Spotify top podcasts this week: week of July 31, 2026

Spotify top podcasts this week: week of July 31, 2026

The Joe Rogan Experience leads Spotify Top Podcasts on July 31, 2026. The Shawn Ryan Show rises from rank 3 on July 30 to rank 2, swapping with Crime Junkie, which slips to rank 3 on the new board. Trends MCP get_top_trends returned 50 podcasts (as_of 2026-07-31T06:01:33 UTC) for type Spotify Top Podcasts. Across the published 15 rows, talk, true crime, and daily news shows again behave as habitual chart fixtures, with only one-rank swaps inside the top 15. This post lists 15 of 50 items with a why line for each.

Top trending podcasts on Spotify: July 31

1. The Joe Rogan Experience: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 1 fixture on the Trends MCP Spotify board as_of 2026-07-31T06:01:33 UTC, same position as July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026. It remains a high-rank fixture on the Trends MCP Spotify board.

2. The Shawn Ryan Show: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 2 after rising from rank 3 on July 30, a one-place gain on the 50-show board. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026. It remains a high-rank fixture on the Trends MCP Spotify board.

3. Crime Junkie: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 3 after slipping from rank 2 on July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026. It remains a high-rank fixture on the Trends MCP Spotify board.

4. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 4 comedy interview fixture, same as July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026.

5. The Tucker Carlson Show: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 5 after rising from rank 6 on July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026.

6. Good Hang with Amy Poehler: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 6 after slipping from rank 5 on July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026.

7. The Daily: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 7 New York Times news fixture, unchanged from July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026.

8. Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 8 comedy fixture, same as July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026.

9. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 9 after rising from rank 10 on July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026.

10. Up First from NPR: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 10 after slipping from rank 9 on July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026.

11. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 11 business interview fixture, same as July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026.

12. Morbid: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 12 true-crime fixture, same as July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026.

13. The Tim Dillon Show: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 13 after rising from rank 14 on July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026.

14. The Bill Simmons Podcast: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 14 after slipping from rank 13 on July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026.

15. Candace: A podcast title on Spotify's July 31 top chart. Rank 15 political commentary fixture, same as July 30. No widely reported trigger identified for July 31, 2026.

The full list of 50 trending podcasts is available via the Trends MCP API. Get your free API key

Rank changes on Spotify since July 30

Compared with the July 30, 2026 Spotify daily post, the published top 15 still holds the same 15 show names, but several one-rank swaps reshaped the order.

Big movers inside the block: The Shawn Ryan Show climbs from rank 3 to rank 2; Crime Junkie falls from rank 2 to rank 3; The Tucker Carlson Show rises from rank 6 to rank 5; Good Hang with Amy Poehler slips from rank 5 to rank 6.

Other swaps: Armchair Expert moves from rank 10 to rank 9 while Up First falls from rank 9 to rank 10; The Tim Dillon Show rises from rank 14 to rank 13 while The Bill Simmons Podcast falls from rank 13 to rank 14.

No new entrant displaced a top-15 name between the July 30 and July 31 published boards in this pair of snapshots.

What the Spotify podcast chart shows on July 31

Habitual listening still beats one-day premiere shocks. With 50 API rows and an unchanged set of 15 names versus July 30, the July 31 board reads as fixture demand across comedy, true crime, news, sports, and political talk.

For chart watchers, the signal is micro-movement inside a stable set. When ranks 1 to 15 only trade adjacent slots, episode drops matter less than catalog gravity unless a dated news trigger appears, and none did for July 31, 2026 across the published list.

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These ranks came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends API on July 31, 2026, using type Spotify Top Podcasts and limit 50. The feed serves analysts, marketers, and agent workflows that need live boards. Related data page: https://www.trendsmcp.ai/social-media-trends-api.

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Related trend reports

• Previous day: https://www.trendsmcp.ai/trending/spotify-trending-july-30-2026
• Data source: https://www.trendsmcp.ai/social-media-trends-api
• Evergreen guide: https://www.trendsmcp.ai/blog/best-podcast-trend-research-tools