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Top 10 Apple Podcasts — Top Shows (US) — April 28, 2026
April 28, 2026, finds US podcast listeners doubling down on crime – 'Crime Junkie' and 'Morbid' both land in the top 10, with 'Dateline NBC' reinforcing the trend – while news junkies balance the mix with 'The Daily' and 'Up First.' 'Love Trapped,' a surprise reality romance series from iHeartPodcasts, challenges the status quo from the #3 spot, proving a genre shift is underway. The Apple Podcasts most-listened chart aggregates daily listenership across US devices, reflecting cultural appetite in real time. This morning, the Realms-produced 'Mick Unplugged' climbs to #4, edging out Joe Rogan, while Barstool's 'Pardon My Take' anchors sports. The list exposes a fractured market: crime still dominates, but narrative experiments like 'Digital Social Hour' at #10 show listeners are sampling novelty. Methodology: the rank is derived from unique listeners and total consumption via Apple's proprietary analytics.
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Audiochuck
Crime Junkie, the Audiochuck true-crime staple, claims the #1 spot again with a deep dive episode recapping unsolved disappearances – listenership spikes when host Ashley Flowers releases a midweek update.
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The New York Times
The Daily, The New York Times' flagship news podcast, lands at #2 with an April 28 episode dissecting a surprise FCC ruling, pulling in commuters seeking context.
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iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
Love Trapped, iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts' melodrama series, debuts at #3 with a cliffhanger season finale – fans binged the entire arc on release day.
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Realm
Mick Unplugged, from Realm, hits #4 as host Mick Scissom interviews a former Silicon Valley CEO about burnout – the intimate format outperforms expectations.
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Joe Rogan
The Joe Rogan Experience falls to #5, though his three-hour conversation with a neuroscientist still drew tens of thousands of listens within hours.
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NBC News
Dateline NBC, the NBC News podcast spin-off, holds at #6 with a re-air of a 2024 cold case investigation, a perennial weekday traffic pull.
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Barstool Sports
Pardon My Take, Barstool Sports' irreverent sports show, claims #7 after a live roast of a team owner – its audience skews young and loyal.
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Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart
Morbid, the Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart true-crime duo, clocks in at #8 with a listener-requested episode on a historic New England case.
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NPR
Up First from NPR stays at #9, offering a crisp 10-minute morning news update that explains today's Senate vote in four bullet points.
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Sean Kelly
Digital Social Hour, hosted by Sean Kelly, enters the top 10 at #10, a viral hot-desk interview series that rode a TikTok clip to mainstream US ears.
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The dominant category is crime, with three entries – 'Crime Junkie' (#1), 'Dateline NBC' (#6), and 'Morbid' (#8) – capturing the largest slice of the top 10. News is the second pillar: 'The Daily' and 'Up First' hold steady at #2 and #9, reflecting election-adjacent attention in April 2026. The surprise is 'Love Trapped' at #3, an experimental audio soap opera that defies the documentary-heavy norm. 'Mick Unplugged' at #4, a therapist-hosted interview show, edges out Joe Rogan, hinting that US audiences are leaning toward introspective content. 'Digital Social Hour' at #10, a syndicated business pop-up, rounds out the list with a hyper-niche audience. The absence of comedy or music shows is striking; this is a serious, news-and-crime moment. Expect more romance-narrative podcasts to enter the chart by summer.
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