It’s not like there’s a central authority on all the podcasts in the world and where exactly they rank. But it’s the most listened to podcast on spotify, and many websites list it as number one or within the top 5. The “to some metrics” is there to account for the fact this isn’t exactly a scientific measurement.
Sadly he’s the most listened to podcaster in the US according to some metrics.
That part of the sentence is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
It’s not like there’s a central authority on all the podcasts in the world and where exactly they rank. But it’s the most listened to podcast on spotify, and many websites list it as number one or within the top 5. The “to some metrics” is there to account for the fact this isn’t exactly a scientific measurement.