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 3,638,887 podcasts* and 183,669,305 episodes in the world.
* Some websites or apps claim to have over 3,638,887 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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