[11] The opening theme for The Daily is composed by Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk, collectively known as Wonderly.

Barbaro suggested that Brunberg and Landsverk take inspiration from the theme music of the TV series Westworld, composed by Ramin Djawadi.

[13] Initially, The Weekly was a narrative investigative journalism docuseries covering recent topical news and cultural stories, which later lead into longer documentaries, as The New York Times Presents.

[14] Started in January 2017, The Daily became a noted success for the Times; TheStreet described it as "a phenomenon, an out-of-the-blue hit.

"[7] It had 3.8 million individual listeners by August 2017,[15] and was regularly in the top ten most-listened podcasts by autumn 2017.