Resolution criteria

The Joe Rogan Experience has been Spotify's global top podcast for the sixth year in a row as of 2025. This market resolves based on Spotify's official year-end rankings for 2026, which will be released in December 2026 as part of Spotify Wrapped. Resolution will be determined by Spotify's methodology of ranking podcasts by unique listeners who have listened to at least two minutes or 50% of an episode, whichever comes first.

Check Spotify's official announcement at https://newsroom.spotify.com/ for the 2026 Wrapped results.

Background

The global top 5 podcasts in 2025 were The Joe Rogan Experience, The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, The Mel Robbins Podcast, Call Her Daddy, and This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von. Call Her Daddy moved to SiriusXM in August 2024 with a $125 million deal, though it remains available on Spotify. Nearly half of the top 50 most-listened to podcasts in 2025 have video available on Spotify, up from about one-third the prior year, indicating video content is increasingly important for podcast rankings.

Considerations

In early 2025, The Joe Rogan Experience temporarily slipped to second and third place on Spotify charts, suggesting the top position is not guaranteed despite its historical dominance. Podcast rankings can shift based on release schedules, guest quality, and platform algorithm changes throughout the year.

This description was generated by AI.