2025 retrospective

The best podcasts of 2025

The thirty most popular podcasts that actively published in 2025. A snapshot of what people listened to that year — useful both as nostalgia and as a starting point if you missed any.

  1. 01

    Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

    Dan Carlin

    In "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past. Was Alexander the Great…

    Quiet · 5mo agoHistory
  2. 02

    WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

    Marc Maron

    Marc Maron welcomes comedians, actors, directors, writers, authors, musicians and folks from all walks of life to his home for amazingly revealing…

    On hiatus · 8mo agoComedy
  3. 03

    Dirty John

    LA Times Studios

    A true story about seduction, deception, forgiveness, denial, and ultimately, survival. Reported and hosted by Christopher Goffard from the L.A. Times.

    Ended · last episode 2025SocietyCultureTrue Crime
  4. 04

    Scamanda

    Lionsgate Sound

    Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.But Amanda is dying, with a secret…

    Ended · last episode 2025SocietyCultureDocumentary

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