Tucker Carlsonwho went solo after losing his job at Fox News, had the new No. 1 show on Apple Podcasts this year in the US, according to the technology giant.
On Apple Podcasts, the conservative media personality released more than 150 episodes of “The Tucker Carlson Show” with guests including Vladimir PutinJD Vance, Kid Rock, Vivek Ramaswamy, RFK Jr., Roseanne Barr, Donald Trump Jr., Russell Brand, Rob Schneider, Steve Bannon, Aaron Rodgers, Chris Cuomo and Megyn Kelly. The show’s description says it’s “your beacon for free speech and honest reporting in a media landscape dominated by disinformation. The only solution to ending the propaganda spiral is to tell the truth. That’s our job. Every day. No matter what.”
“The Tucker Carlson Show,” in addition to ranking as the most popular show on Apple Podcasts that premiered in the past year, also earned the most shared episode of the year on Apple Podcasts for the Aug. 16 “Calley & Casey” segment. Meaning: The truth about Ozempic, the pill, and how big medicine is keeping you sick.”
The most popular overall show on Apple Podcasts in 2024 was the New York Times’ “The Daily,” followed by Audiochuck’s “Crime Junkie” true crime series and “The Joe Rogan Experience,” which returned to Apple Podcasts and other platforms early. 2024 after Spotify waived exclusive rights to Rogan’s podcast.
The most watched episode of the year was Crime Junkie’s “Serial Killer: The Alphabet Murders Part 1,” followed by Rogan’s October 25 interview with Donald Trump.
According to Apple, the top show and new show rankings are measured by total listeners over the past year. The top category for new shows specifically represents shows that launched in the past year.
The most watched shows on Apple Podcasts in 2024 were: “The Joe Rogan Experience,” “New Heights With Jason & Travis Kelce,” “Huberman Lab,” Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” and “The Tucker Carlson Show.”
In December 2023, Carlson launched the Tucker Carlson Network as “an alternative to legacy media.” His company produces shows, speeches, films and investigative reports distributed on its owned and operated website and third-party platforms. A membership to TCN costs $9 per month with benefits that include ad-free content and “only for members viewing Tucker Carlson content before the public.” Subscribers can also “talk directly with Tucker Carlson during weekly ‘Ask Tucker’ episodes,” according to the site.
Last year Amount reported that a board member of Fox Corp. told Carlson that his ouster from Fox News was a condition of the network’s $787.5 million settlement of the defamation case filed by Dominion Voting Systems. (Both Fox and Dominion denied this.)
To be sure, Apple Podcasts’ rankings represent only a portion of the total listening audience, which spans services including Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, SiriusXM and more.
That said, here are the Apple Podcasts Top 10 Rankings for 2024 in the US:
Top show
- The Daily
- Crime junkie
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- Date line NBC
- SmartLess
- Huberman Lab
- This American Life
- New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
- Up first from NPR
- Unhealthy
Top new programs
- The Tucker Carlson Show
- Three
- Deadly sin
- Drowning Creek
- The Rise and Fall of Ruby Franke
- Blood Is Thicker: The Hargan Family Killings
- Noble
- Murder in the Hollywood Hills
- Hysterical
- Who Killed JFK?
Top limited series
- Series
- Up and gone
- Three
- Bakersfield Three
- Counter clock
- Something was wrong
- Dr. Death
- The Binge Cases
- Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
- Binge Crimes
Top episode
- Crime Junkie: “Serial Killer: The Alphabet Murders Part 1”
- The Joe Rogan Experience: “#2219 – Donald Trump”
- The Daily: “Harris Baits Trump: Inside Their Fiery Debate”
- Dateline NBC: “Dangerous Secret”
- The Bakersfield Three: “Episode 1: Fight Like a Mother”
- SmartLess: “Vince Vaughn”
- Three: “Skylar Missing | Chapter 1”
- Series: “Serial S04 – Ep. 1: Poor Baby Raul”
- Deadly Sin: “1 – Ashes to Ashes”
- New Heights With Jason & Travis Kelce: “Travis Wins On The Road, Jason Celebrates Shirtless & Full Divisional Round Recap | Ep 75”
Most shared programs
- Huberman Lab
- Scam
- Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- The Daily
- The Bible in a year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
- Bible summary
- Mel Robbins podcast
- Sold a story
- Who Killed JFK?
- Crime junkie
Most watched shows
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
- Huberman Lab
- Call her dad
- The Tucker Carlson Show
- Mel Robbins podcast
- SmartLess
- Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Crime junkie
- The Daily
