Spotify Podcasts
STAN:A climbs 7 to 6 on Spotify Top Podcasts dated 2026-09-21T08:01:37.804638, swapping with The Daily, which falls 6 to 7. The Joe Rogan Experience still holds 1. Crime Junkie holds 2 and Good Hang with Amy Poehler holds 3. Eight of 10 ranks match September 20 exactly. This is a one-swap chart, not a new talk-show launch day.
Top trending podcasts on Spotify: September 21
The Joe Rogan Experience: Long-form interview show. Holds 1 on stamp 2026-09-21T08:01:37.804638, same as September 19 and September 20.
Crime Junkie: True-crime series from Audiochuck. Holds 2. Unchanged versus the September 20 file.
Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Interview show. Holds 3. Same rank as the prior two researched days.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: Comedy interview show. Holds 4. Unchanged.
The Shawn Ryan Show: Veteran-hosted interview show. Holds 5. Unchanged.
STAN:A: Climbs 7 to 6, reversing yesterday's Daily-over-STAN:A order. No widely reported new-episode news in the September 21 fetch beyond the rank swap.
The Daily: New York Times news brief. Falls 6 to 7. Still inside the 10 after the one-rank swap with STAN:A.
The Tucker Carlson Show: Interview show. Holds 8. Unchanged.
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast: Comedy pairing. Holds 9. Unchanged.
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: Founder interview show. Holds 10. Unchanged.
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What changed on Spotify since yesterday
- New: none.
- Movers: STAN:A 7 to 6. The Daily 6 to 7. No 5-rank movers.
- Unchanged rank: Joe Rogan 1, Crime Junkie 2, Good Hang 3, Theo Von 4, Shawn Ryan 5, Tucker Carlson 8, Matt and Shane 9, Diary Of A CEO 10.
- Dropped: none.
What today's Spotify podcasts reveal
The Spotify 10 is a near-copy of September 20, itself a near-copy of September 19. Interview and true-crime fixtures occupy 1-5 and 8-10. The only motion is STAN:A and The Daily trading 6 and 7, the reverse of yesterday's swap.
Ranks 1-5 and 8-10 are identical strings in the same order as the September 20 JSON: Joe Rogan, Crime Junkie, Good Hang with Amy Poehler, This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, The Shawn Ryan Show, The Tucker Carlson Show, Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast, The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett. The September 21 file changes only the 6/7 pair.
as_of 2026-09-21T08:01:37.804638 is a fresh timestamp on almost the same names, unlike Google Play's frozen 2026-09-13T12:01:38.463213 stamp. The microseconds on that stamp match the rest of the September 21 08:01:37.804638 cohort. The Spotify Top Podcasts API 10 is stable talk radio, not a news-podcast breakout. The live call used type Spotify Top Podcasts, limit 10, offset 0, and returned count 10.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool. The same API is built for audio buyers and developers who need a dated board instead of a screenshot. get_growth was skipped: there is no Spotify source on get_growth. The matching data source page is Spotify Top Podcasts API.
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