia cultivates community — for both listeners and makers alike. Radiotopia shows have over 13 million downloads every month. Read More

DGital Media is a leading innovator and creator of on-demand audio entertainment in sports, business, tech, comedy, and news. DGital Media is a leading innovator and creator of on-demand audio entertainment in sports, business, tech, comedy and news. DGital Media’s growing list of programming partners includes Recode, Fortune, Yahoo Sports, IMG, Fox Sports Digital, The Vertical, Sports Illustrated, The MMQB and UFC and features some of the most influential voices in sports, comedy, tech, and news. DGital Media brings authentic and informative audio programming together with brands to inform and engage audiences. The company is headquartered in New York, with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Read More

Slate is an online current affairs, politics and culture magazine in the U.S, created back in 1996. Since June 2008, Slate has been managed by The Slate Group, and online publishing entity created by the Graham Holdings Company to develop and manage web-only magazines. Slate has been involved in podcasts ‘almost from the beginning’ of the medium, beginning to offer podcasts in July 2005, which featured stories from the site read by Andy Bowers, who had joined Slate after leaving NPR in 2003. The site now hosts several regular podcasts, gabfests, and roundtables covering numerous topics. In early 2015, Slate announced the launch of Panoply, an innovative, full-service podcast network for media brands, authors, personalities, and premiere organizations. They intended for this to be a ‘dream team’ network of information audio. Read More

Founded as a sole podcast (The Nerdist Podcast) created by Chris Hardwick, but later spread to include a network of podcasts, premium content You Tube channel, a news division (Nerdist News), and a television version of the original podcast produced by and aired on BBC America. The Nerdist Podcast, the flagship podcast of Nerdist Industries, is a weekly interview show launched in February 2010. The audio podcasts typically include conversations with notable comedians or entertainers. Home to the Nerdist Podcast Network, Nerdist News, and Nerdist Presents, Nerdist.com is the heart of Chris Hardwick’s digital media empire. With daily news, hilarious videos and reviews of the latest games, movies and comics, join Nerdist’s team of Jessica Chobot, Rachel Heine, Dan Casey, Kyle Hill, Alicia Lutes, Kyle Anderson, and Matt Grosinger as they explore the nerd fabric of today’s pop-culture landscape. Read More

TWiT is a podcast (or as they say ‘netcast’) network founded by tech broadcaster Leo Laporte. The network began operation in April 2005, with the launch of This Week in Tech. Currently, the network hosts over 20 podcasts and live streaming shows. TWiT derives its name from its first podcast, This Week In Tech, the #1 ranked technology podcast. Since 2005, their shows have provided news, commentary, help, how-to and perspective on the latest trends in digital tech from seasoned experts and journalists. Read More

This is the home for iHeart Radio, and their family of podcasts, that allows you to easily listen to the best talk radio content, as well as the best podcasts, on-demand. You can mix your favorite shows together – no matter if they originated online or on the radio – and submit your own shows to the platform. iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia’s digital radio platform, is the fastest growing digital audio service in the U.S. and offers users thousands of live radio stations, personalized custom artist stations created by just one song or seed artist and the top podcasts and personalities. With over a billion downloads, iHeartRadio reached 95 million registered users. iHeartMedia’s platforms include radio broadcasting, online, mobile, digital and social media, podcasts, personalities and influencers, live concerts and events, syndication, music research services and independent media representation, and they just released iHeart Radio Plus for $4.99 and iHeartRadio All Access, for $9.99. Read More

ESPN Radio, the country’s largest sports radio network, ESPN Deportes Radio, ESPNRadio.com, and ESPN Audio on Demand comprise ESPN Audio. ESPN Radio, which launched January 1, 1992, provides more than 9,000 hours of talk and event content annually, reaching 20 million listeners a week on 500 nationwide stations, including more than 375 full-time affiliates and clearance in the top 25 markets. ESPN owns and/or operates stations in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. ESPN Radio programming is also available on SiriusXM and via digital distributors Apple Music, Slacker Radio and TuneIn. Read More

The FOX Sports Radio Network, based in Los Angeles, California, is a division of Premiere Networks in partnership with FOX Sports. With studios also in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Tampa, Phoenix, Tulsa, Cincinnati and Las Vegas, the FOX Sports Radio Network can be heard on more than 400 stations, as well as FOXSports.com on MSN and iHeartRadio. Read More

American Public Media is the largest station-based public radio organization in the U.S., combining multi-regional station operations, national content creation and distribution in one organization. Its multi-regional station operations include 49 public radio stations and 41 translators in the Upper Midwest and California.American Public Media also offers a diverse array of podcasts—from shows featuring best-selling authors to the best food, culture and comedy shows on public radio. YourClassical, APM’s lifestyle classical music stream, packages classical music in an unconventional and innovative way with streams suited for life’s biggest moments and everyday situations. Read More

This American Life is a weekly public radio show broadcast on more than 500 stations to about 2.2 million listeners. It is produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards. It is also often the most popular podcast in the country, with another 2.4 million people downloading each episode. From 2006-2008, we produced a television version of This American Life on the Showtime network, which won three Emmys. We also co-created, with NPR News, the economics podcast and blog Planet Money. A half dozen stories from the radio show are being developed into films. In 2014, we launched our first spinoff show, Serial, a podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig. There’s a theme to each episode of This American Life, and a variety of stories on that theme. Most of the stories are journalism, with an occasional comedy routine or essay. Read More

Gimlet Media is the award-winning narrative podcasting company that aims to help listeners better understand the world and each other. Gimlet was founded in 2014, by Alex Blumber & Mathew Lieber, and was originally billed as the American Podcasting Corporation (APC). Based in Brooklyn, Gimlet podcasts are downloaded over seven million times per month by listeners from nearly 190 countries worldwide. Read More

Acting as a hub for the network we are able to leverage our numbers to gain greater access that in turn allows us to utilize newly viable methods of creation and distribution; ATC offers comedians the power to enjoy unprecedented levels of opportunity and control. We are lots of things: a robust outlet for podcasts and other media; a resource for information about your favorite performers; a place for passionate conversation about comedians and comedy; a digital hub for the distribution of merchandise; and a studio for the creation of innovative branded content. Read More

Earwolf is a comedy podcast network founded by Scott Aukerman and Jeff Ullrich in 2010. Initially built around the Comedy Death-Ray Radio podcast, the network has since grown to include many podcasts on diverse subjects. Read More

Carolla Digital is an American podcast network. The flagship program of the network is The Adam Carolla Show (podcast), which is released daily. The network also produces several other shows that are released on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. The network was originally called The Adam Carolla Entertainment (ACE) Broadcasting Network but in July 2012 the name of the network began transitioning to Carolla Digital. Read More

HeadGum is a podcast network formed by Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld. With studios in Los Angeles and Brooklyn, HeadGum’s goal is to produce, curate, and promote the best podcast content from around the web. Read More

HowStuffWorks got its start in 1998 at a college professor’s kitchen table. From there, we quickly grew into an award-winning source of unbiased, reliable, easy-to-understand answers and explanations of how the world actually works. Today, the network consists of writers, editors, podcasters and video hosts share all the things we’re most excited to learn about with nearly 30 million visitors to the site each month. Read More

The Riotcast Network is a network of comedy podcasts dedicated to pushing the envelope and most importantly, making you laugh!

The Ringer Network, as created by Bill Simmons, who first gained attention with his website as “The Boston Sports Guy” and previously of ESPN, has created a powerful podcast network.In May of 2007, Simmons began to podcast for ESPN, and is recognized as curated the idea for 30 for 30. Simmons served as the editor-in-chief of Grantland, a website that ESPN shut down in October of 2015 after ESPN did not renew its contract with Simmons. He went on to develop and create ‘The Ringer’, in 2016, under the Bill Simmons Media Group, which features a number of notable podcasts, as mentioned here. Read More

Rooster Teeth is a production studio based in Austin, TX responsible for some of the most watched and celebrated online series ever. The company ignited an Internet revolution and helped redefine contemporary animation when it created Red vs. Blue, longest-running web and American science fiction series in history. Rooster Teeth also produces the globally acclaimed animated show RWBY, the first western anime series to be distributed in Japan, the comedy gamer series Immersion, a reality format that brings video game theory to the real world, the chart-topping RT Podcast, and hilarious live action shorts such as Million Dollars, But… and Social Disorder. With a massive global footprint of more than 20 million subscribers to its YouTube network, 3 million unique monthly visitors to RoosterTeeth.com and 1.8 million registered community members, Rooster Teeth has one of the most active and engaged fan bases in the world. In 2011, Rooster Teeth expanded into live events with RTX, an annual gaming and Internet convention held in Austin, TX, which started as a fan event for 400 people but quickly grew to attract more than 40,000 attendees from around the world in 2015. Read More

SModcast is a weekly podcast featuring filmmaker Kevin Smith and his long-time producing partner Scott Mosier, although guests are occasionally featured. Released each Sunday night/Monday morning, the episodes are generally one hour in length and feature Smith and Mosier discussing current events and other non-sequitur topics. The name was derived from taking the first letters of “Smith” and “Mosier” and replacing the “P” in podcast. The site, Smodcast, features a number of shows, and their social media sites have millions of followers. Read More

Fangoria has a 32 year legacy of providing the best in horror and cult film entertainment and news coverage and claims to be the world’s best horror and cult magazine. They’ve expanded into the podcasting realm. Read More

Feral Audio is the fiercely independent podcast network founded by producer Dustin Marshall (Harmontown, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour, Call Chelsea Peretti) in partnership with Starburns Industries (Community, Rick & Morty, Frankenhole, and Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa).Being fiercely independent means every show on our network is 100% creator-owned, uncut, and unfiltered. Read More

Providing you with the best center-right conversation on the planet. We’ve assembled a group of some of the most talented people on the center-right — folks like our founders, Peter Robinson and Rob Long, as well as contributors like Pat Sajak, James Lileks, Richard Epstein, Victor Davis Hanson, Dennis Prager, Jim Pethokoukis, John Yoo, Amity Shlaes, Tevi Troy, Nathan Harden, Rick Wilson, and dozens of others — to engage with you in written posts and podcasts. Tackling many issues— not just politics (although that’s one of our great loves), but also economics, world affairs, social issues, religion, entertainment and the arts, race, history, the military, science and technology, gender, literature, philosophy, family life, sports, cooking. You name it, we’re talking about it. And we’re always doing so with wit, intelligence, and goodwill. Read More

90.9 WBUR-FM is Boston’s NPR news station and the home of nationally syndicated programs, including On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Car Talk, which reach millions of listeners each week on NPR stations across the United States and online. WBUR provides listeners with thorough coverage of local, national and international news from NPR, Public Radio International and the BBC, in addition to its own locally produced content. Read More

Blog Talk Radio is a web based platform that allows podcasters, radio sites and talk show hosts to create live and on-demand talk format content for distribution. The network includes The Motley Fool, Radio America, and SB Nation. Read More

Bloomberg has created a powerful network of business podcast shows, as they are connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Read More

The New York Times has aggressively entered the podcasting realm, offering a growing slate of podcasts to their audience. The Times is a global media organization dedicated to enhancing society by creating, collecting, and distributing high-quality news and information. Read More

Wall Street Journal Podcasts includes original programming on-demand as well as news and features from reporters around the globe. Browse the latest WSJ Podcasts from tech, to finance, to wealth…very comprehensive podcast platform for those that love the Wall Street Journal. Read More

Fox News has a robust platform featuring breaking news, business and political podcasts, along with highlighting some of their biggest personalities, like Bill O’Reilly and Neil Cavuto. You can also listen to their shows directly on their website, Fox News Radio. Read More