Curious to discover the podcasts most listened to by Apple users? Here are all the rankings”

Podcasts represent content that is increasingly loved by users. In this sense, it is one of the most used platforms Apple Podcasts, which includes millions of programs that can cover any topic. Furthermore, thousands of premium podcasts are also offered: in this way, fans who want to enjoy their favorite show to the fullest can find and listen to it easily on iPhone, iPad and Mac, or on Apple Watch with a pair of AirPods.

Today, November 29Apple announced i most popular podcasts of 2023, sharing local rankings for nearly 100 countries and territories. In particular, the latest rankings will be available in the Discover panel until the end of the year and include the top podcasts overall, the most listened to new shows that debuted this year, the most followed, the most shared episodes and programs, and the most popular among free and subscription channels (the program of the year, however, will be announced Tuesday 5 December).

Before moving on to the charts, Apple highlighted that listeners in more than 15 markets can discover Shows We Love, a curated collection of narrative and episodic series that have been particularly popular with audiences this year.

Top programs:

• Alessandro Barbero’s podcast
• The mosquito
• Investigations
• Elisa True Crime
• Wild Moss
• Alessandro Barbero – History
• They don’t have a friend – Luca Bizzarri
• One More Time
• Ask Barbero
• Dee Yellow – Carlo Lucarelli

Most listened to new podcasts:

• Ask barbero
• Geopop
• The World – International
• Where Nobody Looks – The Elisa Claps Case
• The Upside Down – Selvaggia Lucarelli
• Why? – Marco Maisano
• Historic
• Ghost – The unabomber case
• Stupendous Thought – Matteo Saudino
• Globe

Top subscription podcasts:

• Today – Apple Music
• The mystery files
• River of money
• Locked Inside – Journey to Italian Prisons
• The Zane Lowe Show
• Moby Prince – Chronicle of a disaster
• Pornazzi
• Alessandro Manzoni – The Betrothed
• Highlight with Emrata
• EssentialsRadio

Most followed podcasts:

• Investigations
• Alessandro Barbero’s podcast
• Geopop
• Elisa True Crime
• The world
• One More Time
• Ask Barbero
• Wild Moss
• The mosquito
• Where Nobody Looks – The Elisa Claps Case

Most shared podcasts:

• Investigations
• Where Nobody Looks – The Elisa Claps Case
• Alessandro Barbero’s podcast
• They don’t have a friend – Luca Bizzarri
• Ask Barbero
• The world
• Poison
• The mind-trainer
• Morgana – The mother
• Invented designation of origin