Tucker Carlson muscled his way into the top five this week on YouTube’s Weekly Top Podcast Shows ranking, a significant jump spurred along by the massive media attention Carlson garnered thanks to his opposition to U.S. intervention in the Middle East and a bombshell interview with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

The Tucker Carlson Show, which has rested comfortably in the teens for the last month, broke into the top ten for the first time since YouTube began publishing the chart in early May. The rise is no doubt attributable to Carlson’s public showdown with many key figures among the MAGA faithful over US involvement in Iran, including his instantly viral interview with Cruz.

With the exception of Carlson’s show, which beat out the true crime pod 48 Hours (a veteran of the #5 spot hosted by CBS News’ Anne-Marie Green)  the usual suspects still dominated the top of the charts.

Joe Rogan still holds the gold, with The Meidas Touch Podcast moving into second place – up from fifth two weeks ago. Stephanie Soo’s true crime show Rotten Mango and the mainstay pod Kill Tony were each bumped down a rung by Meidas and sit at third and fourth place respectively.

Live Trials with Emily D. Baker, the pod that has most closely watched the trial of Karen Read, has inevitably plummeted since the trials conclusion. It’s down from sixth place, just two weeks ago, to land at #40 in this week’s roundup.

Another notable dip was The Megyn Kelly Show, which was nowhere to be found in the top 100 rankings. This marks the first time since the charts began being published that Kelly hasn’t made the cut, perhaps due to her relative absence from the MAGA feuding over the last couple weeks.

Jake Paul has made his first appearance on the charts, with the Impaulsive Podcast slipping in at #99 – as did Ben Shapiro breaking in at #36.

Here’s a full rundown of the top 100 podcasts from YouTube, Jun 16 – Jun 22, 2025:

1. The Joe Rogan Experience
2. The MeidasTouch Podcast
3. Rotten Mango
4. Kill Tony
5. The Tucker Carlson Show
6. 48 Hours
7. Shawn Ryan Show
8. Smoosh Reads Reddit Stories
9. H3 Podcast
10. The Diary Of A CEO
11. Law&Crime Sidebar with Jesse Weber
12. The Pat McAfee Show
13. The Why Files: Operation Podcast (All of ‘Em)
14. Timcast IRL
15. Breaking Points
16. Creepcast
17. This Past Weekend w/Theo Von
18. The Lawyer You Know Podcast on Karen Read
19. A Closer Look – Late Night with Seth Meyers
20. Bulwark Takes
21. PBD Podcast
22. Dr Insanity
23. Bad Friends Podcast
24. 60 Minutes
25. Gil’s Arena
26. Club Shay Shay
27. Murder, Mystery & Makeup
28. The Philip DeFranco Show
29. IHIP News
30. NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas
31. The Yak
32. Flagrant
33. Breaking News
34. Dark History
35. StarTalk Podcast
36. The Ben Shapiro Show
37. Lex Fridman Podcast
38. The Adam Mockler Shower
39. Timcast News Stories
40. Live Trials with Emily D. Baker
41. The Young Turks
42. Nightcap
43. Just Trish
44. The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller
45. Unsubscribe Podcast
46. The Rubin Report Podcast
47. Distractible
48. Democracy Now!
49. Legal AF Podcast
50. The Lets Read Podcast
51. PBS NewsHour
52. Turtleboy Live
53. True Crime with Kendall Rae
54. Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast
55. You Should Know Podcast
56. Call Her Daddy Podcast
57. Interviews with Brian Tyler Cohen
58. Stories from the Bible
59. The 85 South Comedy Show
60. Reality Check with Ross Coulthart
61. The Joe Budden Podcast
62. The Trish Regan Show
63. The Pivot Podcast
64. Law&Crime On the Case with Christ Stewart
65. Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield
66. rSlash
67. Reel Rejects
68. Barry Cunningham Podcasts And Live Shows
69. The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
70. #leftisbest Pod
71. Democracy Watch with Marc Elias
72. Million Dollar Worth of Game
73. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
74. No Spin News
75. Javier Ceriani Show
76. Club 520 Podcast
77. The Benny Show
79. Julian Dorey Podcast
80. Smosh Mouth
81. The Matt Walsh Show
82. The Stephen A. Smith Show
83. The Deep End w/Taylor Welch
84. Crime Weekly
85. The Broski Report
86. The Intersection with Michael Popok
87. MrBallen True Crime
88. Law&Crime Crime Fix with Angenette Levy
89. Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
90. Two Hot Takes
91. The David Pakman Show
92. Stavvy’s World
93. The Bill Simmons Podcast
94. Dan Wootton Outspoken
95. Top Story With Tom Llamas
96. 2 Bears, 1 Cave
97. Shane Dawson Podcast
98. Part of the Problem Full Video Episodes
99. Impaulsive Podcast
100. Joe and Jada

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