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Estimated from 32 chart positions in 32 markets.
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- 🇨🇦CA · Technology#14300K to 1M
- 🇦🇺AU · Technology#29100K to 300K
- 🇺🇸US · Technology#31100K to 300K
- 🇩🇪DE · Technology#6730K to 100K
- 🇮🇳IN · Technology#3130K to 100K
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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
383K to 1.2M🎙 ~2x weekly·21 episodes·Last published 4d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
765K to 2.5M🇨🇦40%🇦🇺12%🇺🇸12%+29 more - Active Followers
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230K to 748K
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Philips Hue: The smart home’s light bulb moment
Jul 12, 2026
1h 11m 57s
Keurig: The K-Cup invasion
Jul 5, 2026
1h 18m 55s
Nest: The iPod of thermostats
Jun 28, 2026
1h 01m 49s
Roomba: Rise of the robovac
Jun 21, 2026
1h 13m 39s
Harmony remote: Control freak
Jun 14, 2026
1h 15m 07s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 7/12/26 |  Philips Hue: The smart home’s light bulb moment | The humble light bulb might be the ultimate success story in the smart home. Our connected, adaptable homes are supposed to be customizable, connected to everything, and incredibly easy to use, and nothing has made that work quite like Philips Hue lights. In this episode, The Verge's David Pierce and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy are joined by smart home journalist and expert Richard Gunther to tell the Hue's story. We trace the product's history from its origins in the smartphone revolution, try to figure out how Philips managed to turn a staggeringly expensive lightbulb into a must-have gadget, and look at whether there's even more invention left in the future of lighting. We’re also on video! Check us out on YouTube. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 11m 57s | ||||||
| 7/5/26 |  Keurig: The K-Cup invasion | The Keurig is a simple idea – what if it was really easy to make pretty good coffee, one cup at a time? — with a wildly complicated history. David Pierce is joined by Eater editor Melissa McCart and champion barista and author Morgan Eckroth to discuss the whole history of Keurig, from its creation in a Boston apartment to its invasion of seemingly every house, doctor's office and conference room in the US. Keurig was certainly a success, but was it a good thing? For coffee, for the world? That's more complicated. We’re also on video! Check us out on YouTube. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 18m 55s | ||||||
| 6/28/26 |  Nest: The iPod of thermostats | Thermostats were ugly. Best case scenario, you never had to think about it. Then a couple of Apple legends decided they could make something better, and set out to turn changing the temperature into a high-tech experience. On this episode, David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy tell the full story of the Nest Learning Thermostat, from its complex development to its huge debut. The Nest was the beginning of a crucial era in the smart home — could it have been something even bigger? We have some ideas. We’re also on video! Check us out on YouTube. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 01m 49s | ||||||
| 6/21/26 |  Roomba: Rise of the robovac | The team of engineers and researchers that created iRobot didn’t set out to build a vacuum cleaner. They built robots — a lot of robots, with a lot of jobs — before realizing that people might actually want a robot that could help clean their house. And thus was born Roomba. The Verge’s David Pierce and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy are joined by iRobot co-founder Colin Angle to tell the whole story of all those robots, the pivot to vacuums, and why the Roomba was so easy to love even when it couldn’t really clean. We’re also on video! Check us out on YouTube. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 13m 39s | ||||||
| 6/14/26 |  Harmony remote: Control freak | The Harmony Universal Remote was supposed to be the only controller you needed for all the devices in your life. So what happened? David Pierce is joined by The Verge’s Nilay Patel and John Higgins, as well as Nest co-founder (and current Harmony user) Matt Rogers, to follow the Harmony's timeline from its origins as the "Easy Zapper," through Logitech's acquisition, all the way to its slow death at the hands of smart TVs. And their vastly inferior remotes. We’re also on video! Check us out on YouTube. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 15m 07s | ||||||
| 4/12/26 |  Western Electric 500: Monopoly phone✨ | monopolytelephone history+4 | Tim Wu | Western Electric 500AT&T | — | Western Electric 500AT&T+4 | — | 1h 16m 20s | |
| 4/5/26 |  Amazon Echo: Always listening✨ | voice technologyAmazon Echo+3 | — | Amazon EchoAlexa+2 | — | AmazonEcho+5 | — | 1h 12m 53s | |
| 3/29/26 |  Macintosh: All in one✨ | MacintoshApple history+3 | John Gruber | MacintoshApple+1 | — | MacintoshApple+3 | — | 1h 19m 42s | |
| 3/22/26 |  Vocoder: Magic mic✨ | vocodermusic technology+3 | Charlie HardingChromeo | ChromeoThe Verge | — | vocodermusic business+3 | — | 1h 20m 52s | |
| 3/15/26 |  Clubhouse: Pivot to audio✨ | audio-based social networkClubhouse+4 | Casey NewtonAshley Carman | ClubhouseQuibi+2 | — | Clubhouseaudio social network+6 | — | 1h 02m 11s | |
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| 3/8/26 |  Furby: Talk Furbish to me✨ | Furbyvirtual pets+3 | David Hampton | FurbyThe Verge+1 | — | FurbyDavid Hampton+5 | — | 1h 14m 34s | |
| 1/11/26 |  TiVo: Press pause✨ | TiVotechnology+3 | Emily Nussbaum | TiVoThe Verge | — | TiVoremote control+5 | — | 1h 06m 18s | |
| 1/4/26 |  Flappy Bird: Game over✨ | Flappy Birdgame development+3 | Stephen Totilo | Flappy BirdThe Verge | — | Flappy Birdgame design+3 | — | 1h 18m 00s | |
| 12/28/25 |  Nintendo Power Glove: I love it. It's so bad.✨ | video gamestechnology+4 | Stephen Totilo | Power GloveNintendo+1 | — | NintendoPower Glove+4 | — | 1h 15m 30s | |
| 12/21/25 |  AIM: Away message✨ | AOL Instant Messengermessaging apps+3 | Kyle Chayka | AOLAOL Instant Messenger+5 | — | AIMAOL Instant Messenger+5 | — | 1h 02m 59s | |
| 12/14/25 |  iPhone 4: You're holding it wrong | The iPhone 4 was one of the best iPhones ever — and definitely the most dramatic iPhone ever. It was lost in a bar in California, sold to Gizmodo, and published for the world to see months before its launch. The phone itself had a bunch of important new features, and one that spawned Antennagate. In this episode, David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and longtime tech columnist Walt Mossberg tell the whole story of the phone, its legacy, and its place in tech blog history. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 11m 41s | ||||||
| 12/7/25 |  Google Glass: In your face | Google didn't invent the concept of smart glasses, but it was one of the first companies to actually put them on people's faces. It was a revolution, and also a problem: Google made face computers extremely uncool, and its early user base was so off-putting they became collectively known as “Glassholes.” The Verge’s Victoria Song and Waveform’s David Imel break down why Glass failed — despite being shockingly right about the future of technology. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 24m 01s | ||||||
| 11/23/25 |  Vine: Six seconds of fame | Vine was the original short-form video platform, and pioneered so many of the ideas we now take for granted in reels and TikToks. It was a cultural engine whose executives clashed with the creators who made it famous, before everybody decamped for other platforms. Marina Galperina, Sarah Jeong and Mia Sato join David Pierce to revisit their favorite Vines and discuss the platform's lasting impact on creator culture. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 20m 38s | ||||||
| 11/16/25 |  LimeWire: Steal this podcast | You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a handbag. But plenty of people used LimeWire and other file sharing services to share music, movies and more. If Napster was the beginning of the piracy story, LimeWire may have been the final chapter. Nilay Patel and Sarah Jeong join David Pierce to chart the history of LimeWire and the legal cases that shaped U.S. copyright law and the lives of college students taxing the bandwidth of their dormitory internet. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 13m 31s | ||||||
| 11/9/25 |  Fire Phone: Amazon’s mobile mistake | In 2014, the tech world was abuzz with the prospect of a phone made by Amazon. When the Fire Phone arrived, it was chock full of ideas — a "dynamic perspective" feature that created 3D illusions, an image-recognition feature called "Firefly," and many, many opportunities to buy Amazon products. Allison Johnson and Sean O’Kane join David Pierce to discuss why, unlike Amazon's successful e-readers, this device was a gigantic flop. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 22m 32s | ||||||
| 11/2/25 |  Zune: The would-be iPod killer | In 2006, Microsoft came for the iPod's throne with an innovative MP3 player called the Zune. It had a bunch of features the iPod didn't: WiFi, music sharing, a bigger screen, a beautiful UI, even an FM radio. And to hear Microsoft describe it, it was even kind of a social network. Nilay Patel and Victoria Song join David Pierce to break down why, despite all that, the Zune never really took off. And why it came in brown. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 16m 03s | ||||||
| 10/26/25 |  Guitar Hero: Everybody’s a rock star | Millions of basements have fake plastic guitars in them thanks to the 2005 smash hit Guitar Hero. Chris Grant and Ash Parrish join David Pierce to rock out with a game created over a matter of months by a niche developer and a peripheral manufacturer, fueled by word-of-mouth and viral videos on a nascent YouTube. You probably don’t play Guitar Hero anymore, but you might still find it in surprising places. Let us know what you think: 866-VERGE-11 or vergecast@theverge.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 16m 33s | ||||||
| 10/19/25 |  Sony Watchman: Must-see TV | 1982's coolest gadget was the Sony Watchman portable TV. Decades before everyone was glued to YouTube on their smartphones, the Watchman popularized the concept of video on the go. In the early days of the personal-tech revolution, you’d find the Watchman antennas up everywhere from the church pew to the baseball bleacher. Victoria Song and Allison Johnson join David Pierce to dive into the engineering feat that made the first Watchman possible. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 04m 57s | ||||||
| 10/14/25 |  BlackBerry Messenger: Texting set free | Back when text messages cost 10 cents each, BlackBerry came up with a better way: BlackBerry Messenger, commonly known as BBM. It was the first new idea about messaging in a long time, and it was a huge hit… for a while. Nilay Patel and Joanna Stern join David Pierce to talk about a messaging service that was years ahead of WhatsApp and iMessage, but ultimately fizzled. Let us know what you think: 866-VERGE-11 or vergecast@theverge.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 01m 25s | ||||||
| 10/5/25 |  Hoverboards: So hot right now | In 2015, self-balancing scooters (which quickly became known as hoverboards) exploded in popularity, and then began literally exploding. Andrew Hawkins and Sean O’Kane join David Pierce to explore the multiple conflicting origin stories behind the hugely popular rideable, the many knockoffs, and why a device that doesn't actually hover ended up being called "hoverboard." Let us know what you think: 866-VERGE-11 or vergecast@theverge.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 06m 19s | ||||||
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Chart history for Version History
Peaked at #9 in Finland, top 10 in 1 of 32 tracked markets, currently #9 in Finland.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| Canada | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| Ireland | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| KE | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| IS | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| HU | — | #27 | #27 | — |
| Australia | — | #29 | #29 | — |
| United States | — | #31 | #31 | — |
| India | — | #31 | #31 | — |
| CL | — | #34 | #34 | — |
| South Africa | — | #39 | #39 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #40 | #40 | — |
| AT | — | #40 | #40 | — |
| Denmark | — | #52 | #52 | — |
| GR | — | #52 | #52 | — |
| BE | — | #54 | #54 | — |
| ID | — | #57 | #57 | — |
| Italy | — | #63 | #63 | — |
| AR | — | #65 | #65 | — |
| Germany | — | #67 | #67 | — |
Chart Positions
32 placements across 32 markets.
Chart Positions
32 placements across 32 markets.