Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

2021

Vulture Podcast Survey: The Best Podcasts of 2021

29 December 2021

Maintenance Phase - Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

Vulture Podcast Survey: The Best Podcasts of 2021, as published by New York Magazine, a poll of over 150 podcast creators, producers, and hosts

[see also 20232022]

Some More Interesting Picks

Guardian: The 20 Best Podcasts of 2021

28 December 2021

Sweet Bobby

The Guardian: The 20 Best Podcasts of 2021

Atlantic: The 50 Best Podcasts of 2021

27 December 2021

9/12

The Atlantic: The 50 Best Podcasts of 2021, selected by Laura Jane Standley and Eric McQuade

[see also 2022202020192018]

Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021

15 December 2021

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021

[see also 2018]

Vulture: Nicholas Quah: The Best Podcasts of 2021

15 December 2021

Aack Cast - Jamie Loftus

Nicholas Quah: The Best Podcasts of 2021, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 20232022202020192018]

Honorable Mentions

New Yorker: Sarah Larson: The Best Podcasts of 2021

13 December 2021

Radiolab: Mixtape

Sarah Larson: The Best Podcasts of 2021, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 20232022202020192018]

Time: Eliana Dockterman: The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021

02 December 2021

9/12

Eliana Dockterman: The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021, as published by Time Magazine

[see also 202320222020]

New York Times: Reggie Ugwu: The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021

01 December 2021

Welcome to Your Fantasy

Reggie Ugwu: The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021, as published by The New York Times

[see also 20232022]