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.
3,652 products806 gigs priced across 13 roles800 chart rows, 13 categories245 listings with multiples150 categories ranked11 pages rendered from the index20 posts published by machine
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, 2026-09-14. Spotify publishes no play counts; rank and movement are the only public listener-side numbers.