The Podcast Top 5
“The Podcast Top 5” is your 5 minute weekly rundown of the most awesome things happening in podcasting. Hosted by Emily Soule of mowPod, each episode breaks down the top five stories shaping the industry from new podcast...
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- Drew Afualo1 ep
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Based on 1 signal.
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- 🇺🇸United States · MarketingHOME#13394K to 2.1M
- 🇮🇳India · Marketing#1217K to 1.1M
- 🇵🇭PH · Marketing#133K to 173K
- 🇸🇬SG · Marketing#46.0K to 32K
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Marketing#692.3K to 12K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
653K to 3.5M🎙 Monthly cadence·46 episodes·Last published 2mo ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
726K to 3.8M🇺🇸60%🇮🇳33%🇵🇭5%+1 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
290K to 1.5M
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* Data sourced directly from platform APIs and aggregated hourly across all major podcast directories.
| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/30/26 | Canada's podcast growthad-free podcast apps+3 | — | YouTubeThe Toast | CanadaJapan | podcastCanada+5 | — | 3m 16s | ||
| 5/13/26 | Netflix Clips featureYouTube podcast lineups+4 | — | NetflixYouTube+2 | — | NetflixYouTube+7 | — | 4m 09s | ||
| 5/7/26 | podcastingvideo distribution+3 | — | SpotifyBuzzsprout+3 | — | SpotifyBuzzsprout+6 | — | 4m 00s | ||
| 4/21/26 | podcast regulationsadvertising+3 | — | ChinaOxford Road+3 | — | Chinapodcast regulations+5 | — | 2m 29s | ||
| 3/23/26 | podcast industrystudio opening+3 | Drew Afualo | FountainAcast+3 | — | AcastNPR+5 | — | 2m 24s | ||
| 3/16/26 | podcast distributionmonetization deals+3 | — | AdBuilder AIMrBallen+4 | MinneapolisApple TV | MrBallenSiriusXM+5 | — | 2m 13s | ||
| 1/27/26 | AI toolspodcast news+3 | — | DeepCutORBIT+5 | — | AI editing toolpodcast ranking system+3 | — | 3m 38s | ||
| 11/24/25 | podcast newsfilm+4 | — | CineworldPodRoll+4 | — | podcastGolden Globes+5 | — | 3m 39s | ||
| 11/17/25 | podcastingnews+5 | — | YouTubeHERA+3 | — | podcastsnews source+7 | — | 3m 56s | ||
| 11/10/25 | streamingAI+3 | — | Amazon Prime VideoSpotify+4 | — | Amazon Prime VideoSpotify+3 | — | 3m 39s | ||
| 11/3/25 | MrBeast controversyPodAnalyst launch+3 | — | PodAnalystApple+5 | — | MrBeastPodAnalyst+3 | — | 3m 11s | ||
| 10/27/25 | podcast scamsCanada podcast growth+3 | — | DescriptPardon My Take | Canada | podcast scamsCanada podcast+3 | — | 3m 11s | ||
| 10/20/25 | Brazil podcastingApple Podcasts features+3 | — | Apple PodcastsAmazon Ads+3 | — | Brazilpodcast boom+4 | — | 4m 14s |
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Chart history for The Podcast Top 5
Peaked at #1 in India, top 10 in 4 of 11 tracked markets, currently #1 in India.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | — | #1 | #1 | — |
| PH | — | #1 | #1 | — |
| PH | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| SG | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| United States | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| India | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| VN | — | #45 | #45 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #69 | #69 | — |
| ID | — | #85 | #85 | — |
| South Korea | — | #125 | #125 | — |
| SG | — | #181 | #181 | — |
Chart Positions
11 placements across 8 markets.
Chart Positions
11 placements across 8 markets.