The best podcasts of 2025
The top 3 according to 12 votes from people: The Wonder of Stevie · Good Hang with Amy Poehler · Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce. (Updated Sep 13, 2026.)
Investigations, music history and celebrity chat: the best podcasts of 2025 according to critics and Apple (The Week, Apple Podcasts, the Ambies).
Top 10
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1
The Wonder of Stevie
Wesley Morris on Stevie Wonder's 1972–1976 albums; best entertainment podcast at the 2025 Ambies.
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2
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler's new chat show, one of Apple's top new shows of the year.
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3
Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
Kylie Kelce's candid new show.
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4
The Slow Newscast
Weekly investigative storytelling that takes the news slowly.
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5
Heavyweight
Jonathan Goldstein helps people revisit a moment from their past.
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6
Camp Swamp Road
A narrative series picked among the best of the year by The Week.
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7
Deadly Mirage
True crime among Apple's top new shows of 2025.
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8
Murder in the Moonlight
A true-crime investigation that hooked listeners in 2025.
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9
Devil in the Desert
Another true-crime hit among the year's top new shows.
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10
Blink
Jake Haendel's story, one of Apple's top new shows of 2025.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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