Triton Digital reports the iHeartPodcast Audience Network remained the biggest U.S. sales network among those it measured in February. Triton says iHeart earned the top spot again on the Top Sales Networks report, with 70.9 million average weekly downloads, which was a 10% jump from January. And iHeart had 20.9 million average weekly users last month, which was a 15% increase month-to-month.
NPR remained in second, with 28.2 million average weekly downloads and 7.1 million average weekly users in February — both up from the prior month. The Audacy Podcast Network ranked third with 14.2 million average weekly downloads and 5.4 million average weekly users as it also saw month-to-month gains.
Paramount, which had been in sixth place in January, pulled out of the Triton ranker last month. That pushed the Salem Podcast Network, Soundrise, American Public Media Group, and All Things Comedy up one spot, while CBC/Radio-Canada jumped two to enter the U.S. top ten.
Triton says the top three podcasts based on downloads were NPR News Now, which again was followed by NPR’s Up First and Cumulus Podcast Network’s The Dan Bongino Show, followed by iHeart’s Stuff You Should Know and Cumulus Podcast Network’s Shawn Ryan Show. Each were in the same position as they were a month earlier. But there will be changes in the coming reports as Bongino has ended his show to take a job in the Trump administration.
When the podcasts are ranked by the number of unique listeners, the top three podcasts included NPR News Now followed by NPR’s Up First and The Dan Bongino Show.
Download Triton Digital’s U.S. Podcast Ranker HERE.