Apple celebrates 20 years of podcasts with a list of fan favorites

AppleInsider

Apple is marking two decades of podcasting, and is highlighting 20 standout shows across that time, that helped shape the medium.

Apple shares top 20 podcasts from the past 20 years

Podcasts first landed on iTunes in 2005. To celebrate 20 years of podcasts, Apple has launched a new page titled "Apple Podcasts 20 Years, 20 Podcasts We Love" promoting its favorite podcasts throughout the years.

"This list is a love letter to the podcasts that left a lasting impact on us and the ones we continue to recommend again and again," the page reads.

"They are shows with hosts that feel like friends, and shows that make us press play immediately on the latest episode to hear what happens next. These shows have measurably improved our lives and helped define this medium we know and love."

Here's a list of all the podcasts Apple thinks you should check out:

2005 - 2010

• Love and Radio


• This American Life


• 99% Invisible

2011 - 2015

• The Truth


• The Read


• Song Exploder


• Serial


• Mystery Show


• Aquired

2016 - 2020

• Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang


• The Daily


• Call Her Daddy


• MOONFACE


• Dolly Parton's America


• The Rest Is History

2021 - 2025

• Huberman Lab


• Suave


• Sweet Bobby


• Baby, This is Keke Palmer


• Therapuss with Jake Shane

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ariannefeldry

The show that got bought by Spotify for hundreds of millions isn't on here, but the show whose largest episode with presidential candidate Kamala Harris is still under a million views on YouTube is on the list?

What an irrelevant list

the_new_tonton

ArianneFeldry said:

The show that got bought by Spotify for hundreds of millions isn't on here, but the show whose largest episode with presidential candidate Kamala Harris is still under a million views on YouTube is on the list?

What an irrelevant list

Not to mention the show that has more monthly listeners than the show that got bought by Spotify for hundreds of millions…

https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/the-meidastouch-podcast/id1510240831?l=en-GB

get serious

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Blasphemy!