What Is Reason.fm? Apple Podcasts Charts, Trending Episodes, and 90-Day Trends

Reason.fm is a podcast chart-tracking site that publishes daily Apple Podcasts rankings for the United States. It covers every category, lists the episodes trending today, and shows 90-day rank trends for individual shows. If you want to know what's climbing the Apple Podcasts charts without opening Apple's own app, or you want to see how a show's position has moved over three months, this is the site's purpose.

What the site actually tracks

The homepage is built around a single data source: Apple Podcasts rankings for the United States. The page states the charts are "daily updated," and the snapshot shown is dated with a specific day (the example on the page reads "Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 28, 2026").

The tracked data falls into four buckets:

• Top 100 podcasts — the overall Apple Podcasts chart, with position changes versus the previous day.
• Trending episodes — the episodes "everyone is playing today," across all of Apple Podcasts, each with a runtime and a tap-to-listen link.
• New podcasts — brand-new shows that already reached the top 100 of a main chart, sorted newest launches first, with the chart category and peak position noted.
• Charts by category — rankings broken out by category rather than only the overall list.

There is also a 90-day rank trend view for every show, which is the feature that distinguishes a chart tracker from a one-day snapshot.

How the rankings are presented

Two things are worth understanding before you use the numbers.

Position changes are relative to yesterday. In the Top 10 list, each entry carries either a flat dash (no movement) or a triangle with a number. For example, This American Life shows ▲ 8, meaning it moved up 8 places versus the prior day, while Up First from NPR shows ▼ 4. A dash means the position held steady.

Trending episodes and the Top 100 are different lists. The trending section is episode-level and cross-category — it mixes news, true crime, sports, and comedy in one feed. The Top 100 is show-level and reflects overall chart standing. A show can sit high in the Top 100 while none of its individual episodes appear in the trending feed on a given day.

The Top 10 podcasts today, as shown on the page, illustrates the format:

What the "new podcasts" list tells you

This section is more specific than a general "new releases" feed. It only includes shows that are both new and already inside the top 100 of a main chart — so it functions as a breakout list rather than a launch calendar. Each entry shows the chart category and the peak position reached. In the snapshot, examples include a show at #16 in Government, one at #88 in Religion & Spirituality, and one at #6 in Education.

If your goal is spotting shows gaining traction early, this list is the most direct signal on the page. If your goal is tracking an established show's trajectory, the 90-day trend view is the relevant tool.

Where Reason.fm fits in a podcast-discovery workflow

Use Reason.fm when you want:

• A daily, category-complete view of Apple Podcasts US rankings in one place.
• Episode-level trending data with runtimes, so you can judge whether something fits a commute or a longer block.
• Historical context — the 90-day trend — rather than a single day's position.

The site also links out to a Spotify ranking and maintains a blog with insights on podcasts, so it is not limited to a single chart view.

One limitation to keep in mind: the rankings are US Apple Podcasts data. If you are looking for another country's chart or a non-Apple platform's rankings, this page's core charts will not answer that.