This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von climbed to #2 on Spotify's global Top Podcasts chart, overtaking Good Hang with Amy Poehler after a June 19 episode with porn recovery coach Steven Wolt drew fresh listens. The May 15 snapshot had Theo Von at #4 and Amy Poehler at #2; today's list also adds Two Hot Takes and Conspiracy Theories while Spotify Conversations and The Tim Dillon Show fell out of the top 15.
Top trending podcasts on Spotify — June 23
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The Joe Rogan Experience — Long-form interview podcast hosted by Joe Rogan. On the June 17 episode with Chase Hughes, Rogan claimed multiple U.S. presidents contacted Spotify to remove the show over COVID vaccine commentary, a story The Independent covered on June 17, 2026. A June 20 JRE MMA Show with UFC champion Justin Gaethje added fresh traffic. Google search interest fell 42% over the past 7 days per Trends MCP, though the chart position held at #1.
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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von — Comedy interview podcast hosted by Theo Von. Episode 663 with Steven Wolt dropped June 19, 2026, after a June 10 Matt Rife interview and a June 4 John Kiriakou CIA episode that drew millions of YouTube views. Google search interest rose 71% over 7 days, matching the jump from #4 on May 15 to #2 today.
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Crime Junkie — Weekly true crime podcast from audiochuck. The June 22 "MISSING: Brittany Wallace Shank" episode dropped the day before this snapshot, continuing a June run on AI voice cloning scams and the Tripp Brazeale case. The show moved from #5 on May 15 to #3 today.
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Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Celebrity hangout podcast from The Ringer. A June 16 Sarah Sherman episode followed June guest spots with Colman Domingo and Tom Holland, but the show slipped from #2 on May 15 to #4 as comedy interview competition tightened above it.
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The Shawn Ryan Show — Military and security interview podcast hosted by former Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan. June episodes covered an Epstein island expedition arrest (June 8) and theoretical physicist Sabrina Pasterski (June 11), holding near the May 15 rank of #6.
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The Daily — Weekday news briefing from The New York Times. The June 22 episode examined HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s push to reduce long-term antidepressant use, after a week of Iran peace deal and Jeffrey Epstein coverage. Rank held at #7.
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The Tucker Carlson Show — Daily political interview podcast. June 18 coverage with Piers Morgan on the U.S.-Iran peace deal and a June 19 Nathan Apffel interview on church geofencing kept opinion-format listens high at #8.
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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett — Business interview podcast from FlightStory. A June 18 JD Vance interview and June 11 Graham Hancock episode pushed the show from #12 on May 15 to #8, the largest climb among returning titles.
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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard — Celebrity interview podcast from Wondery. The June 19 "Armchair Anonymous: Crazy Neighbors II" episode sustained the show near its May 15 position, now at #9.
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Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast — Independent comedy podcast. Episode 620 "In Defense of Sunlight" with Rowan Jacobsen dropped June 18, 2026, the same week Jacobsen appeared on Joe Rogan's show.
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Up First from NPR — Ten-minute weekday news briefing. The June 22 episode covered UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's resignation and first-round U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland.
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Two Hot Takes — Reddit story reaction podcast from Spotify Studios. New to the top 15 since May 15, the show entered at #12 after a June 18 Pride episode featuring Hayley Kiyoko.
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Morbid — True crime podcast hosted by Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley. A June 18 Radium Girls revisit kept the show at #13, matching its May 15 position.
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Conspiracy Theories — Spotify Studios documentary podcast on historical mysteries. New to the top 15 after the June 10 "Press Your Luck Scandal" episode about Michael Larson's 1984 game show winnings.
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Bad Friends — Comedy podcast from Bobby Lee and Andrew Santino. The June 15 "Bobby Can See!" episode promoted a June 17 Bad Game Show spinoff premiere, holding at #15.
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What today's Spotify trends reveal
Interview and daily-news formats still anchor the chart. The Joe Rogan Experience, The Daily, and Up First from NPR all rank in the top 11, showing that both long conversations and ten-minute briefings retain chart gravity on the same platform.
The June 2026 news cycle left a clear footprint. U.S.-Iran peace deal coverage fed The Daily, The Tucker Carlson Show, and Up First from NPR in the same week. Jeffrey Epstein-related episodes on The Shawn Ryan Show and The Daily ran in parallel, a pattern that also surfaced on Reddit's June 22 chart.
Comedy formats gained ground since May 15. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von and Two Hot Takes climbed on fresh June episodes, while first-party title Spotify Conversations dropped out of the top 15. True crime stayed a fixed cluster: Crime Junkie and Morbid held nearly identical ranks across both snapshots.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends API, which returns current Spotify Top Podcasts rows with rank order and capture timestamps. Researchers and newsletter writers can pull the same snapshot on a schedule without building chart scrapers. See the Spotify trends data source page for chart scope and update frequency.
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