Top trending podcasts on Spotify: August 23, 2026

The Joe Rogan Experience is #1 on Spotify Top Podcasts on August 23, up from #2 on August 21. Spotify Live slips from #1 to #2. Afro Nation Portugal 2026 left the cut. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard entered at #10. Crime Junkie through Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast hold the middle in near-Friday order.

The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan returns to #1 from #2 on August 21. No single August 23 episode title was in the feed. The rank is a chart swap with Spotify Live, not a dated guest announcement.
Spotify Live
Spotify's in-house live programming falls from #1 on August 21 to #2. No August 23 schedule change was in the fetch.
Crime Junkie
Audiochuck's true-crime show holds #3, unchanged from August 21. No new case episode dated August 23 was attached.
The Shawn Ryan Show
The veteran-interview show holds #4, unchanged. No August 23 guest bulletin was found.
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Poehler's interview show holds #5, unchanged.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
Von holds #6, up from #7 on August 21 as Tucker Carlson Show slips.
The Daily
The New York Times audio briefing holds #7, up from #8 on August 21.
The Tucker Carlson Show
Carlson slips from #6 on August 21 to #8. No August 23 episode peg was found.
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast
The comedy show holds #9 after #10 on August 21. Afro Nation Portugal 2026, Friday's #9, is gone.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
A new #10. Shepard's interview show was not in August 21's published cut. No August 23 guest note was found.

The live ranked board beyond today's top 10 is available via the Trends MCP API. Get your free API key

What changed on Spotify since yesterday

No August 22 Spotify daily ran.

New: Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard (#10).

Drop-offs: Afro Nation Portugal 2026.

Big movers: The Joe Rogan Experience #2 to #1. Spotify Live #1 to #2. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #7 to #6. The Daily #8 to #7. The Tucker Carlson Show #6 to #8. Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast #10 to #9.

What today's Spotify trends reveal

The Spotify podcast chart barely moved across 48 hours. Rogan and Spotify Live swapped the top two slots with 0 episode names in the API. Crime Junkie has now held #3 on both August 21 and August 23. The Shawn Ryan Show has held #4 on both dates. Good Hang with Amy Poehler has held #5 on both dates. The interview block (Ryan, Poehler, Von, Carlson, Shepard) still fills five of ten rows.

Afro Nation Portugal 2026 falling off is the only festival title leaving. Armchair Expert returning at #10 is a catalog show, not a new network. See the Spotify top podcasts API.

Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP

This list is the August 23 get_top_trends snapshot for type Spotify Top Podcasts with limit 10. Teams that watch ranks as they move, not after a recap, can call the same feed as new rows arrive. The generating call:

{
  "type": "Spotify Top Podcasts",
  "limit": 10
}

See the Spotify Top Podcasts API page for source notes.