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The 100 Best Podcasts of all time, according to TIME
Metricool study on the social media strategy of leading podcasts | New NASA Live launches in the coming days
Clara Nafría & Ismael Nafría
July 25, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes
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The 100 Best Podcasts of all time, according to TIME
Metricool study on the social media strategy of leading podcasts
New NASA Live launches in the coming days
The 100 Best Podcasts of all time, according to TIME
TIME magazine has just published the list of what it considers to be the 100 best podcasts of all time, although the more accurate title would have been "the 100 best podcasts in English of all time," since all the selected ones are produced in this language.
According to the magazine, these are "The most innovative, influential, and informative listens in the history of the medium. These podcasts reflect the depth, breadth, and possibility of the medium at its best.”
The list is organized by categories:
Comedy and Fiction
Sports
Society
Business and Tech
True Crime
History
Pop Culture
Science
News and Politics
Among the hundred podcasts on the list are titles such as "The Daily," "In the Dark," "Homecoming," "Dirty John," "Fresh Air," "You Didn't See Nothin," and "The Bill Simmons Podcast," to name a few.
For each selected podcast, a description and the link to listen to it are provided.
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The social media management platform Metricool has published this week its 2025 Podcast Study, which analyzes "how the 100 most popular podcasts in the United States leverage social media to attract audiences, grow their platforms, and build community."
The data provided by this study "reveals significant variations in performance across different platforms, with YouTube leading in engagement rates, while Instagram dominates total interactions through short-form video content," as explained in the report's presentation.
Key platform-specific takeaways include:
YouTube posts see the highest engagement rate at 3.13%, making it the platform where podcast communities are most active and loyal.
Instagram drives the most interactions, with podcast content receiving 5,517.51 average interactions per post—a 724% increase over platform averages.
Reels outperform static posts, with 79% of podcast content on Instagram published in Reel format.
X/Twitter is the most active platform by volume, with podcasts averaging 96.55 posts per month, though interaction levels remain relatively low.
Podcasters use hashtags and emojis sparingly online, with only 10.64% and 13.87% of posts using them, respectively—highlighting a shift toward more organic, minimalist content.
With podcasts now reaching 55% of the U.S. population, “different video formats are reshaping how audiences discover and consume content, which results in successful podcasts evolving into multi-platform media brands.”
The Metricool study, which offers all data and specific recommendations by platform, can be downloaded for free with prior email registration.
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New NASA Live launches in the coming days
NASA will offer live coverage of two missions in the coming days:
The SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, whose launch is scheduled for next Thursday, July 31.
The launch of NISAR, an Earth observation satellite that is the result of the first collaboration between NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)
The launches can be followed live through NASA+, where many other audiovisual contents from the US space agency are also offered.
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