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Media Monitors conducted a listener survey September 14th-30th asking participants whether they had listened to a podcast in the last 7 days. They then asked particpants to list specific podcasts. The responses were matched back to RSS feeds which were polled to collect information about genre and publisher. Here are the results…
Media Monitors says thanks to over 800 stations to promote iHeartRadio leads all publishers on the Top 200 chart with 13 podcasts, narrowly beating out NPR with 12.
In Q2 Wondery placed third with 8 shows in the Top 200, an impressive climb after launching their new app. The increase was short-lived however, as Q3 finds Wondery tied with Earwolf and Westwood One at 6 shows a piece. 
According to Media Monitors there were the top categories in the top 200 podcasts:
