The 20 Best Tech Podcasts of 2026: Ranked by Real Chart Data
Updated September 2026 · Based on CastFox data covering 23 Apple Podcasts chart snapshots in 78 countries (2026-02-24 to 2026-09-04) and 5M+ indexed podcasts
The best tech podcasts of 2026, by the numbers, are the 20 shows below: every one of them appeared in all 23 CastFox snapshots of the US Apple Podcasts Technology chart between February 24 and September 4, 2026, and the #1 show, Acquired, held an average US rank of 2.3 and charted in 77 of the 78 countries we track on the latest scrape. Most "best tech podcasts 2026" lists are one editor's subscriptions. This one is built from CastFox's daily chart data, so a show is here because listeners kept it in the top 100 for seven straight months, not because it had one viral episode.
Technology is no longer one category, and the 2026 top 20 splits into five formats. AI news and AI engineering shows (The AI Daily Brief, Latent Space, Practical AI). Tech news and consumer gadgets (Hard Fork from The New York Times, The Vergecast, Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast, Better Offline). Startups, venture capital, and Silicon Valley, which is the biggest block at the top of the chart (Acquired, All-In, The a16z Show, TBPN, Lenny's Podcast). Long-form interviews and big ideas (Lex Fridman Podcast, Dwarkesh Podcast, TED Radio Hour, Search Engine, American Alchemy, Tomorrow, Today). And two shows about the darker and quieter sides of digital life: Darknet Diaries on cybercrime and Deep Questions with Cal Newport on focus.
This is the September 2026 refresh of our tech ranking, and it replaces a list we last updated in May. The main list rewards consistency, so it moves slowly; the "Rising this month" section below it is where the movement is, and this month it is led by Shell Game and by Apple-focused shows such as The MacRumors Show that were outside the US top 100 in July and are inside it now. Each card shows the real cover art, the host or publisher, what the show is, why it earned its place, and who it is best for, plus the chart record behind the ranking: snapshots appeared in, average US rank, and the number of countries it charted in on the latest scrape. Click through to CastFox for the full profile with audience estimates, chart history in every country, reviews, and contact details, and you can monitor any of these shows in CastFox as the chart changes.
The 20 best tech podcasts of 2026 at a glance
| # | Podcast | Hosted by | Avg US rank | Best rank | Countries charting | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acquired | Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal | 2.3 | #1 | 77 | 214 |
| 2 | All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg | All-In Podcast, LLC | 1.9 | #1 | 75 | 369 |
| 3 | Hard Fork | The New York Times | 7 | #3 | 75 | 192 |
| 4 | Lex Fridman Podcast | Lex Fridman | 11.4 | #4 | 77 | 496 |
| 5 | Dwarkesh Podcast | Dwarkesh Patel | 11.8 | #1 | 73 | 123 |
| 6 | The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis | Nathaniel Whittemore | 5.6 | #2 | 65 | 952 |
| 7 | TED Radio Hour | NPR | 12.3 | #6 | 64 | 300 |
| 8 | Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth | Lenny Rachitsky | 20.1 | #14 | 73 | 338 |
| 9 | Darknet Diaries | Jack Rhysider | 20.2 | #15 | 71 | 172 |
| 10 | The Vergecast | The Verge | 22.4 | #13 | 73 | 986 |
| 11 | The a16z Show | Andreessen Horowitz | 21.1 | #14 | 71 | 1,000 |
| 12 | Search Engine | PJ Vogt | 13.3 | #4 | 60 | 130 |
| 13 | Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast | MKBHD | 28 | #19 | 70 | 348 |
| 14 | Deep Questions with Cal Newport | Cal Newport | 25.8 | #16 | 65 | 417 |
| 15 | Better Offline | Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts | 24 | #11 | 62 | 230 |
| 16 | American Alchemy with Jesse Michels | Jesse Michels | 16.7 | #9 | 40 | 119 |
| 17 | TBPN | John Coogan & Jordi Hays | 28.2 | #3 | 48 | 490 |
| 18 | Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast | Latent.Space | 35.7 | #26 | 45 | 191 |
| 19 | Tomorrow, Today | Shekhar Natarajan | 4.1 | #1 | 5 | 7 |
| 20 | Practical AI | Practical AI LLC | 47.2 | #34 | 54 | 354 |
Jump to a Show
- #1. Acquired
- #2. All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
- #3. Hard Fork
- #4. Lex Fridman Podcast
- #5. Dwarkesh Podcast
- #6. The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
- #7. TED Radio Hour
- #8. Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
- #9. Darknet Diaries
- #10. The Vergecast
- #11. The a16z Show
- #12. Search Engine
- #13. Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
- #14. Deep Questions with Cal Newport
- #15. Better Offline
- #16. American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
- #17. TBPN
- #18. Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast
- #19. Tomorrow, Today
- #20. Practical AI
Rising this month · How we ranked these · How to pick the right show · FAQ
The 20 Best Tech Podcasts to Listen To in 2026
Startups, Venture Capital, and Silicon Valley
#1. Acquired
Hosted by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
About this show: Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal tell the story of one great company per episode: how it was built, the playbook behind it, and what you can take from it.
Why it made the list in 2026: The most consistent show in the category and the widest-reaching: it stayed near the top of the US chart in every snapshot and charted in almost every country CastFox follows. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 2.3, best #1, charting in 77 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Founders, operators, and investors who want the long version of how a company actually happened.
#2. All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Hosted by All-In Podcast, LLC
About this show: Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg, four industry veterans and self-described besties, cover economics, tech, politics, and poker every week.
Why it made the list in 2026: The best average US rank of any show on the list; it is the show that stays closest to #1 week after week, and it reaches nearly as many countries as Acquired. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 1.9, best #1, charting in 75 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Listeners who want the investor's view of the week, opinions included.
#8. Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
Hosted by Lenny Rachitsky
About this show: Lenny Rachitsky interviews product leaders and growth experts for concrete, tactical advice on how to build, launch, and grow a product.
Why it made the list in 2026: The only product-management show in the top 20, and one with unusually wide international reach for a niche interview format. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 20.1, best #14, charting in 73 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Product managers, engineers moving into product, and founders shipping their first product.
#11. The a16z Show
Hosted by Andreessen Horowitz
About this show: Andreessen Horowitz's own podcast on tech and culture trends, news, and the future, with industry experts, business leaders, and the firm's partners, released several times a week.
Why it made the list in 2026: The venture-capital show with the deepest bench of guests and one of the highest publishing rates on the list, and it charted in more than 70 countries. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 21.1, best #14, charting in 71 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Founders raising money and anyone who wants to hear how a top-tier venture firm thinks.
#17. TBPN
Hosted by John Coogan & Jordi Hays
About this show: A live weekday tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streamed on X and YouTube and posted as full episodes right after airing; its description notes interviews with Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella.
Why it made the list in 2026: The fastest-rising format on the chart: a daily live show that reached the top three in the US this year while publishing more often than almost anything else on the list. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 28.2, best #3, charting in 48 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: People who work in or around Silicon Valley and want the daily conversation, not a weekly summary.
Tech News and Consumer Gadgets
#3. Hard Fork
Hosted by The New York Times
About this show: The New York Times' weekly tech show, in which journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Why it made the list in 2026: The highest-ranked tech news show and the third-best show overall: a newsroom program that beat most independent shows on both US rank and global reach. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 7, best #3, charting in 75 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Anyone who wants the week's tech news explained by reporters rather than investors.
#10. The Vergecast
Hosted by The Verge
About this show: The Verge's flagship podcast about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between: Nilay Patel and David Pierce on the week's news every Friday, and a Tuesday episode on how gadgets and software affect our lives.
Why it made the list in 2026: One of the longest-running shows on the chart, with nearly a thousand episodes, and still in the US top 100 in every snapshot with reach in more than 70 countries. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 22.4, best #13, charting in 73 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Gadget buyers and people who follow the big platforms week to week.
#13. Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
Hosted by MKBHD
About this show: Marques Brownlee, better known as MKBHD, with co-hosts Andrew Manganelli and David Imel, on the latest in consumer technology, from smartphones to cameras to electric cars.
Why it made the list in 2026: The biggest consumer-hardware show on the list, built on more than a decade of product reviews, and it charted in 70 countries on the latest scrape. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 28, best #19, charting in 70 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Gadget lovers and tech heads, as the show itself puts it, who want the reviewer's perspective.
#15. Better Offline
Hosted by Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
About this show: A weekly show from Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts that investigates the tech industry's influence on society and its growth-at-all-costs future, mixing narrative storytelling, interviews, and panel discussions.
Why it made the list in 2026: The critical voice on a chart full of insiders; it reached the US top 15 this year and stayed in the top 100 in every snapshot. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 24, best #11, charting in 62 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Listeners who are skeptical of the industry and want that skepticism argued with evidence.
AI News and AI Engineering
#6. The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore
About this show: Nathaniel Whittemore's daily news analysis show on all things artificial intelligence, from new creative tools to the disruption of work and the questions of alignment and risk.
Why it made the list in 2026: The best average US rank of any AI show and the second-best on the entire list, with more than 950 episodes; it is the daily habit of the AI-following audience. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 5.6, best #2, charting in 65 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Anyone who needs to keep up with AI every day without reading every announcement.
#18. Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast
Hosted by Latent.Space
About this show: The podcast by and for AI engineers, covering foundation models, code generation, multimodality, AI agents, and GPU infrastructure directly with the founders and builders involved.
Why it made the list in 2026: The most technical show in the top 20 and the one with the clearest audience: it stayed in the US top 100 in every snapshot on the strength of practitioners alone. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 35.7, best #26, charting in 45 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Engineers building on top of models, and technical leaders who need to understand what their teams are doing.
#20. Practical AI
Hosted by Practical AI LLC
About this show: A show in which technology professionals, business people, students, and expert guests discuss artificial intelligence and related topics like machine learning, MLOps, and LLMs, with a focus on productive real-world implementations.
Why it made the list in 2026: The accessible AI engineering show: it made the list on consistency, appearing in every snapshot, and it charted in more than 50 countries. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 47.2, best #34, charting in 54 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Developers and business people who want AI they can actually deploy.
Long-Form Interviews and Big Ideas
#4. Lex Fridman Podcast
Hosted by Lex Fridman
About this show: Lex Fridman, an AI researcher, holds long conversations about technology, science, philosophy, AI, robotics, programming, geopolitics, and the human condition with guests from all walks of life.
Why it made the list in 2026: The widest-reaching interview show on the chart, matching the #1 show on countries, and one of the few shows that ranks in the US top 100 in nearly every country CastFox tracks. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 11.4, best #4, charting in 77 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Listeners with two or three hours who want depth over speed.
#5. Dwarkesh Podcast
Hosted by Dwarkesh Patel
About this show: Dwarkesh Patel's deeply researched interviews, as the show describes itself, with expert guests across technology and science.
Why it made the list in 2026: It reached #1 in the US during the tracking window and charted in 73 countries; it is the interview show that has grown into a direct competitor to the established names. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 11.8, best #1, charting in 73 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: People who want interviews where the host has read everything the guest has written.
#7. TED Radio Hour
Hosted by NPR
About this show: NPR's Manoush Zomorodi explores the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers, drawing on TED talks.
Why it made the list in 2026: The most general-audience show in the top 20; it stayed in the US top 100 in every snapshot and reached the top 10 this year despite covering far more than technology. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 12.3, best #6, charting in 64 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Curious listeners who want ideas about technology and society without industry jargon.
#12. Search Engine
Hosted by PJ Vogt
About this show: PJ Vogt, formerly of Reply All, tries to make sense of the world one question at a time, with no question too big or too small; edited by Sruthi Pinnamaneni.
Why it made the list in 2026: The best average US rank of any narrative show on the list, and it reached the US top five this year on the strength of storytelling rather than news. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 13.3, best #4, charting in 60 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: People who like a well-told answer to a question they did not know they had.
#16. American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
Hosted by Jesse Michels
About this show: Jesse Michels' weekly show highlighting what it calls the most heretical thinkers and ideas of our time, across technology, science, society, and culture.
Why it made the list in 2026: A strong US chart record, reaching the top 10 this year; its international reach is narrower than most of the list, which is why it ranks in the teens rather than the top 10. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 16.7, best #9, charting in 40 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Listeners who want unconventional ideas and are comfortable questioning mainstream narratives.
#19. Tomorrow, Today
Hosted by Shekhar Natarajan
About this show: Shekhar Natarajan, founder and CEO of Orchestro.AI and a former senior executive at American Eagle, Walmart, Target, and Disney, asks what-if questions about the future: what if humans lived 300 years, what if AI replaces friendships, what if consciousness could be uploaded.
Why it made the list in 2026: A new show with only seven episodes in our data, but it appeared in every snapshot and reached #1 in the US; its very small international footprint keeps it near the bottom of the list. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 4.1, best #1, charting in 5 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Listeners who want short, speculative conversations about where technology is taking us.
Cybersecurity, Focus, and Digital Life
#9. Darknet Diaries
Hosted by Jack Rhysider
About this show: Jack Rhysider tells true stories from the dark side of the Internet: hacking, data breaches, and cybercrime, in narrative form.
Why it made the list in 2026: The only cybersecurity show in the top 20 and one of the most international, charting in more than 70 countries; a narrative show that held its place through every snapshot. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 20.2, best #15, charting in 71 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Security professionals and anyone who likes a true story with a technical core.
#14. Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Hosted by Cal Newport
About this show: Cal Newport, a computer science professor and New York Times bestselling author, answers reader questions about cultivating focus, productivity, and meaning in a world of digital distraction.
Why it made the list in 2026: The one show on the list about living with technology rather than following it, and it charted in every snapshot with reach in more than 60 countries. Chart record: 23 of 23 US snapshots, average US rank 25.8, best #16, charting in 65 countries on the latest scrape.
Best fit for: Knowledge workers and engineers who want to do deep work in a distracted industry.
Rising This Month: Tech Podcasts Climbing the Charts (September 2026)
These are the tech shows moving up fastest in CastFox rankings. We compare each show's average US chart position across the 3 most recent snapshots (2026-08-08 to 2026-09-04) with the 3 snapshots before that. A show that was outside the top 100 in the prior window is marked as new to the top 100. This section is refreshed every month; the main list above changes more slowly because it rewards consistency.
Shell Game
Hosted by Kaleidoscope. Shell Game moved from an average of #99 to #56 (up 43 places), with a best US rank of #23 so far in 2026 and a top-100 position in 9 countries on the latest snapshot. A podcast about things that are not what they seem, hosted by journalist Evan Ratliff. Season 2 tells the story of enterprise and entrepreneurship in the AI age. Or: how Evan tried to build a real startup, run by fake...
Technically Creative by KoobrikLabs New to the top 100
Hosted by Orlando Wood. Technically Creative by KoobrikLabs new to the US top 100, now averaging #59.5, with a best US rank of #39 so far in 2026 and a top-100 position in 4 countries on the latest snapshot. Technically Creative by KoobrikLabs explores how technology and AI are transforming the creative industries. In a world where creativity and technology increasingly intersect, artists, designers, and storytellers need...
Apple Events
Hosted by Apple. Apple Events moved from an average of #99 to #68 (up 31 places), with a best US rank of #11 so far in 2026 and a top-100 position in 75 countries on the latest snapshot. The Apple Events podcast is home to the latest keynote addresses. Listen to announcements of new products and services, and browse the archive of past events to relive revolutionary moments in the history of personal...
Unriveted New to the top 100
Hosted by Unriveted Media: Martin Miller & John Sukup. Unriveted new to the US top 100, now averaging #73, with a best US rank of #64 so far in 2026 and a top-100 position in 1 country on the latest snapshot. Welcome to the Unriveted Podcast, where we dial in on technology and the intersections of digital transformation, artificial intelligence, machine learning and people. Additionally we will cover topics supportive of our...
The MacRumors Show New to the top 100
Hosted by The MacRumors Show. The MacRumors Show new to the US top 100, now averaging #74.5, with a best US rank of #66 so far in 2026 and a top-100 position in 17 countries on the latest snapshot.
How We Ranked These: CastFox Methodology
CastFox scrapes the Apple Podcasts charts every day in 78 countries and stores every position in the top 200 of every genre. For this list we took the 23 2026 snapshots of the US Tech chart between 2026-02-24 and 2026-09-04, and scored every show that appeared in the top 100 of any of them.
- Consistency (50% of the score): the number of snapshots in which the show appeared in the US top 100. Every show on this list scored 23 out of 23, which is the filter that removes one-week spikes.
- Average US rank (30%): the mean of the show's US chart positions across those snapshots. Lower is better.
- Global reach (20%): the number of tracked countries in which the show was in the genre top 100 on the most recent snapshot. This is what separates a show with a large US following from a show with a global one.
There are no paid placements and no editorial overrides. A few shows on this list would not be our personal picks; they are here because the chart data put them here, and we would rather show you what people are actually listening to than what we think they should be. Chart position is not the same as audience size, so treat the ranking as a measure of sustained popularity rather than a download count. For a deeper look at what chart data can and cannot tell you, read how podcast audience demographics are calculated.
How to Pick the Right Tech Podcast for You
What are the best technology podcasts for beginners?
Start with the shows that explain the news rather than assume you already follow it. Hard Fork is the easiest entry point on this list: two journalists, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, walk through the week's biggest tech stories, and it held an average US rank of 7 across all 23 snapshots. The Vergecast does the same for gadgets and Big Tech every Friday, with a Tuesday episode on how software and devices affect daily life. TED Radio Hour and Search Engine are built around questions rather than industry jargon, so they work even if you have never read a tech blog. If you want AI explained daily without a technical background, The AI Daily Brief describes itself as looking at AI from multiple angles, from creative tools to the effect on work. Save the engineering shows and the venture-capital shows for later.
What are the best tech news podcasts daily listeners should follow?
Only a few shows on the list publish every weekday, and they cover different beats. The AI Daily Brief is the daily AI news show, and it had the second-best average US rank on the whole list at 5.6. TBPN is a live tech talk show that streams weekdays and posts full episodes right after airing, and it reached a best US rank of 3 this year. The a16z Show releases multiple episodes every week from the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz. For weekly news, Hard Fork and The Vergecast are the two newsroom shows, and Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast covers the week in consumer gadgets. If you only have time for one daily show, pick by topic: AI Daily Brief for models and tools, TBPN for the business of Silicon Valley.
What are the best podcasts about startups and Silicon Valley?
This is the strongest group on the chart. Acquired, the #1 show, tells the story and playbook of one great company per episode and charted in 77 countries on the latest scrape. All-In had the best average US rank of any show on the list at 1.9, with four investor hosts covering economics, tech, and politics. The a16z Show comes straight from a Silicon Valley venture firm, TBPN is a weekday talk show that has interviewed Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and Satya Nadella according to its own description, and Lenny's Podcast interviews product leaders and growth experts about how they built and launched their products. Between them, these five cover the money, the operators, and the daily chatter of the Valley.
What are the best cybersecurity podcasts 2026 has on the chart?
Darknet Diaries is the only pure cybersecurity show in the top 20, and it earned its place: it appeared in all 23 snapshots with an average US rank of 20.2 and charted in 71 countries. Jack Rhysider tells true stories of hacking, data breaches, and cybercrime in narrative form, so it works for security professionals and for listeners who just like a good story. Better Offline is the closest neighbor on the list; it describes itself as investigating the schemes and scams of the tech industry, which overlaps with security more than its title suggests. For a deeper set of security shows, including ones that rank in the top 100 but not the top 20, the CastFox Technology hub lists the full chart in each of the 78 countries we track.
What are the best podcasts for software engineers?
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast calls itself the podcast by and for AI engineers and covers code generation, agents, and GPU infrastructure directly with the people building them; it is the most technical show on the list. Practical AI focuses on productive implementations and real-world scenarios in machine learning and MLOps. Lenny's Podcast is the one for engineers moving toward product roles, and Deep Questions with Cal Newport, hosted by a computer science professor, is about how to do focused technical work in a distracting environment. For the industry context an engineer needs beyond the codebase, Hard Fork and The Vergecast are the fastest weekly catch-ups, and Acquired explains why the companies you work for made the decisions they made.
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What is the best tech podcast in 2026?
By CastFox's chart-consistency score, Acquired is the best tech podcast of 2026: it appeared in all 23 US Technology chart snapshots between February and September 2026 with an average US rank of 2.3 and top-100 positions in 77 of the 78 countries CastFox tracks. All-In is second with an average US rank of 1.9 and 75 countries, and Hard Fork from The New York Times is third with an average rank of 7 and 75 countries.
What is the most popular tech podcast in 2026?
In the US, All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg: it held the best average US rank on the chart at 1.9 across all 23 snapshots, and reached #1 during the tracking window. Acquired is right behind it at 2.3 and has slightly wider international reach, charting in 77 countries to All-In's 75, which is why Acquired edges it in the overall score. CastFox measures chart position rather than downloads, so "most popular" here means the show listeners most consistently keep at the top of the Apple Podcasts Technology chart.
How is this list ranked?
Each show's score combines three things from CastFox's daily Apple Podcasts chart data: how many of the 23 2026 US Technology chart snapshots it appeared in the top 100 of (50% of the score), its average US rank across those appearances (30%), and how many of 78 tracked countries it charted in on the latest scrape (20%). No paid placements and no editorial overrides. The Rising this month section uses a different measure: the change in average US rank between the three latest snapshots and the three before them.
Which tech podcasts are growing fastest in 2026?
The biggest climber in the Rising this month section is Shell Game, which moved from an average US rank of #99 in July to #56 in the three most recent snapshots. Several shows are new to the US top 100 this month, including Technically Creative by KoobrikLabs, Unriveted, The MacRumors Show, Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson, and AppleInsider Podcast, and Apple Events itself climbed from #99 to #68. Among established shows, Endless Thread, What Bitcoin Did, and Accidental Tech Podcast each gained 20 places or more.
Why are business shows like Acquired and All-In at the top of a tech list?
Because Apple's Technology chart puts them there, and the ranking follows the chart. Both shows are about the business of technology: Acquired tells the stories of how the largest technology companies were built, and All-In is four technology investors discussing tech, economics, and politics. The same goes for Tomorrow, Today, a newer show with seven episodes in our data that reached #1 in the US but charted in only 5 countries; it is on the list because it appeared in every snapshot, and its low country count is why it sits near the bottom rather than the top.