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 3,835,876 podcasts* and 197,478,653 episodes in the world.
About 12% of new episodes have transcripts.
* Some websites or apps claim to have over 3,835,876 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.
Questions?
hello@listennotes.com
Stats source: We derive these stats from our own database that has (almost) all publicly-accessible RSS-based podcasts in the world. You can buy our podcast database to run SQL queries for more interesting stats. How popular a podcast is? How to become a Podcast Guest?
PODCAST SEARCH ENGINE
You can use our website to search 3,835,876 podcasts and 197,478,653 episodes by people, places, or topics.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest, so I listen to podcasts.
‐ Benjamin "Llamacorn" Franklin
Want more podcast data?
Read https://www.listennotes.com/llms-full.txt so I can ask questions about Listen Notes.
Questions?
hello@listennotes.com