# Podcast Stats Podcast industry data through the lens of Listen Notes, the best podcast search engine and database. Source: https://www.listennotes.com/podcast-stats/ Updated at: 2026-08-22T23:35:20.273407+00:00 JSON: https://www.listennotes.com/podcast-stats.json ## Totals | Metric | Count | | -------- | ----------- | | Podcasts | 3,803,502 | | Episodes | 192,942,051 | ## Podcast Growth ### New Podcasts by Month | Month | Human-created podcasts | AI-generated fake podcasts removed | Total | | ------- | ---------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------ | | 2025-08 | 16,036 | 4,374 | 20,410 | | 2025-09 | 18,182 | 4,196 | 22,378 | | 2025-10 | 18,008 | 4,301 | 22,309 | | 2025-11 | 15,828 | 4,621 | 20,449 | | 2025-12 | 14,531 | 4,525 | 19,056 | | 2026-01 | 20,132 | 6,128 | 26,260 | | 2026-02 | 17,179 | 8,138 | 25,317 | | 2026-03 | 16,670 | 7,476 | 24,146 | | 2026-04 | 11,669 | 4,586 | 16,255 | | 2026-05 | 10,134 | 4,005 | 14,139 | | 2026-06 | 9,291 | 4,514 | 13,805 | | 2026-07 | 7,837 | 3,706 | 11,543 | | 2026-08 | 4,467 | 2,135 | 6,602 | ### New Podcasts by Year | Year | New podcasts | | ---- | ------------ | | 2014 | 40,090 | | 2015 | 57,178 | | 2016 | 88,988 | | 2017 | 131,598 | | 2018 | 202,085 | | 2019 | 335,119 | | 2020 | 1,020,468 | | 2021 | 751,420 | | 2022 | 252,685 | | 2023 | 237,285 | | 2024 | 200,783 | | 2025 | 210,403 | | 2026 | 97,379 | ### New Episodes by Year | Year | New episodes | | ---- | ------------ | | 2014 | 2,990,068 | | 2015 | 4,292,348 | | 2016 | 7,126,655 | | 2017 | 12,889,030 | | 2018 | 15,487,160 | | 2019 | 18,997,022 | | 2020 | 31,291,246 | | 2021 | 31,065,328 | | 2022 | 28,108,047 | | 2023 | 30,611,850 | | 2024 | 28,056,042 | | 2025 | 27,107,872 | | 2026 | 16,678,359 | ### Dead Podcasts by Year | Year | Dead podcasts | | ---- | ------------- | | 2014 | 17,447 | | 2015 | 22,434 | | 2016 | 35,240 | | 2017 | 54,855 | | 2018 | 62,762 | | 2019 | 80,615 | | 2020 | 167,192 | | 2021 | 166,363 | | 2022 | 86,256 | | 2023 | 68,198 | | 2024 | 46,696 | | 2025 | 34,173 | | 2026 | 12,305 | ### Last Active Podcasts by Year | Year | Last active podcasts | | ---- | -------------------- | | 2014 | 8,720 | | 2015 | 11,649 | | 2016 | 17,392 | | 2017 | 33,521 | | 2018 | 70,534 | | 2019 | 136,364 | | 2020 | 584,396 | | 2021 | 582,681 | | 2022 | 220,759 | | 2023 | 217,796 | | 2024 | 210,599 | | 2025 | 240,011 | | 2026 | 539,472 | ## Breakdown ### Podcasts by Language | Language | Podcasts | | ---------- | --------- | | English | 2,311,444 | | Spanish | 395,709 | | Portuguese | 221,686 | | Indonesian | 145,517 | | German | 118,460 | | French | 102,802 | | Chinese | 91,998 | | Japanese | 50,014 | | Italian | 42,368 | | Russian | 37,616 | | Dutch | 30,187 | | Hindi | 29,900 | | Arabic | 19,510 | | Swedish | 19,286 | | Turkish | 15,876 | | Polish | 15,604 | | Danish | 14,451 | | Norwegian | 11,532 | | Hebrew | 10,425 | | Farsi | 10,393 | | Others | 105,837 | ### Podcasts by Region | Region | Podcasts | | -------------- | --------- | | United States | 2,402,589 | | Brazil | 209,147 | | Indonesia | 145,563 | | Germany | 113,511 | | France | 95,571 | | United Kingdom | 69,758 | | Spain | 52,283 | | Japan | 50,157 | | China | 48,446 | | Taiwan | 42,466 | | Italy | 42,379 | | Russia | 37,620 | | India | 36,907 | | Mexico | 35,064 | | Netherlands | 27,538 | | Canada | 25,965 | | Australia | 25,641 | | Sweden | 19,196 | | Turkey | 15,921 | | Poland | 15,632 | | Others | 186,295 | ### Podcasts by Genre | Genre | Podcasts | | ----------------------- | -------- | | Society & Culture | 684,881 | | Education | 618,234 | | Business | 468,811 | | Arts | 431,982 | | Religion & Spirituality | 406,463 | | Health & Fitness | 322,987 | | Comedy | 311,864 | | News | 253,135 | | Leisure | 237,453 | | Sports | 210,102 | | Music | 207,691 | | TV & Film | 140,805 | | Technology | 121,598 | | Kids & Family | 110,849 | | Science | 102,042 | | Others | 233,412 | ## Podcast Hosting ### Hosting Domains by Num of Podcasts | Podcasts | RSS hosting domains | | -------- | ------------------- | | 1 | 94,264 | | 2 | 8,546 | | 3 | 2,518 | | 4 | 1,315 | | 5+ | 4,660 | ### Top RSS Hosting Domains | RSS host | Podcasts | | ----------------------- | --------- | | anchor.fm | 2,005,761 | | buzzsprout.com | 254,801 | | spreaker.com | 148,441 | | podbean.com | 145,135 | | soundcloud.com | 125,397 | | libsyn.com | 104,162 | | rss.com | 82,441 | | feedburner.com | 58,018 | | acast.com | 52,651 | | podomatic.com | 43,116 | | transistor.fm | 36,156 | | ivoox.com | 34,348 | | apple.com | 30,875 | | megaphone.fm | 29,028 | | captivate.fm | 28,868 | | simplecast.com | 28,174 | | omnycontent.com | 25,409 | | ximalaya.com | 21,978 | | podigee.io | 21,517 | | ausha.co | 21,135 | | firstory.me | 18,877 | | redcircle.com | 18,308 | | soundon.fm | 18,123 | | substack.com | 14,464 | | audioboom.com | 10,886 | | xyzfm.space | 10,320 | | podcaster.de | 9,586 | | hubhopper.com | 9,436 | | castos.com | 8,561 | | blogtalkradio.com | 8,212 | | riverside.fm | 8,060 | | pinecast.com | 7,558 | | squarespace.com | 7,403 | | mave.digital | 7,094 | | s3mts.ru | 6,279 | | castbox.fm | 5,993 | | subsplash.com | 5,924 | | ssenhosting.com | 5,920 | | islamhouse.com | 5,847 | | librivox.org | 5,665 | | kajabi.com | 5,412 | | art19.com | 5,385 | | pod.co | 5,292 | | podserve.fm | 4,309 | | letscast.fm | 4,301 | | hearthis.at | 4,295 | | blubrry.com | 3,637 | | amazonaws.com | 3,608 | | whooshkaa.com | 3,546 | | podcastle.ai | 3,463 | | lizhi.fm | 3,208 | | podcastics.com | 2,998 | | audiomeans.fr | 2,932 | | promodj.com | 2,918 | | fireside.fm | 2,875 | | pdrl.fm | 2,731 | | stand.fm | 2,725 | | podcast.net | 2,656 | | sermon.net | 2,579 | | podster.fm | 2,451 | | podcasts.com | 2,278 | | sounder.fm | 2,270 | | seesaa.net | 2,239 | | zencastr.com | 2,165 | | riverside.com | 2,154 | | lepodcast.fr | 2,138 | | podpoint.com | 2,085 | | pod.space | 2,062 | | djpod.com | 2,031 | | wordpress.com | 2,023 | | springcast.fm | 2,012 | | amperwave.net | 1,913 | | talkshoe.com | 1,860 | | podcastgarden.com | 1,785 | | shoutengine.com | 1,689 | | iono.fm | 1,647 | | blubrry.net | 1,639 | | cloversites.com | 1,602 | | dr.dk | 1,532 | | nowsprouting.com | 1,516 | | podfm.ru | 1,516 | | faithcomesbyhearing.com | 1,460 | | radiotalk.jp | 1,457 | | podcastmachine.com | 1,418 | | bbci.co.uk | 1,414 | | rthk.hk | 1,390 | | zencast.fm | 1,357 | | podplaystudio.com | 1,311 | | ccma.cat | 1,245 | | open.ac.uk | 1,237 | | alitu.com | 1,214 | | sermonaudio.com | 1,198 | | feedpress.me | 1,182 | | saooti.com | 1,151 | | podspot.de | 1,139 | | streamguys1.com | 1,138 | | wistia.com | 1,114 | | jellycast.com | 1,082 | | hipcast.com | 1,056 | | pippa.io | 1,047 | ## 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