American chart

News podcast covers in the United States

News covers are a flat colour field with a network wordmark or a presenter's head. Below is Apple’s current top 100 for News in the United States, in chart order, with somewhere to put your own cover and see how it holds up beside them.

Looked after by Sleeve, a record sleeve.

Right now the top three are The Daily, Up First from NPR and Pod Save America. Those three covers are the ones an American listener browsing News sees first, so they are the fairest thing to hold yours up against.

Your cover in the American News chart

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  1. 1The Daily cover art
    The Daily
    The New York Times
  2. 2Up First from NPR cover art
    Up First from NPR
    NPR
  3. 3Pod Save America cover art
    Pod Save America
    Pod Save America
  4. 4The Megyn Kelly Show cover art
    The Megyn Kelly Show
    SiriusXM
  5. 5
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  6. 6The MeidasTouch Podcast cover art
    The MeidasTouch Podcast
    MeidasTouch Network
  7. 7The Bulwark Daily cover art
    The Bulwark Daily
    The Bulwark
  8. 8NPR News Now cover art
    NPR News Now
    NPR
  9. 9The Tucker Carlson Show cover art
    The Tucker Carlson Show
    Tucker Carlson Network
  10. 10The Ben Shapiro Show cover art
    The Ben Shapiro Show
    The Daily Wire
  11. 11IHIP News cover art
    IHIP News
    Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan
  12. 12Morning Wire cover art
    Morning Wire
    The Daily Wire
  13. 13The Dan Bongino Show cover art
    The Dan Bongino Show
    Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino
  14. 14The Journal. cover art
    The Journal.
    The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios
  15. 15The Headlines cover art
    The Headlines
    The New York Times
  16. 16Today, Explained cover art
    Today, Explained
    Vox
  17. 17Candace cover art
    Candace
    Candace Owens
  18. 18Global News Podcast cover art
    Global News Podcast
    BBC World Service
  19. 19WSJ What’s News cover art
    WSJ What’s News
    The Wall Street Journal
  20. 20Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov cover art
    Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
    Vox Media Podcast Network
  21. 21Apple News Today cover art
    Apple News Today
    Apple News
  22. 22Bulwark Takes cover art
    Bulwark Takes
    The Bulwark
  23. 23The NPR Politics Podcast cover art
    The NPR Politics Podcast
    NPR
  24. 24The Matt Walsh Show cover art
    The Matt Walsh Show
    The Daily Wire
  25. 25Pivot cover art
    Pivot
    New York Magazine
  26. 26The Glenn Beck Program cover art
    The Glenn Beck Program
    Mercury Radio Arts
  27. 27Serial cover art
    Serial
    Serial Productions & The New York Times
  28. 28Letters from an American cover art
    Letters from an American
    Heather Cox Richardson
  29. 29Still Counting cover art
    Still Counting
    Crooked Media
  30. 30The Next Level cover art
    The Next Level
    The Bulwark
  31. 31Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar cover art
    Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
    iHeartPodcasts
  32. 32Armstrong & Getty On Demand cover art
    Armstrong & Getty On Demand
    iHeartPodcasts
  33. 33Consider This from NPR cover art
    Consider This from NPR
    NPR
  34. 34Real Time with Bill Maher cover art
    Real Time with Bill Maher
    HBO Podcasts
  35. 35The World and Everything In It cover art
    The World and Everything In It
    WORLD Radio
  36. 36Morning Joe cover art
    Morning Joe
    Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist
  37. 37The President's Daily Brief cover art
    The President's Daily Brief
    The First TV
  38. 38The Rest Is Politics: US cover art
    The Rest Is Politics: US
    Goalhanger
  39. 39The Michael Knowles Show cover art
    The Michael Knowles Show
    The Daily Wire
  40. 40Radio Atlantic cover art
    Radio Atlantic
    The Atlantic
  41. 41Lovett or Leave It cover art
    Lovett or Leave It
    Lovett or Leave It
  42. 42Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words cover art
    Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words
    Victor Davis Hanson | The Daily Signal
  43. 43Deadline: White House cover art
    Deadline: White House
    Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW
  44. 44The New Yorker Radio Hour cover art
    The New Yorker Radio Hour
    WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
  45. 45Creative Entrepreneur: A Podcast For Business Growth and Trending News cover art
    Creative Entrepreneur: A Podcast For Business Growth and Trending News
    Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky
  46. 46The Daily Beast Podcast cover art
    The Daily Beast Podcast
    The Daily Beast, Joanna Coles
  47. 47Start Here cover art
    Start Here
    ABC News
  48. 48The Opinions cover art
    The Opinions
    The New York Times Opinion
  49. 49Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast cover art
    Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
    iHeartPodcasts
  50. 50The Political Scene | The New Yorker cover art
    The Political Scene | The New Yorker
    The New Yorker
  51. 51Fox News Hourly Update cover art
    Fox News Hourly Update
    FOX News Podcasts
  52. 52Countdown with Keith Olbermann cover art
    Countdown with Keith Olbermann
    iHeartPodcasts
  53. 53The Charlie Kirk Show cover art
    The Charlie Kirk Show
    Charlie Kirk
  54. 54Verdict with Ted Cruz cover art
    Verdict with Ted Cruz
    iHeartPodcasts
  55. 55Economist Podcasts cover art
    Economist Podcasts
    The Economist
  56. 56The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show cover art
    The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
    iHeartPodcasts
  57. 57Meet the Press cover art
    Meet the Press
    NBC News
  58. 58House Guest cover art
    House Guest
    Scott Evans
  59. 59Receipts with Catherine Rampell cover art
    Receipts with Catherine Rampell
    The Bulwark
  60. 60What A Day cover art
    What A Day
    What A Day
  61. 61Plain English with Derek Thompson cover art
    Plain English with Derek Thompson
    The Ringer
  62. 62TRIGGERnometry cover art
    TRIGGERnometry
    TRIGGERnometry
  63. 63The Daily Beans cover art
    The Daily Beans
    MSW Media
  64. 64Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis cover art
    Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis
    Bill O'Reilly
  65. 65The Rubin Report cover art
    The Rubin Report
    Dave Rubin
  66. 66The Commentary Magazine Podcast cover art
    The Commentary Magazine Podcast
    Commentary Magazine
  67. 67Fareed Zakaria GPS cover art
    Fareed Zakaria GPS
    CNN Podcasts
  68. 68Bannon`s War Room cover art
    Bannon`s War Room
    WarRoom.org
  69. 69The Morgan Stewart Show cover art
    The Morgan Stewart Show
    Morgan Stewart
  70. 70The Parnas Perspective cover art
    The Parnas Perspective
    Aaron Parnas
  71. 71Democracy Now! Audio cover art
    Democracy Now! Audio
    Democracy Now!
  72. 72No Agenda Show cover art
    No Agenda Show
    Adam Curry & John C. Dvorak
  73. 73On the Media cover art
    On the Media
    WNYC Studios
  74. 74Call Me Back - with Dan Senor cover art
    Call Me Back - with Dan Senor
    Ark Media
  75. 75NPR's Newsmakers cover art
    NPR's Newsmakers
    NPR
  76. 76Sarah Westall - Business Game Changers cover art
    Sarah Westall - Business Game Changers
    Sarah Westall
  77. 77CNN 5 Things cover art
    CNN 5 Things
    CNN Podcasts
  78. 78The Pour Over: Politically Neutral, Christ-First News cover art
    The Pour Over: Politically Neutral, Christ-First News
    The Pour Over
  79. 79Ruthless Podcast cover art
    Ruthless Podcast
    Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook
  80. 80X22 Report cover art
    X22 Report
    X22 Report
  81. 81Legal AF by MeidasTouch cover art
    Legal AF by MeidasTouch
    MeidasTouch Network
  82. 82The Chuck ToddCast cover art
    The Chuck ToddCast
    iHeartPodcasts
  83. 83Reuters World News cover art
    Reuters World News
    Reuters
  84. 84Newshour cover art
    Newshour
    BBC World Service
  85. 85The Intelligence from The Economist cover art
    The Intelligence from The Economist
    The Economist
  86. 86American Potential cover art
    American Potential
    American Potential
  87. 87The David Pakman Show cover art
    The David Pakman Show
    David Pakman
  88. 88Pod Save the World cover art
    Pod Save the World
    Pod Save the World
  89. 89On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti cover art
    On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
    WBUR
  90. 90Impolitic with John Heilemann cover art
    Impolitic with John Heilemann
    Audacy | Puck
  91. 91UnJustified cover art
    UnJustified
    MSW Media
  92. 92THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent cover art
    THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
    Greg Sargent
  93. 93Blocked and Reported cover art
    Blocked and Reported
    Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
  94. 94Mark Levin Podcast cover art
    Mark Levin Podcast
    Cumulus Podcast Network
  95. 95The Necessary Conversation cover art
    The Necessary Conversation
    The Necessary Conversation
  96. 96The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell cover art
    The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
    Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW
  97. 97The 7 cover art
    The 7
    The Washington Post
  98. 98The Briefing with Jen Psaki cover art
    The Briefing with Jen Psaki
    MS NOW, Jen Psaki
  99. 99Pat Gray Unleashed cover art
    Pat Gray Unleashed
    Blaze Podcast Network
  100. 100John Kiriakou's Briefing Room cover art
    John Kiriakou's Briefing Room
    John Kiriakou
  101. 101Grits and Eggs Podcast cover art
    Grits and Eggs Podcast
    Deante’ Kyle
Apple’s current top 100 for News in the United States, in chart order.Cover art belongs to the shows and is served from Apple’s own servers. Every one links to that podcast on Apple Podcasts.

News in other countries

Other genres in the United States

What is different about the American chart

The US store is the one every other chart borrows from, and the most contested. It is also where the house styles are set: when a genre has a convention, this is usually the chart it was established in. The top publisher in a given genre here holds seven to nine of the hundred slots, so an independent cover is not competing with one network, it is competing with several at once.

Counted, in this hundred

Off the same chart drawn above, which is in Apple’s order: number one is the cover doing the most work in the United States right now.

26 of these 100 shows have a name longer than 25 characters. The average is 21.5. The longest is "Creative Entrepreneur: A Podcast For Business Growth and Trending News", which is not a name that fits in a list row.

25 of them get by on two words or fewer. Those are the covers that can set their name large enough to read while scrolling.

iHeartPodcasts holds 7 of the 100 places. A publisher with that many shows in one chart is running a house style, so several of the covers you are placed against are variations of one another.

25 of these 100 also chart in the United Kingdom. The other 75 are local to this store, which is the part of the chart worth studying if you are publishing into it.