Best News Podcasts
Updated: June 5, 2026
Top news podcasts for staying informed. Daily briefings, politics, business news, tech news, and in-depth analysis from trusted voices.
Top News Podcasts — Updated Daily for 2026
Discover the 50 most popular news podcasts based on daily Apple Podcasts chart rankings. This list is curated by CastFox using real listening data — not editorial picks — so you always see what audiences are actually tuning into. From breakout new shows to established favorites, these are the news podcasts dominating the charts right now. Click any podcast to explore its full analytics profile with global rankings, listener estimates, Apple Podcasts reviews, and more.
Top 50 Podcasts
50 shows- 1
The Daily
The New York Times
- 2
Up First from NPR
NPR
- 3
Pod Save America
Pod Save America
- 4
The Megyn Kelly Show
SiriusXM
- 5
The Bulwark Podcast
The Bulwark
- 6
The Ben Shapiro Show
The Daily Wire
- 7
Morning Wire
The Daily Wire
- 8
Pivot
New York Magazine
- 9
The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Network
- 10
The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson Network
- 11
The Dan Bongino Show
Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino
- 12
NPR News Now
NPR
- 13
The Headlines
The New York Times
- 14
IHIP News
Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan
- 15
The Journal.
The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios
- 16
Apple News Today
Apple News
- 17
Today, Explained
Vox
- 18
WSJ What’s News
The Wall Street Journal
- 19
Global News Podcast
BBC World Service
- 20
The NPR Politics Podcast
NPR
- 21
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Vox Media Podcast Network
- 22
Ruthless Podcast
Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook
- 23
Serial
Serial Productions & The New York Times
- 24
The Glenn Beck Program
Mercury Radio Arts
- 25
Bulwark Takes
The Bulwark
- 26
Letters from an American
Heather Cox Richardson
- 27
Armstrong & Getty On Demand
iHeartPodcasts
- 28
The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW
- 29
The World and Everything In It
WORLD Radio
- 30
The Matt Walsh Show
The Daily Wire
- 31
Deadline: White House
Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW
- 32
The President's Daily Brief
The First TV
- 33
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
iHeartPodcasts
- 34
Pod Save the World
Pod Save the World
- 35
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words
Victor Davis Hanson | The Daily Signal
- 36
What A Day
What A Day
- 37
Consider This from NPR
NPR
- 38
All In with Chris Hayes
MS NOW, Chris Hayes
- 39
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
MS NOW, Jen Psaki
- 40
The Rachel Maddow Show
Rachel Maddow, MS NOW
- 41
The Daily Beast Podcast
The Daily Beast, Joanna Coles
- 42
The Michael Knowles Show
The Daily Wire
- 43
Start Here
ABC News
- 44
The New Yorker Radio Hour
WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
- 45
Political Gabfest
Slate Podcasts
- 46
Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis
Bill O'Reilly
- 47
Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Ringer
- 48
Lovett or Leave It
Lovett or Leave It
- 49
Candace
Candace Owens
- 50
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Premiere Networks
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How CastFox Ranks Podcasts
CastFox ranks podcasts using real chart data collected daily from Apple Podcasts. Unlike editorial picks or listener polls, our rankings are based on actual chart performance — giving you an objective view of what people are listening to right now.
We track chart positions across every genre and over 100 countries. Each podcast on this page is ranked by its position on the Apple Podcasts charts, deduplicated and sorted to show the most popular shows first. Rankings refresh every 24 hours so you always see the latest trends.
Click any podcast to access its full CastFox analytics profile. You can explore estimated audience size, chart history over time, Apple Podcasts ratings and reviews, YouTube presence, platform availability, and AI-powered web analysis — all in one place.
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