YouTube Becomes America's Top Podcast Platform with a Billion Monthly Listeners

YouTube has surpassed Spotify and Apple Podcasts to become the leading podcast destination in the US, according to Edison Research data. The platform now serves over a billion podcast listeners monthly. Podcast viewing on YouTube's TV app reached 700 million hours in October 2025, up 75 percent year-over-year. YouTube's dominance reflects both algorithmic advantage and friction reduction—queuing, on-the-go controls, and cross-format discovery that specialized audio platforms struggle to match.