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Comedy Podcasts Convince Across Borders

Results from a recent survey by ƽ show that comedy podcasts are popular amongst consumers of the media in the U.S., in the UK and in Germany. Comedy ranked among the most popular podcast genres in all three countries, even topping the list in the United States and in Germany: in the U.S., four in ten podcast listeners listened to comedy podcasts, and in Germany, the share was almost three in ten (29 percent).

As our infographic shows, American podcast listeners favored entertainment podcasts: after comedy, the most popular podcast genres were sports (consumed by 28 percent of listeners), followed by movies & TV (27 percent). Sports was the most popular genre of podcast in the UK, selected by 38 percent of listeners. In Germany, fans of the media preferred news & politics (25 percent of listeners) and history (23 percent).

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This infographic shows the most popular podcast genres in a selection of countries.

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Ranking of podcasts in Norway as of November 2025, by number of unique listeners
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Most popular podcasts in Sweden as of December 2025, by listens
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Most popular podcasts in Sweden as of December 2025, by reach
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Most downloaded podcasts in France 2026

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