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By nearly every metric, podcasts are growing more and more popular, according to Adweek. And they can be highly lucrative: NPR's podcasts added over a million listeners between 2015 to 2016, and Slate's podcast the Slate Political Gabfest made $1 million in revenue last year.

But what do people listen to the most? Podtrac has a list of July's most popular podcasts:

The podcasts Americans listen to the most

The format is continuing to explode in popularity.

Screen grab from The Best of Freakonomics with Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, moderated by Faith Salie. https://youtu.be/nhfWR1q6kYE

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By nearly every metric, podcasts are growing more and more popular, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="according to Adweek" data-vars-click-url="http://www.adweek.com/digital/podcast-audience-continues-to-rise-according-to-annual-report/" data-vars-content-id="1498d24f-b8e5-4814-a1c7-2e1cf5cb8908" data-vars-headline="The podcasts Americans listen to the most" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://www.adweek.com/digital/podcast-audience-continues-to-rise-according-to-annual-report/" target="_blank">according to Adweek</a>. And they can be highly lucrative: NPR&#x27;s podcasts added over <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="a million listeners" data-vars-click-url="http://www.journalism.org/fact-sheet/audio-and-podcasting/" data-vars-content-id="1498d24f-b8e5-4814-a1c7-2e1cf5cb8908" data-vars-headline="The podcasts Americans listen to the most" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://www.journalism.org/fact-sheet/audio-and-podcasting/" target="_blank">a million listeners</a> between 2015 to 2016, and Slate&#x27;s podcast the Slate Political Gabfest made<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text=" $1 million in revenue" data-vars-click-url="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/political-podcasts-are-having-a-moment-making-real-money-1034353?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=THR%27s%20Today%20in%20Entertainment_now_2017-09-01%2006:55:00_ehayden&amp;utm_term=hollywoodreporter_tie" data-vars-content-id="1498d24f-b8e5-4814-a1c7-2e1cf5cb8908" data-vars-headline="The podcasts Americans listen to the most" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/political-podcasts-are-having-a-moment-making-real-money-1034353?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=THR%27s%20Today%20in%20Entertainment_now_2017-09-01%2006:55:00_ehayden&amp;utm_term=hollywoodreporter_tie" target="_blank"> $1 million in revenue</a> last year.But what do people listen to the most? <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Podtrac" data-vars-click-url="http://analytics.podtrac.com/industry-rankings" data-vars-content-id="1498d24f-b8e5-4814-a1c7-2e1cf5cb8908" data-vars-headline="The podcasts Americans listen to the most" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://analytics.podtrac.com/industry-rankings" target="_blank">Podtrac</a> has a list of July&#x27;s most popular podcasts:<ol><li>The American Life - This American Life</li><li>Stuff You Should Know - HowStuffWorks</li><li>RadioLab - WNYC Studios</li><li>TED Radio Hour - NPR</li><li>Planet Money - NPR</li><li>Up First - NPR</li><li>Freakonomics - WNYC Studios</li><li>Fresh Air - NPR</li><li>Wait Wait...Don&#x27;t Tell Me! - NPR</li><li>The Daily - The New York Times</li></ol>

The podcasts Americans listen to the most

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