Spotify: what the public charts say, and which formats need no face
Spotify shows no listener numbers anywhere. Its public charts do show rank and movement — and that sleep, daily-brief and narrated formats hold slots in eight of thirteen categories.
Faceless formats holding chart slots (US top 50s)
| format | slots | categories |
|---|---|---|
| narrated-stories | 196 | arts,business,comedy,fiction,history,leisure,music,news,science,sports,technology,trending |
| sleep-ambient | 20 | arts,education,fiction,history,leisure,music,science,trending |
| daily-brief | 20 | business,music,news,sports,technology,trending |
| ai-format | 10 | business,science,technology,trending |
Publishers with the most slots
| publisher | slots | categories | best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| NPR | 17 | 10 | 3 |
| The Ringer | 16 | 5 | 2 |
| iHeartPodcasts | 13 | 4 | 8 |
| Goalhanger | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| Barstool Sports | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Vox Media Podcast Network | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| The New York Times | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Spotify Studios | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| History Hit | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| iHeartPodcasts and The Volume | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| Wave | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| The Wall Street Journal | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Ramsey Network | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Jellysmack | 4 | 4 | 27 |
| Bloody FM | 4 | 2 | 31 |
| Vox | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| The Athletic | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Spotify | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| SpectreVision Radio | 3 | 3 | 35 |
| NOISER | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Top 10 per category
| category | # | show | publisher | move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| arts | 1 | The Moth | The Moth | UP |
| arts | 2 | HopeScope | HopeScope | DOWN |
| arts | 3 | Nick DiGiovanni | Nick DiGiovanni | UNCHANGED |
| arts | 4 | Fresh Air | NPR | UNCHANGED |
| arts | 5 | 2FBB | Craig Fry | UNCHANGED |
| arts | 6 | Ryers Readers | Ashley | UNCHANGED |
| arts | 7 | The Magnus Archives | Rusty Quill | UP |
| arts | 8 | Soft White Underbelly | Soft White Underbelly | DOWN |
| arts | 9 | 99% Invisible | Roman Mars | UNCHANGED |
| arts | 10 | I just ate a pencil | Kotoji!!! | UNCHANGED |
| business | 1 | The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett | FlightStory | UNCHANGED |
| business | 2 | Financial Audit | Caleb Hammer | UNCHANGED |
| business | 3 | PBD Podcast | PBD Podcast | UNCHANGED |
| business | 4 | Morning Brew Daily | Morning Brew | UNCHANGED |
| business | 5 | The Ramsey Show | Ramsey Network | UNCHANGED |
| business | 6 | Planet Money | NPR | UNCHANGED |
| business | 7 | Prof G Markets | Vox Media Podcast Network | UNCHANGED |
| business | 8 | Between Episodes | Spotify | UNCHANGED |
| business | 9 | Build or Break | Daniel Lubetzky | UP |
| business | 10 | Behind the Business with Michelle Toh | Michelle Toh | DOWN |
| comedy | 1 | The Joe Rogan Experience | Joe Rogan | UNCHANGED |
| comedy | 2 | Good Hang with Amy Poehler | The Ringer | UNCHANGED |
| comedy | 3 | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von | Theo Von | UNCHANGED |
| comedy | 4 | Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast | Matt McCusker & Shane Gillis | UNCHANGED |
| comedy | 5 | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard | Armchair Umbrella | UNCHANGED |
| comedy | 6 | The Tim Dillon Show | The Tim Dillon Show | UNCHANGED |
| comedy | 7 | Bad Friends | 7EQUIS | UNCHANGED |
| comedy | 8 | Smosh Reads Reddit Stories | Smosh | UNCHANGED |
| comedy | 9 | Giggly Squad | Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo | UNCHANGED |
| comedy | 10 | The Toast | Dear Media | UP |
| education | 1 | The Mel Robbins Podcast | Mel Robbins | UNCHANGED |
| education | 2 | Let's Find Out | Let's Find Out | UNCHANGED |
| education | 3 | IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson | Higher Ground | UNCHANGED |
| education | 4 | You Choose with Billy Garton Jr. | Billy Garton Jr. | UP |
| education | 5 | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | DOWN |
| education | 6 | Motivation Daily by Motiversity | Motiversity | UP |
| education | 7 | Speak English with David & Alice | Speak English with David & Alice | DOWN |
| education | 8 | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast | DailyWire+ | UNCHANGED |
| education | 9 | Life Kit | NPR | UNCHANGED |
| education | 10 | This Is Iron Within | Iron Within | UNCHANGED |
| fiction | 1 | Horror Stories | Horror Stories | UNCHANGED |
| fiction | 2 | EXTRA ANORMAL | iEX Studios | UNCHANGED |
| fiction | 3 | Dhar Mann | Dhar Mann | UNCHANGED |
| fiction | 4 | Relatos de la Noche | Sonoro | UNCHANGED |
| fiction | 5 | Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep | Dr. NoSleep Studios | UP |
| fiction | 6 | Sleep Theories | Sleep Theories | DOWN |
| fiction | 7 | Legends of Avantris | Avantris Entertainment | UP |
| fiction | 8 | Jessica Kaylee | Jessica Kaylee | DOWN |
| fiction | 9 | INSOMNIO | Fepo | UP |
| fiction | 10 | Paranormal | Fepo | DOWN |
| history | 1 | The Rest Is History | Goalhanger | UNCHANGED |
| history | 2 | Conspiracy Theories | Spotify Studios | UNCHANGED |
| history | 3 | Lore | Aaron Mahnke | UNCHANGED |
| history | 4 | The Fat Electrician | The Fat Electrician | UNCHANGED |
| history | 5 | AREA52 - DEBRIEFED With Chris Ramsay | Chris Ramsay | UNCHANGED |
| history | 6 | Throughline | NPR | UNCHANGED |
| history | 7 | Sleepy History | Slumber Studios | UNCHANGED |
| history | 8 | World War II with Tom Hanks | The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy | UNCHANGED |
| history | 9 | Real Survival Stories | NOISER | UNCHANGED |
| history | 10 | Dan Carlin's Hardcore History | Dan Carlin | UNCHANGED |
| leisure | 1 | Joe Bartolozzi | Joe Bartolozzi | UNCHANGED |
| leisure | 2 | SoundEffectPodcast | Mr.Sound | UP |
| leisure | 3 | SSSniperWolf | SSSniperWolf | UP |
| leisure | 4 | Tales from the Stinky Dragon | Stinky Dragon | DOWN |
| leisure | 5 | Safe Space ASMR | Safe Space ASMR | UNCHANGED |
| leisure | 6 | Critical Role | Critical Role | UNCHANGED |
| leisure | 7 | Baconnwaffles0 | Baconnwaffles0 | UNCHANGED |
| leisure | 8 | Satvikas Comfort Podcast!! | Satvika 💕 | UNCHANGED |
| leisure | 9 | JudeLow | JudeLow | UNCHANGED |
| leisure | 10 | GOONS | The Goons Podcast | UNCHANGED |
| music | 1 | STAN:A | HYBE MEDIA STUDIO | UNCHANGED |
| music | 2 | Countdown To | Spotify Music Studios | UNCHANGED |
| music | 3 | BBC Radio 1 | BBC Music | UNCHANGED |
| music | 4 | The Joe Budden Podcast | The Joe Budden Network | UP |
| music | 5 | Artist Friendly with Joel Madden | Artist Friendly Media | DOWN |
| music | 6 | The Track Star Podcast | Jack Coyne | DOWN |
| music | 7 | BBM 2F | Thickums Johnson | UP |
| music | 8 | 𐙚 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙢 𝘼𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤'𝙨 (𝙉𝙎𝙁𝙒) | ᯓ★ 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙠 | UP |
| music | 9 | Unfamous with Justin Tranter | Justin Tranter + Morgan Stuart | UNCHANGED |
| music | 10 | JYP Podcast | JYP Entertainment | DOWN |
| news | 1 | The Daily | The New York Times | UNCHANGED |
| news | 2 | The Tucker Carlson Show | Tucker Carlson Network | UNCHANGED |
| news | 3 | Up First from NPR | NPR | UNCHANGED |
| news | 4 | The Journal. | The Wall Street Journal | UNCHANGED |
| news | 5 | Candace | Candace Owens | UNCHANGED |
| news | 6 | NPR News Now | NPR | UNCHANGED |
| news | 7 | Pod Save America | Pod Save America | UNCHANGED |
| news | 8 | The Ben Shapiro Show | The Daily Wire | UNCHANGED |
| news | 9 | Today, Explained | Vox | UNCHANGED |
| news | 10 | Breaking News from Pod Save America | Crooked Media | UNCHANGED |
| science | 1 | Science Vs | Spotify Studios | UNCHANGED |
| science | 2 | Ologies with Alie Ward | Alie Ward | UNCHANGED |
| science | 3 | Hidden Brain | Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam | UNCHANGED |
| science | 4 | Radiolab | WNYC Studios | UNCHANGED |
| science | 5 | StarTalk Radio | Neil deGrasse Tyson | UNCHANGED |
| science | 6 | Boring History for Sleep | Velvet | UNCHANGED |
| science | 7 | Short Wave | NPR | UNCHANGED |
| science | 8 | WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp | Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp | UNCHANGED |
| science | 9 | Blurry Creatures | Blurry Creatures | UNCHANGED |
| science | 10 | The Rest Is Science | Goalhanger | UP |
| sports | 1 | Pardon My Take | Barstool Sports | UNCHANGED |
| sports | 2 | The Bill Simmons Podcast | The Ringer | UNCHANGED |
| sports | 3 | Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast | Fantasy Football | UNCHANGED |
| sports | 4 | The Ringer Fantasy Football Show | The Ringer | UNCHANGED |
| sports | 5 | The MeatEater Podcast | MeatEater | UNCHANGED |
| sports | 6 | The Zach Lowe Show | The Ringer | UNCHANGED |
| sports | 7 | The Ryen Russillo Show | Barstool Sports | UNCHANGED |
| sports | 8 | FantasyPros - Fantasy Football Podcast | iHeartPodcasts | UP |
| sports | 9 | New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce | Wondery | DOWN |
| sports | 10 | Fantasy Focus Football | ESPN, Field Yates, Stephania Bell, Mike Clay, Daniel Dopp | UNCHANGED |
| technology | 1 | All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg | All-In Podcast, LLC | UNCHANGED |
| technology | 2 | American Alchemy with Jesse Michels | Jesse Michels | UNCHANGED |
| technology | 3 | Lex Fridman Podcast | Lex Fridman | UNCHANGED |
| technology | 4 | Dwarkesh Podcast | Dwarkesh Patel | UNCHANGED |
| technology | 5 | Acquired | Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal | UNCHANGED |
| technology | 6 | The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis | Nathaniel Whittemore | UNCHANGED |
| technology | 7 | Sources with Alex Heath | Alex Heath | UNCHANGED |
| technology | 8 | Hard Fork | The New York Times | UNCHANGED |
| technology | 9 | I've Got Questions with Sinead Bovell | Sinead Bovell | UP |
| technology | 10 | Search Engine | PJ Vogt | UP |
podcastcharts.byspotify.com, US, 2026-09-13. Spotify publishes no play counts; rank and movement are the only public listener-side numbers.
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