YouTube remains most-used among U.S. weekly podcast consumers in Edison’s Q3 2026 Podcast Metrics, while Netflix enters the top 10 for the first time, Barrett Media and SSRS reported.

Spotify ranks second at 17% of weekly podcast consumers naming it most-used; Apple Podcasts sits third at 9%, and Netflix lands seventh at 3%, Barrett Media and SSRS said.

Barrett Media compared Q3 2026 with Edison’s October 2024 snapshot — YouTube 31%, Spotify 27%, Apple 15% — noting Netflix’s 3% is most-used share, not all Netflix podcast use.

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