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 3,595,559 podcasts* and 179,418,252 episodes in the world.
* Some websites or apps claim to have over 3,595,559 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
92,595
2
8,365
3
2,473
4
1,277
5+
4,490
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
1,920,300
55.104%
buzzsprout.com
232,561
6.673%
spreaker.com
139,806
4.012%
podbean.com
134,372
3.856%
soundcloud.com
125,870
3.612%
libsyn.com
102,829
2.951%
rss.com
63,940
1.835%
feedburner.com
58,207
1.670%
acast.com
45,692
1.311%
podomatic.com
42,943
1.232%
ivoox.com
31,561
0.906%
apple.com
30,820
0.884%
transistor.fm
29,979
0.860%
simplecast.com
26,918
0.772%
megaphone.fm
25,831
0.741%
captivate.fm
25,128
0.721%
omnycontent.com
23,189
0.665%
ximalaya.com
19,888
0.571%
podigee.io
18,868
0.541%
ausha.co
17,398
0.499%
redcircle.com
16,746
0.481%
firstory.me
16,496
0.473%
soundon.fm
15,552
0.446%
audioboom.com
10,632
0.305%
substack.com
9,561
0.274%
podcaster.de
9,025
0.259%
blogtalkradio.com
8,220
0.236%
castos.com
7,677
0.220%
squarespace.com
7,405
0.212%
s3mts.ru
7,258
0.208%
xyzfm.space
7,191
0.206%
pinecast.com
7,191
0.206%
subsplash.com
6,248
0.179%
castbox.fm
5,996
0.172%
ssenhosting.com
5,921
0.170%
islamhouse.com
5,847
0.168%
librivox.org
5,665
0.163%
hubhopper.com
5,599
0.161%
pod.co
5,030
0.144%
kajabi.com
4,997
0.143%
art19.com
4,424
0.127%
mave.digital
4,243
0.122%
podserve.fm
4,016
0.115%
hearthis.at
3,958
0.114%
podcastle.ai
3,725
0.107%
letscast.fm
3,709
0.106%
whooshkaa.com
3,551
0.102%
amazonaws.com
3,529
0.101%
blubrry.com
3,412
0.098%
lizhi.fm
3,189
0.092%
fireside.fm
2,875
0.082%
promodj.com
2,872
0.082%
seesaa.net
2,819
0.081%
podcastics.com
2,656
0.076%
podcast.net
2,644
0.076%
sermon.net
2,573
0.074%
podcasts.com
2,301
0.066%
sounder.fm
2,272
0.065%
audiomeans.fr
2,272
0.065%
podster.fm
2,187
0.063%
springcast.fm
2,066
0.059%
podpoint.com
2,040
0.059%
djpod.com
2,031
0.058%
lepodcast.fr
2,001
0.057%
wordpress.com
1,995
0.057%
zencastr.com
1,924
0.055%
stand.fm
1,884
0.054%
talkshoe.com
1,844
0.053%
pod.space
1,836
0.053%
podcastgarden.com
1,786
0.051%
shoutengine.com
1,690
0.048%
blubrry.net
1,616
0.046%
cloversites.com
1,609
0.046%
iono.fm
1,554
0.045%
podfm.ru
1,517
0.044%
nowsprouting.com
1,516
0.044%
dr.dk
1,505
0.043%
faithcomesbyhearing.com
1,460
0.042%
radiotalk.jp
1,448
0.042%
podcastmachine.com
1,418
0.041%
ccma.cat
1,415
0.041%
rthk.hk
1,388
0.040%
bbci.co.uk
1,378
0.040%
zencast.fm
1,319
0.038%
open.ac.uk
1,237
0.035%
feedpress.me
1,211
0.035%
podplaystudio.com
1,185
0.034%
podspot.de
1,139
0.033%
sermonaudio.com
1,129
0.032%
pippa.io
1,096
0.031%
streamguys1.com
1,087
0.031%
jellycast.com
1,082
0.031%
hipcast.com
1,056
0.030%
wistia.com
1,047
0.030%
podcastmirror.com
1,032
0.030%
loyalbooks.com
1,029
0.030%
uvigo.es
1,021
0.029%
ox.ac.uk
973
0.028%
alitu.com
972
0.028%
rtve.es
958
0.027%
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