| Rank
|
Podcast
|
Host(s)
|
Country
|
Core lane
|
Notes
|
| 1
|
The Joe Rogan Experience
|
Joe Rogan
|
United States
|
General long-form / culture / politics / science
|
Largest global long-form talk footprint
|
| 2
|
The Diary of a CEO
|
Steven Bartlett
|
United Kingdom
|
Business / psychology / health / culture
|
Closest match to Bartlett-style broad-interest thinker podcast
|
| 3
|
The Mel Robbins Podcast
|
Mel Robbins
|
United States
|
Self-development / behavior / performance
|
Massive cross-platform growth
|
| 4
|
Huberman Lab
|
Andrew Huberman
|
United States
|
Science / health / performance
|
Science-heavy wide-interest long form
|
| 5
|
Modern Wisdom
|
Chris Williamson
|
United Kingdom
|
Culture / psychology / dating / society
|
Broad male-skewing intellectual audience
|
| 6
|
On Purpose
|
Jay Shetty
|
United Kingdom / United States
|
Meaning / relationships / self-development
|
Global mainstream wellness-thought lane
|
| 7
|
Lex Fridman Podcast
|
Lex Fridman
|
United States
|
AI / science / geopolitics / philosophy
|
Major deep-conversation node
|
| 8
|
This Past Weekend
|
Theo Von
|
United States
|
Culture / humor / interviews
|
Not a thinker show in the strict sense, but enormous long-form reach
|
| 9
|
The School of Greatness
|
Lewis Howes
|
United States
|
Self-development / business / performance
|
Long-running broad-interest interview show
|
| 10
|
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
|
Jordan Peterson
|
Canada
|
Psychology / culture / politics / meaning
|
Very large long-form intellectual audience
|
| 11
|
Impact Theory
|
Tom Bilyeu
|
United States
|
Business / mindset / culture
|
Big entrepreneur-self-improvement lane
|
| 12
|
The Rich Roll Podcast
|
Rich Roll
|
United States
|
Health / meaning / endurance / culture
|
High-status long-form wellness-intellectual show
|
| 13
|
The Shawn Ryan Show
|
Shawn Ryan
|
United States
|
National security / geopolitics / military / current affairs
|
Huge growth in current-affairs long form
|
| 14
|
The Tucker Carlson Show
|
Tucker Carlson
|
United States
|
Politics / current affairs
|
Major reach, though politically specific
|
| 15
|
Megyn Kelly Show
|
Megyn Kelly
|
United States
|
Politics / current affairs / media
|
Very strong video-podcast footprint
|
| 16
|
Club Shay Shay
|
Shannon Sharpe
|
United States
|
Sports / culture / celebrity interviews
|
Broad general-interest long form
|
| 17
|
The Ezra Klein Show
|
Ezra Klein
|
United States
|
Policy / ideas / society
|
Elite ideas audience
|
| 18
|
Making Sense
|
Sam Harris
|
United States
|
Philosophy / politics / AI / ethics
|
Classic public-intellectual long form
|
| 19
|
Conversations with Tyler
|
Tyler Cowen
|
United States
|
Economics / ideas / intellectual interviews
|
Very strong thinker density
|
| 20
|
EconTalk
|
Russ Roberts
|
United States
|
Economics / philosophy / society
|
Long-running deep ideas institution
|
| 21
|
The Tim Ferriss Show
|
Tim Ferriss
|
United States
|
Performance / business / learning
|
Foundational long-form interview brand
|
| 22
|
Armchair Expert
|
Dax Shepard
|
United States
|
Psychology / celebrity / culture
|
Huge mainstream reach
|
| 23
|
Freakonomics Radio
|
Stephen Dubner
|
United States
|
Economics / society / public reasoning
|
Big wide-interest ideas show
|
| 24
|
Honestly
|
Bari Weiss
|
United States
|
Culture / politics / current affairs
|
Broad heterodox audience
|
| 25
|
Triggernometry
|
Konstantin Kisin, Francis Foster
|
United Kingdom
|
Politics / culture / commentary
|
Major UK long-form discussion show
|
| 26
|
Uncomfortable Conversations
|
Josh Szeps
|
Australia
|
Politics / media / culture
|
High-quality Anglosphere ideas show
|
| 27
|
The Rest Is Politics
|
Alastair Campbell, Rory Stewart
|
United Kingdom
|
Politics / geopolitics
|
One of the biggest UK current-affairs podcasts
|
| 28
|
Leading
|
Alastair Campbell, Rory Stewart
|
United Kingdom
|
Leadership / institutions / public life
|
Adjacent to Bartlett-style long-form interviews
|
| 29
|
The Rest Is History
|
Tom Holland, Dominic Sandbrook
|
United Kingdom
|
History / society / ideas
|
Huge English-speaking reach
|
| 30
|
Unhedged
|
Financial Times
|
United Kingdom / United States
|
Markets / macro / finance
|
Strong globally literate business audience
|
| 31
|
The Prof G Pod
|
Scott Galloway
|
United States
|
Business / economics / tech / society
|
Big management and tech audience
|
| 32
|
Pivot
|
Kara Swisher, Scott Galloway
|
United States
|
Tech / media / business / politics
|
Major executive and media footprint
|
| 33
|
Hard Fork
|
Kevin Roose, Casey Newton
|
United States
|
Technology / AI / internet culture
|
One of the leading tech-conversation shows
|
| 34
|
All-In Podcast
|
Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, David Friedberg
|
United States
|
Tech / investing / politics / business
|
Very large startup-founder audience
|
| 35
|
Acquired
|
Ben Gilbert, David Rosenthal
|
United States
|
Business history / company analysis
|
Enormous influence in tech-business circles
|
| 36
|
Invest Like the Best
|
Patrick O'Shaughnessy
|
United States
|
Investing / business / decision-making
|
Elite investor audience
|
| 37
|
20VC
|
Harry Stebbings
|
United Kingdom
|
Venture capital / startups / business
|
Major global founder-investor audience
|
| 38
|
a16z Podcast
|
Andreessen Horowitz
|
United States
|
Tech / investing / policy
|
Institutional tech influence
|
| 39
|
BG2Pod
|
Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner
|
United States
|
Investing / tech / macro
|
Fast-growing serious business audience
|
| 40
|
Lenny’s Podcast
|
Lenny Rachitsky
|
United States
|
Product / startups / business
|
Huge operator and founder audience
|
| 41
|
How I Built This
|
Guy Raz
|
United States
|
Entrepreneurship / founder stories
|
One of the canonical business-interview shows
|
| 42
|
Masters of Scale
|
Reid Hoffman
|
United States
|
Business / scaling / management
|
Global startup audience
|
| 43
|
The Knowledge Project
|
Shane Parrish
|
Canada
|
Mental models / decision-making / leadership
|
High-end thinking podcast
|
| 44
|
Deep Questions
|
Cal Newport
|
United States
|
Productivity / focus / meaning / work
|
Strong intellectual productivity niche
|
| 45
|
Futureproof
|
Jonathan McCrea
|
Ireland
|
Science / technology / society
|
Not massive globally, but broad-interest and strong
|
| 46
|
The Peter Attia Drive
|
Peter Attia
|
United States
|
Health / longevity / performance
|
Major expert long-form health audience
|
| 47
|
Feel Better, Live More
|
Rangan Chatterjee
|
United Kingdom
|
Health / behavior / lifestyle
|
Big UK and international wellness audience
|
| 48
|
Diary of a CEO Arabic / dubbed ecosystem
|
Steven Bartlett team
|
United Kingdom / multilingual
|
Business / psychology / health
|
Included because AI translation materially expanded global reach
|
| 49
|
The Ranveer Show
|
Ranveer Allahbadia
|
India
|
Self-development / culture / spirituality / business
|
Biggest Indian broad-interest long-form interview brand
|
| 50
|
WTF is with Nikhil Kamath
|
Nikhil Kamath
|
India
|
Business / policy / society
|
Rapidly rising Indian elite-interview format
|
| 51
|
Figuring Out
|
Raj Shamani
|
India
|
Business / society / self-development
|
Major Indian youth-business audience
|
| 52
|
The BarberShop with Shantanu
|
Shantanu Deshpande
|
India
|
Startups / business / society
|
Strong India founder audience
|
| 53
|
ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash
|
Smita Prakash
|
India
|
Politics / public affairs / culture
|
High reach in India current affairs
|
| 54
|
The Seen and the Unseen
|
Amit Varma
|
India
|
Economics / policy / history / ideas
|
Highest thinker density in India podcasting
|
| 55
|
Puliyabaazi
|
Saurabh Chandra, Pranay Kotasthane
|
India
|
Policy / economics / society
|
Strong Indian ideas podcast
|
| 56
|
ThePrint Interviews / Cut The Clutter ecosystem
|
Shekhar Gupta, ThePrint team
|
India
|
Politics / policy / geopolitics
|
Strong public-affairs reach
|
| 57
|
Finshots Daily / Weekend long-form specials
|
Finshots team
|
India
|
Business / economics / markets
|
More explainers than classic interview, but broad reach
|
| 58
|
The Rest Is Politics US
|
Katty Kay, Anthony Scaramucci
|
United States / United Kingdom
|
Politics / current affairs
|
Strong transatlantic reach
|
| 59
|
Honestly, This Changes Everything / The Free Press interview ecosystem
|
Bari Weiss, Free Press hosts
|
United States
|
Politics / ideas / culture
|
Growing multi-show intellectual network
|
| 60
|
Honestly, Good Faith Debates ecosystem
|
various
|
United States
|
Ideas / religion / ethics / politics
|
Broad public-intellectual overlap
|
| 61
|
Conversations with Coleman
|
Coleman Hughes
|
United States
|
Philosophy / politics / culture
|
Fast-growing serious-conversation niche
|
| 62
|
Honestly with Cleo Abram / Huge If True
|
Cleo Abram
|
United States
|
Technology / future / science
|
Broad-interest tech explainer-interview hybrid
|
| 63
|
Moonshots / Intelligence Squared Interviews
|
Intelligence Squared
|
United Kingdom
|
Ideas / books / politics / culture
|
Prestigious ideas-interview lane
|
| 64
|
Intelligence Squared
|
various
|
United Kingdom
|
Debates / ideas / public reasoning
|
Global English-speaking ideas audience
|
| 65
|
The Adam Buxton Podcast
|
Adam Buxton
|
United Kingdom
|
Culture / arts / interviews
|
Long-running deep UK interview show
|
| 66
|
The Louis Theroux Podcast
|
Louis Theroux
|
United Kingdom
|
Interviews / culture / public figures
|
Fast-rising UK long-form mainstream show
|
| 67
|
High Performance
|
Jake Humphrey, Damian Hughes
|
United Kingdom
|
Performance / leadership / psychology
|
Very large UK performance audience
|
| 68
|
Happy Place
|
Fearne Cotton
|
United Kingdom
|
Mental health / culture / wellbeing
|
Huge UK mainstream depth-interview audience
|
| 69
|
Begin Again
|
Davina McCall
|
United Kingdom
|
Reinvention / life stories / psychology
|
Broad UK audience
|
| 70
|
Full Disclosure
|
James O’Brien
|
United Kingdom
|
Politics / culture / long-form interviews
|
Strong public-affairs audience
|
| 71
|
The News Agents Interview Specials
|
Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel, Lewis Goodall
|
United Kingdom
|
Politics / media / current affairs
|
Large UK current-affairs footprint
|
| 72
|
The Rest Is Entertainment
|
Richard Osman, Marina Hyde
|
United Kingdom
|
Culture / media / society
|
Not a pure thinker show, but broad long-form relevance
|
| 73
|
Open to Debate / Intelligence Squared US ecosystem
|
various
|
United States
|
Debate / philosophy / public affairs
|
Broad public-intellectual audience
|
| 74
|
Honestly, Ezra-adjacent NYT Opinion interview ecosystem
|
various
|
United States
|
Ideas / policy / society
|
Elite English-speaking reach
|
| 75
|
Matter of Opinion interview specials
|
New York Times Opinion hosts
|
United States
|
Politics / ideas
|
Institutional reach
|
| 76
|
The New Bazaar
|
Cardiff Garcia
|
United States
|
Economics / society / systems
|
Highly respected ideas show
|
| 77
|
Plain English
|
Derek Thompson
|
United States
|
Society / economics / media / technology
|
Very accessible broad-interest thinker show
|
| 78
|
Conversations with Peter Boghossian
|
Peter Boghossian
|
United States
|
Philosophy / culture / institutions
|
High attention in heterodox sphere
|
| 79
|
Dwarkesh Podcast
|
Dwarkesh Patel
|
United States
|
AI / economics / history / science
|
Extremely high thinker density
|
| 80
|
Bankless
|
Ryan Sean Adams, David Hoffman
|
United States
|
Crypto / tech / economics / internet
|
Important in crypto-intellectual lane
|
| 81
|
TBPN
|
John Coogan, Jordi Hays
|
United States
|
Tech / AI / startups / markets
|
Huge recent growth in tech-media long form
|
| 82
|
My First Million
|
Sam Parr, Shaan Puri
|
United States
|
Startups / business / internet opportunities
|
Very large entrepreneur audience
|
| 83
|
Founders
|
David Senra
|
United States
|
Business history / entrepreneurship
|
Highly influential founder-learning show
|
| 84
|
The Game with Alex Hormozi
|
Alex Hormozi
|
United States
|
Business / sales / entrepreneurship
|
Very large business-builder audience
|
| 85
|
Women of Impact
|
Lisa Bilyeu
|
United States
|
Self-development / leadership / relationships
|
Strong broad-interest interview lane
|
| 86
|
Diary of a CEO Español / multilingual spinouts
|
Steven Bartlett team
|
United Kingdom / Spain / Latin America reach
|
Business / health / psychology
|
Translation strategy matters for global reach
|
| 87
|
Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal
|
Ali Abdaal
|
United Kingdom
|
Productivity / business / creator economy
|
Strong global English-speaking reach
|
| 88
|
Not Overthinking
|
Ali Abdaal, Taimur Abdaal
|
United Kingdom
|
Life design / meaning / productivity
|
Smaller than Deep Dive, but global audience
|
| 89
|
We Study Billionaires
|
The Investor’s Podcast Network
|
United States
|
Investing / macro / business
|
Large global finance audience
|
| 90
|
Odd Lots
|
Joe Weisenthal, Tracy Alloway
|
United States
|
Markets / macro / finance / systems
|
One of the biggest finance-thinker shows
|
| 91
|
Forward Guidance
|
Blockworks hosts
|
United States
|
Macro / markets / geopolitics
|
Strong finance-podcast growth
|
| 92
|
Macro Voices
|
Erik Townsend
|
United States
|
Macro / markets / geopolitics
|
Long-running global macro audience
|
| 93
|
The David McWilliams Podcast
|
David McWilliams
|
Ireland
|
Economics / politics / society
|
Big Irish and international policy audience
|
| 94
|
The Jordan Harbinger Show
|
Jordan Harbinger
|
United States
|
Interviews / psychology / intelligence / performance
|
Large long-running interview brand
|
| 95
|
Diary of a CEO Hindi / dubbed ecosystem
|
Steven Bartlett team
|
United Kingdom / India reach
|
Business / psychology / health
|
Translation-driven global expansion
|
| 96
|
The Glenn Loury Show
|
Glenn Loury, John McWhorter ecosystem
|
United States
|
Economics / race / politics / philosophy
|
Serious public-intellectual audience
|
| 97
|
Honestly, Persuasion / Yascha Mounk ecosystem
|
Yascha Mounk
|
United States / Germany
|
Democracy / culture / politics
|
Strong transatlantic ideas audience
|
| 98
|
The Fifth Column
|
Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, Matt Welch
|
United States
|
Politics / media / culture
|
High-engagement heterodox audience
|
| 99
|
Conversations with Richard Fidler
|
Richard Fidler
|
Australia
|
History / culture / society
|
Important Australian long-form interview institution
|
| 100
|
The Joe Walker Podcast / A Path to Power
|
Joe Walker
|
United Kingdom
|
Leadership / power / institutions / history
|
Smaller, but increasingly central in elite ideas circles
|