
The Journal.
by The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios
Is this your podcast?The Wall Street Journal is a renowned financial news organization known for its in-depth analysis of business, economic, and political issues, while Spotify Studios focuses on creating compelling audio content. Together, they produce "The J…
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Audience Interest
- business news
- financial analysis
Podcast Focus
- money stories
- business insights
Publishing Consistency
- 300 episodes
- active for 1 year
Platform Reach
- Spotify
- The Wall Street Journal
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Total monthly reach
Estimated from 36 chart positions in 36 markets.
By chart position
- 🇺🇸US · Daily News#6300K to 1M
- 🇨🇦CA · Daily News#7300K to 1M
- 🇦🇺AU · Daily News#16300K to 1M
- 🇮🇳IN · Daily News#6100K to 300K
- 🇰🇷KR · Daily News#13100K to 300K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
801K to 2.5M🎙 Daily cadence·300 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
2.7M to 8.5M🇺🇸12%🇨🇦12%🇦🇺12%+33 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
801K to 2.5M6.6M real followers tracked across platforms
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From 39 epsHosts
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Recent episodes
Peptides Are Everywhere. Businesses Are Cashing In.
Jul 30, 2026
20m 34s
Confused About Automated Driving Features? You’re Not Alone.
Jul 29, 2026
21m 07s
Chinese AI Is Spooking Silicon Valley
Jul 28, 2026
19m 58s
Tariffs Are Back. What’s Changed?
Jul 27, 2026
22m 21s
The Data Is In on Work From Home
Jul 26, 2026
25m 55s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/30/26 | Peptides Are Everywhere. Businesses Are Cashing In. | Tickets for our live show in New York are on sale now! Get yours here. Peptides are a huge part of the wellness craze that’s sweeping social media. Demand for restricted peptides has fueled an online gray market for injections promising youth, beauty and strength. Businesses are racing—and taking risks—to get in on the craze. WSJ's Sara Ashley O’Brien explores the burgeoning peptide market and how a recent FDA hearing could signal things are only just getting started. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: - Trillion Dollar Shot - The FDA Boss on the Agency's MAHA Makeover Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 20m 34s | ||||||
| 7/29/26 | Confused About Automated Driving Features? You’re Not Alone. | Tickets for our live show in New York are on sale now! Get yours here. Hands-free driving technology is changing the way people drive, and in some cases leading to accidents. WSJ's Ryan Felton reports on how Ford rolled out its BlueCruise technology and how confusion over what the system can do has led to crashes. Ryan Knutson hosts. Further Listening: - How Deadly Airbags Are Getting Inside Cars - The Shake-Up Coming for Car Dealerships Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 21m 07s | ||||||
| 7/28/26 | Chinese AI Is Spooking Silicon Valley | Low-cost artificial intelligence models from China are rapidly improving, closing the gap with U.S. AI products and forcing an industry-wide debate over the future of AI. WSJ’s Amrith Ramkumar explains how these "open-weight" models have caused a rift in Silicon Valley. Ryan Knutson hosts. Further Listening: - How to Keep Up with AI At Work (Without Losing Your Mind)- Microsoft’s CEO Has a Message: Don’t Let AI Eat the Economy Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 19m 58s | ||||||
| 7/27/26 | Tariffs Are Back. What’s Changed? | Tickets for our live show in New York are on sale now! Get yours here. The Trump administration is imposing tariffs ranging from 10% to 12.5% on its major trading partners as part of a new set of duties that the White House says are designed to combat forced labor. The White House has also proposed new tariffs for fining U.S. tech companies. WSJ’s Gavin Bade walks us through the new levies and explores the architect behind them and how he built them to last. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: - How Do You Refund $166 Billion? - Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal. He's Got a Plan B. - Trump's Tariff Whiplash. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 22m 21s | ||||||
| 7/26/26 | The Data Is In on Work From Home | Six years after the pandemic, remote work has become a mainstay of the economy, with almost a quarter of work days taking place outside traditional offices. WSJ’s Owen Tucker-Smith explains how this has reshaped businesses, the economy and our work lives. And we hear from you about your love-hate relationship with working from home. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: - How an Influencer Built His Business, One Dog at a Time - How to Keep Up with AI At Work (Without Losing Your Mind)Further Reading: - The Power of Proximity to Coworkers- Does Working from Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment- Work from Home and Productivity: Evidence from Personnel and Analytics Data on Information Technology Professionals- Remote Work Leaves Younger Workers Sidelined- Has the Rise of Work from Home Reduced the Motherhood Penalty in the Labor Market?- Remote Work or More Pay: What Tech Workers Value in One Chart- Home Alone: Remote Work, Isolation, and Mental Health Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 25m 55s | ||||||
| 7/24/26 | How Deadly Airbags Are Getting Inside Cars | Tickets for our live show in New York are on sale now! Get yours here. Airbags are meant to save lives, but imported, counterfeit parts have killed at least 10 U.S. drivers. and regulators have don't know how many more are in cars on the road today. WSJ’s Ryan Felton breaks down the market for these parts, the race to figure out where they’re coming from and how you can stay safe. Ryan Knutson hosts. Further Listening: - The Shake-Up Coming for Car Dealerships - The Repo Man Is Busier Than Ever Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 19m 32s | ||||||
| 7/23/26 | Can't Get an IMAX Ticket? That's Kind of the Point. | Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is one of the biggest movies of the year. It is also his first film entirely shot on IMAX 70mm film. But there are fewer than 40 70mm film IMAX theaters in the United States, making those tickets some of the most coveted this summer. Ryan Knutson talks with IMAX’s CEO, Richard Gelfond, about the company’s origins, his relationship with Nolan and why he isn’t scared of competitors. Further Listening: - These Movies Finally Got Gen Z Into Theaters - Why Hollywood Can't Find Good Scripts Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 25m 27s | ||||||
| 7/22/26 | Do Sanctions Still Work? | The U.S. has leaned on sanctions for decades as a way to apply pressure on its adversaries. But countries like Iran and Russia have found increasingly sophisticated ways to get around those sanctions. WSJ’s Rory Jones explains why Washington’s ability to force other governments to change through economic pressure is diminishing. And Jessica Mendoza sits down with Senator Richard Blumenthal (D., CT) to talk about a new sanctions bill against Russia. Further Listening: - How a Year of Sanctions Is Impacting Russians - How Putin Has Planned For Sanctions Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 27m 07s | ||||||
| 7/21/26 | What's Going On With Lettuce? | Thousands of people across the country have fallen ill in a parasitic outbreak of cyclosporosis linked to contaminated lettuce, but a series of conflicting announcements about where this outbreak started has left consumers confused. WSJ's Jesse Newman and Sabrina Siddiqui look into Taylor Farms, the sprawling company at the center of the outbreak, and explain the communication breakdown. Jessica Mendoza hosts. More info on our upcoming NYC Live Show here! Further Listening: - McDonald’s and Coke's Marriage Might Need a Refresher - The Vape Cloud Hanging Over the FDA Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 19m 46s | ||||||
| 7/20/26 | auto insurancecorporate restructuring+3 | Jean Eaglesham | State FarmProgressive | — | State FarmProgressive+4 | — | 21m 46s | ||
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| 7/19/26 | influencer businessdog photography+3 | Elias Weiss Friedman | The DogistThe Wall Street Journal+1 | New York City | Elias Weiss FriedmanThe Dogist+3 | — | 21m 14s | ||
| 7/17/26 | World CupFIFA+3 | Joshua RobinsonJonathan Clegg | FIFA | SpainArgentina | World CupFIFA+5 | — | 30m 39s | ||
| 7/16/26 | Jeff BezosDonald Trump+4 | Dana Mattioli | AmazonThe Wall Street Journal+1 | — | Jeff BezosDonald Trump+5 | — | 20m 19s | ||
| 7/15/26 | Apple lawsuitOpenAI+3 | Rolfe Winkler | AppleOpenAI | — | AppleOpenAI+4 | — | 18m 22s | ||
| 7/14/26 | microfinanceglobal poverty+3 | — | The Wall Street JournalSpotify Studios | Cambodia | microfinancepoverty+5 | — | 24m 36s | ||
| 7/13/26 | Ponzi schemeinvestment fraud+3 | — | The Wall Street JournalSpotify Studios | — | Ponzi schemeinvestment+5 | — | 29m 22s | ||
| 7/12/26 | artificial intelligenceworkplace collaboration+4 | Michael Rueckert | The JournalWSJ+2 | — | AIworkplace+7 | — | 25m 17s | ||
| 7/10/26 | egg pricesprice-fixing+5 | Patrick Thomas | Department of JusticeWall Street Journal+1 | — | egg pricesprice-fixing+5 | — | 20m 05s | ||
| 7/9/26 | office conversionsreal estate+3 | Peter Grant | The Wall Street JournalSpotify Studios+1 | New York Citymidtown Manhattan | skyscraperoffice conversion+3 | — | 19m 26s | ||
| 7/8/26 | The Inside Story of Europe’s Breakup With the U.S. | President Trump’s tariffs, threats against Greenland, and other “America-first” demands have turned away the U.S.’s longtime allies. Now, Western leaders are considering how to decouple from American influence and move forward without the decades-long partnership. WSJ’s Joe Parkinson and Drew Hinshaw explain how this "loveless marriage" is coming apart. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: - Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers - Make Money Not War: Trump’s Plan for Peace in Ukraine Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 28m 50s | ||||||
| 7/7/26 | Europe Is Hot as Hell. Why Doesn’t It Want Air Conditioning? | As Europe experiences record-breaking heat waves this summer, many residents are reconsidering the continent’s long resistance to air conditioning. Europe’s summer high temperatures often cause tens of thousands of people to die from heat-related causes. WSJ’s Matthew Dalton reports that the battle over air conditioning is shaping political debates. Ryan Knutson hosts. Further Listening: - Germany’s Economy Is Spiraling. Can War Fix It? - Why Sweden Embraced Capitalism Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 19m 55s | ||||||
| 7/6/26 | How Polymarket Made Fake Bets Go Viral | Hundreds of social media videos showed people hitting it big on Polymarket. But it turns out, none of it was real. WSJ’s Caitlin Ostroff and Katherine Long report on their investigation into a fake viral marketing campaign. Ryan Knutson hosts. Further Listening: - Insiders Are Cashing In on Prediction Markets - How Betting on U.S. Politics Is Getting Big Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 22m 21s | ||||||
| 7/2/26 | The Booming Industry Keeping Taylor Swift's Wedding a Secret | Celebrities and ultrawealthy people are spending millions on advanced military-style tactics to keep their weddings private, including security, fake-out venues, airtight NDAs and secret tunnels. WSJ’s Chavie Lieber takes us inside the growing wedding security industrial complex as rumors circulate around the wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at historic Madison Square Garden. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: - The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster Debacle - Taylor Swift’s Push to Change Music Ownership Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 21m 29s | ||||||
| 7/1/26 | Microsoft’s CEO Has a Message: Don’t Let AI Eat the Economy | Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella recently wrote a blistering essay criticizing how the race for AI supremacy has played out, and specifically called out tech leaders’ dire prophecies about job losses. Nadella says the industry needs to figure out a path forward that is more beneficial to everyone, not just the biggest AI companies. WSJ's Bradley Olson, who spoke with Nadella in an exclusive interview, says that there might be a business calculus behind his message. Ryan Knutson hosts. Further Listening: - The Era of AI Layoffs Has Begun - How AI Is Being Trained to Do Your Job - The ‘Class of AI’ Enters the Workforce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 21m 05s | ||||||
| 6/30/26 | The Supreme Court and Trump: From Birthright to Presidential Power | The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s attempt to curtail birthright citizenship, rebuffing the administration’s plans to upend the longstanding guarantee that virtually everyone born on American soil is a U.S. citizen. WSJ’s James Romoser unpacks the unexpectedly close decision, and the other wins conservatives have had at the court over the past year. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: - Will Trump's Tariffs Survive the Supreme Court? - How Do You Refund $166 Billion? Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 19m 33s | ||||||
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About the show, platforms, and key insights.
Distribution & Reach
About the show, platforms, and key insights.
The Wall Street Journal is a renowned financial news organization known for its in-depth analysis of business, economic, and political issues, while Spotify Studios focuses on creating compelling audio content. Together, they produce "The Journal," hosted by Ryan Knutson and Jessica Mendoza, who bring expertise and credibility to discussions on money, business, and power. What sets "The Journal" apart is its concise format that distills complex topics into accessible narratives, often highlighting the intersection of finance and societal impact. The podcast covers a range of subjects, including market trends, corporate strategies, and regulatory changes, making it relevant for listeners interested in current affairs and economic developments. The show's audience primarily consists of professionals, investors, and anyone keen on understanding the financial landscape. With an estimated reach of 3.1 million to 9.8 million listeners, they gain valuable insights that inform their decisions and deepen their understanding of the forces shaping the business world.
By the numbers
- Total followers: 6.6M
- Total plays: 2512M
- Total reviews: 5.6K
Platforms
TuneIn
- Followers: 7.7K
Castbox
- Followers: 160
- Plays: 3.3K
YouTube
- Subscribers: 6.6M
- Views: 2512M
- Videos: 29K
Podcast App
- Followers: 6.1K
- Reviews: 5.6K
Find them online
Audience
general
Key insights
What the show covers
- money stories
- business insights
- power discussions
- weekly news updates
Audience interests
- business news
- financial analysis
- current events
- power dynamics
Platform reach
- Spotify
- The Wall Street Journal
- limited platform data
- merchandise available online
Publishing consistency
- 300 episodes
- active for 1 year
- weekly cadence
- consistent publishing schedule
Chart history for The Journal.
Peaked at #2 in ID, top 10 in 23 of 50 tracked markets, currently #2 in ID.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| PH | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| ID | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| SA | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| SG | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| HK | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| TH | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| MY | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| HK | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| PH | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| NG | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| United States | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| India | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| SG | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| VN | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| KE | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| Canada | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| SA | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| MY | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| Denmark | — | #8 | #8 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 36 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 36 markets.