Podcast Stats: How many podcasts are there?
Podcast industry data through the lens of Listen Notes, the best podcast search engine and database.
There are at least 3,646,386 podcasts* and 184,562,951 episodes in the world.
* Some websites or apps claim to have over 3,646,386 podcasts in their database. However,
they often inflate these numbers by including:
1) Podcasts that were deleted long ago.
2) Very low-quality content, such as feeds with no episodes, just a short test clip, or AI-generated audio.
3) Non-audio content, like RSS feeds containing only PDFs.
In contrast, we use 24/7 automated scripts and human moderators to ensure our database includes
genuine, human-crafted podcasts, not AI-generated junk.
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Stats source: We derive these stats from our own database that has (almost)
all publicly-accessible RSS-based podcasts in the world.
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Podcast Growth 🔗
If a podcast publishes its first episode in a specific month, then it is a new podcast of that month.
If a podcast publishes its first episode in a specific year, then it is a new podcast of that year.
If an episode is published in a specific year, then it is a new episode of that year.
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If the rss feed of a podcast is deleted or its itunes:complete tag is a Yes, then this podcast is dead. If its latest episode is published in a specific year, then it is dead in that year.
If the latest episode of a podcast is published in a specific year and the podcast is not dead, then this podcast is last active in that year.
Breakdown 🔗
Most podcasts are in English.
Most podcasts are from United States.
Podcast Hosting 🔗
Hosting Domains by Num of Podcasts
Podcasts
RSS Hosting Domains
1
92,947
2
8,386
3
2,475
4
1,282
5+
4,531
Some podcasts use custom domain names for their RSS feeds. Therefore, a domain name may host only one podcast.
Top RSS Hosting Domains
RSS host
Podcasts
Percentage
anchor.fm
1,939,725
54.881%
buzzsprout.com
238,660
6.752%
spreaker.com
141,382
4.000%
podbean.com
137,899
3.902%
soundcloud.com
125,758
3.558%
libsyn.com
103,172
2.919%
rss.com
67,571
1.912%
feedburner.com
58,170
1.646%
acast.com
46,955
1.329%
podomatic.com
43,007
1.217%
ivoox.com
32,311
0.914%
transistor.fm
31,235
0.884%
apple.com
30,836
0.872%
simplecast.com
27,228
0.770%
megaphone.fm
26,475
0.749%
captivate.fm
26,043
0.737%
omnycontent.com
23,312
0.660%
ximalaya.com
20,466
0.579%
podigee.io
19,460
0.551%
ausha.co
18,428
0.521%
redcircle.com
17,232
0.488%
firstory.me
17,051
0.482%
soundon.fm
16,165
0.457%
audioboom.com
10,686
0.302%
substack.com
10,678
0.302%
podcaster.de
9,143
0.259%
hubhopper.com
8,718
0.247%
blogtalkradio.com
8,218
0.233%
castos.com
7,943
0.225%
xyzfm.space
7,936
0.225%
squarespace.com
7,415
0.210%
pinecast.com
7,293
0.206%
s3mts.ru
7,240
0.205%
subsplash.com
6,351
0.180%
castbox.fm
6,001
0.170%
ssenhosting.com
5,920
0.167%
islamhouse.com
5,847
0.165%
librivox.org
5,665
0.160%
kajabi.com
5,137
0.145%
pod.co
5,089
0.144%
art19.com
4,755
0.135%
mave.digital
4,650
0.132%
hearthis.at
4,146
0.117%
podserve.fm
4,108
0.116%
podcastle.ai
3,885
0.110%
letscast.fm
3,833
0.108%
amazonaws.com
3,560
0.101%
whooshkaa.com
3,549
0.100%
blubrry.com
3,482
0.099%
lizhi.fm
3,193
0.090%
fireside.fm
2,892
0.082%
promodj.com
2,885
0.082%
seesaa.net
2,818
0.080%
podcastics.com
2,722
0.077%
podcast.net
2,647
0.075%
sermon.net
2,576
0.073%
audiomeans.fr
2,475
0.070%
podcasts.com
2,288
0.065%
sounder.fm
2,271
0.064%
podster.fm
2,261
0.064%
springcast.fm
2,068
0.059%
podpoint.com
2,054
0.058%
stand.fm
2,036
0.058%
djpod.com
2,032
0.057%
lepodcast.fr
2,032
0.057%
wordpress.com
2,004
0.057%
zencastr.com
1,983
0.056%
pod.space
1,892
0.054%
talkshoe.com
1,846
0.052%
podcastgarden.com
1,786
0.051%
shoutengine.com
1,690
0.048%
blubrry.net
1,632
0.046%
cloversites.com
1,605
0.045%
iono.fm
1,583
0.045%
podfm.ru
1,517
0.043%
nowsprouting.com
1,516
0.043%
dr.dk
1,513
0.043%
faithcomesbyhearing.com
1,460
0.041%
radiotalk.jp
1,453
0.041%
podcastmachine.com
1,418
0.040%
ccma.cat
1,416
0.040%
rthk.hk
1,389
0.039%
bbci.co.uk
1,384
0.039%
zencast.fm
1,328
0.038%
amperwave.net
1,258
0.036%
open.ac.uk
1,237
0.035%
podplaystudio.com
1,234
0.035%
feedpress.me
1,179
0.033%
sermonaudio.com
1,146
0.032%
podspot.de
1,139
0.032%
streamguys1.com
1,102
0.031%
pippa.io
1,092
0.031%
jellycast.com
1,082
0.031%
wistia.com
1,067
0.030%
hipcast.com
1,056
0.030%
alitu.com
1,049
0.030%
pdrl.fm
1,044
0.030%
loyalbooks.com
1,029
0.029%
podcastmirror.com
1,027
0.029%
uvigo.es
1,021
0.029%
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