YouTube Overtakes Spotify as America's Biggest Podcast Platform

YouTube has become the top podcast destination in the US, with over a billion monthly listeners, according to Edison Research. Podcast viewing on YouTube's TV app hit 700 million hours in October 2025, up 75 percent year-over-year. The shift reflects YouTube's algorithmic strength and ease of use—seamless playback, mobile controls, and mixed-format recommendations that specialty audio platforms have struggled to match.