Spotify Podcasts
The Joe Rogan Experience holds rank 1 on Spotify Top Podcasts on September 3, 2026. Spotify Live, which sat at 2 yesterday, falls six ranks to 8. Crime Junkie climbs 3 to 2, The Shawn Ryan Show 4 to 3, and This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von 6 to 4. The Daily holds 5. Good Hang with Amy Poehler climbs 7 to 6; Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast climbs 8 to 7. The Tucker Carlson Show and Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard hold 9 and 10. Versus the September 2 Spotify board, the 10 names are the same; only order changed. A Spotify Top Podcasts API snapshot at 06:01 UTC listed 10 shows. Spotify Live's 2 to 8 move is the only 5-rank-plus swing.
Top trending podcasts on Spotify: September 3
The Joe Rogan Experience: Long-form interview show. Holds 1.
Crime Junkie: True-crime series. Climbs from 3.
The Shawn Ryan Show: Veteran-interview show. Climbs from 4.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: Comedy interview show. Climbs from 6.
The Daily: New York Times news brief. Holds 5 after sitting at 2 as recently as the September 1 adjacent shuffle.
Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Comedy interview show. Climbs from 7.
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast: Comedy two-hander. Climbs from 8.
Spotify Live: Platform live-audio slot. Drops from 2 to 8, a 6-rank fall.
The Tucker Carlson Show: Interview show. Holds 9.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard: Interview show. Holds 10.
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
| Change | Show | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Big mover | Spotify Live | 2 to 8 (-6) |
| Mover | Crime Junkie | 3 to 2 |
| Mover | Shawn Ryan | 4 to 3 |
| Mover | Theo Von | 6 to 4 |
| Mover | Good Hang | 7 to 6 |
| Mover | Matt and Shane | 8 to 7 |
No new entrants and no drop-offs. Joe Rogan, The Daily, Tucker Carlson, and Armchair Expert hold 1, 5, 9, and 10. The 06:01:29 UTC stamp matches the September 3 App Store crawl. Spotify Live's 6-rank fall is the largest gap on a 10-row board that otherwise moved 1 or 2 places. Crime Junkie at 2 is the only true-crime title; the other 8 named hosts are interview shows plus The Daily at 5. 60 percent of the list (6 of 10) changed rank. 40 percent held still.
What today's Spotify podcasts reveal
The catalog did not change; the live slot did. Spotify Live's 6-rank drop is the only move that clears the 5-rank bar. Crime Junkie, Shawn Ryan, and Theo Von each gain one or two places in the vacuum. Rogan at 1 is the fixture.
Nine of ten remaining names are personality interview or true-crime shows. The Daily at 5 is the only straight news brief. There is no September 3 guest announcement in the open fetches that explains the Live drop; the rank change is the fact.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool on the Spotify Top Podcasts feed, limited to 10 rows. The same call is how audio teams pull a dated snapshot. See the Spotify Top Podcasts API page for the feed contract.
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