Top Podcast Hosting Companies by Episode Share (June 2024)

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One of the ways to measure the health of the current podcast ecosystem is to measure the number of new episodes published in a given period.

We independently verify every single new podcast episode published (about 1.8 million in June 2024, down 5.9% from last month on a normalized basis) and identify which podcast hosting company it belongs to.

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We use the actual media file url (ignoring any non-host tracking redirects) to identify the host. It is not based on the feed url domain, which can often undercount hosts that offer custom domains.

In cases where a retail podcast host uses another podcast host to serve the audio, we credit the first host. In cases where a podcast migrates from one host to new host, we credit the new host. In general, the intent is to identify the podcast host the podcaster would say they are dealing with.

We were not able to identify a known host for 4.73% of the new episodes found in June.

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There are many market share numbers floating around out there for the various podcast hosting companies, but it’s often difficult to compare apples to apples - especially when considering inactive shows. Looking at only new episodes is one fairly objective way to compare each platform, at least by sheer amount of new output.

A special note for March/April 2024

We now have a better signal of when Spreaker releases new episodes, so our crawlers are finding more, starting early-March. It’s likely that we were undercounting Spreaker prior to this.

A special note for September/October 2023

We now have a better signal of when Spotify for Podcasters (formerly Anchor) podcasts release new episodes, so our crawlers are finding more, starting mid-September.

October was the first full month where this new signal was incorporated for the entire month, so should be a more accurate baseline going forward. It’s likely that we were undercounting S4P prior to this, in general our goal is to observe and validate every change to every podcast.

First, a quick chart of the top podcast hosting companies over time, based on share of new episodes every month.

Spotify for Podcasters , Spreaker , and Buzzsprout are the clear top three producers of new podcast episodes.

Now let’s graph the same data again, excluding them to see the others more clearly.

And finally, a ranking of podcast hosters ordered by new episodes published during the month of June 2024.

A rounded percentage of episode share is also included if at least 1%.

  1. Spotify for Podcasters 26.1%
  2. Spreaker 9.3%
  3. Buzzsprout 7.8%
  4. Omny Studio 4.4%
  5. Megaphone 4.1%
  6. Podbean 4.0%
  7. Libsyn 3.5%
  8. Soundcloud 2.8%
  9. Acast 2.3%
  10. Simplecast 2.1%
  11. RSS.com 1.9%
  12. Transistor 1.7%
  13. iVoox 1.7%
  14. Captivate 1.4%
  15. Triton Digital 1.1%
  16. Audiomeans
  17. Podigee
  18. RedCircle
  19. Akamai CDN
  20. Audioboom
  21. Ximalaya
  22. Blubrry
  23. Ausha
  24. Amazon S3
  25. SoundOn
  26. Firstory
  27. Squarespace
  28. Subsplash
  29. Castos
  30. ART19
  31. StreamGuys
  32. Audiostart
  33. SermonAudio
  34. Futuri Media
  35. Podomatic
  36. mave
  37. Substack
  38. stand.fm
  39. podcaster.de
  40. NRJ-Group
  41. Amazon CloudFront
  42. SoundStack
  43. iono.fm
  44. Deutschlandradio
  45. Enacast
  46. RTVE
  47. Kajabi
  48. WideOrbit
  49. Radio France Internationale
  50. NPR
  51. Small Universe
  52. Cesky rozhlas
  53. Internet Archive
  54. Castbox
  55. BBC
  56. Octopus
  57. Sermon.net
  58. LetsCast.fm
  59. Sharpstream
  60. Blog Talk Radio
  61. Sveriges Radio
  62. PodServe.fm
  63. OnePlace.com
  64. Hubhopper
  65. Kabbalah Media
  66. Pinecast
  67. Wasabi Cloud Storage
  68. Radiotalk
  69. hearthis.at
  70. Adventist World Radio
  71. Podcast.co
  72. Podcastle
  73. Onda Cero
  74. LIVEBOX
  75. Zencastr
  76. Seoul Broadcasting System
  77. Fireside
  78. Podspace
  79. NHK
  80. RTÉ Radio
  81. RTP
  82. Feedpress
  83. Vatican News
  84. Rackspace Storage
  85. RTHK
  86. Podcastics
  87. Radio Taiwan International
  88. Springcast
  89. Jewish Podcasts
  90. Controradio
  91. Nederlandse Publieke Omroep
  92. Julep Hosting
  93. Eesti Rahvusringhääling
  94. podCloud
  95. RNC Media
  96. DigitalOcean Spaces
  97. Österreichischer Rundfunk
  98. Podcastbude
  99. PRX
  100. the Cloud Network
  101. Civic Media
  102. SRF
  103. Congregate
  104. EITB
  105. LightSource
  106. CanalSur
  107. MBC TV
  108. Seesaa
  109. CCMA
  110. CBS Radio News
  111. Sonicbowl
  112. COPE
  113. bCast
  114. Westdeutscher Rundfunk
  115. Nox Solutions
  116. Bayerischer Rundfunk
  117. Korean Broadcasting System
  118. LSM.lv
  119. lizhi.fm
  120. Il Sole 24 Ore
  121. Podetize
  122. ListenBox
  123. (all other known hosts)
  124. Podster.fm
  125. Radio Popolare
  126. Radiotelevizija Slovenija
  127. Zencast
  128. Google Cloud
  129. Radio France
  130. Radio Télévision Suisse
  131. Audion
  132. Monte Carlo Doualiya
  133. Alitu
  134. podcasts.com
  135. Securenet Systems
  136. Muslim Central
  137. Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
  138. mediastream
  139. Faithlife Sermons
  140. CHGA
  141. Fluidstream
  142. Nucleus
  143. WNYC
  144. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
  145. Talkshoe
  146. Lightcast
  147. Daily Audio Bible
  148. YUTorah Online
  149. Hello Audio
  150. RMF FM
  151. Flumotion
  152. cba.media
  153. BoxCast
  154. Red Basset
  155. Dee Jay
  156. Wistia
  157. American Public Media
  158. PodcastAI
  159. LISTEN
  160. NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
  161. Radio Free Asia
  162. BaladoQuebec
  163. Dropbox
  164. Barstool Sports
  165. Radio New Zealand
  166. CFIM
  167. 95bFM
  168. Kerkdienst Gemist
  169. Dragonfly FM
  170. Shortcast Club
  171. VoiceAmerica
  172. Houston Public Media
  173. Zeno Media
  174. Bundesverband Freier Radios
  175. WavPub
  176. LiveWriters
  177. Podeo
  178. Studeo
  179. Koelab
  180. WordPress
  181. Podhome
  182. msk.ru
  183. DR
  184. CoHost
  185. ChristianWorldMedia.com
  186. Fusebox
  187. TwentyThree
  188. Ràdio Ciutat de Tarragona
  189. Funkhaus Rosenheim
  190. Podle
  191. Djpod
  192. United Nations
  193. Canstream Internet Radio
  194. Radio Maria
  195. Radio Nikkei
  196. Vivre FM
  197. This Is Distorted
  198. Vodio
  199. Linode Object Storage
  200. Adori Labs
  201. KFKA
  202. Radio Laser
  203. RCF
  204. Aragon Radio CARTV
  205. Dropwave
  206. DoctorPodcasting
  207. Fans.fm
  208. Play.ht
  209. JustCast
  210. Sepia Systems
  211. LightSource
  212. Soundwise
  213. Casted
  214. Syndicast
  215. stationista
  216. Issues, Etc.
  217. Whooshkaa
  218. Podcast Your Sermons
  219. Typlog
  220. Cast
  221. JW Player
  222. podseed
  223. RSS Blue
  224. The Washington Post
  225. JOY Media
  226. Radio Activ
  227. Afripods
  228. Type III Audio
  229. Radio de la Paix
  230. Attitude
  231. Progzilla Radio
  232. Voxnest
  233. Discerning Hearts
  234. TWiT
  235. Infowars
  236. AudioVerse
  237. Cuonda
  238. Graffiti Urban Radio

Analysis by John Spurlock

Thanks to the Podcast Index and other sources, for giving us signals of when to check for new episodes in public podcasts.

And thanks to the Open Podcast Analytics Working Group for maintaining a list of media url patterns. We’ve incorporated these patterns along with some of our own to come up with the host identification and metadata for this ranking.

Updated 2024-07-01, with data for the month of June 2024. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2024-06-01, with data for the month of May 2024. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2024-05-01, with data for the month of April 2024. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2024-04-01, with data for the month of March 2024. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2024-03-02, with data for the month of February 2024. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2024-02-02, with data for the month of January 2024. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2024-01-01, with data for the month of December 2023. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2023-12-03, with data for the month of November 2023. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2023-11-02, with data for the month of October 2023. Still ex Radio France. October was the first full month where the new S4P signal was incorporated for the entire month, so should be a more accurate baseline going forward. It’s likely that we were undercounting S4P prior to this, in general our goal is to observe and validate every change to every podcast.

Updated 2023-10-01, with data for the month of September 2023. Still ex Radio France. We now have a better signal of when Spotify for Podcasters (formerly Anchor) podcasts release new episodes, so our crawlers are finding more, starting mid-September.

Updated 2023-09-01, with data for the month of August 2023. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2023-08-01, with data for the month of July 2023. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2023-07-01, with data for the month of June 2023. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2023-06-01, with data for the month of May 2023. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2023-05-01, with data for the month of April 2023. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2023-04-01, with data for the month of March 2023. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2023-03-01, with data for the month of February 2023. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2023-02-01, with data for the month of January 2023. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2023-01-01, with data for the month of December 2022. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2022-12-01, with data for the month of November 2022. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2022-11-01, with data for the month of October 2022. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2022-10-02, with data for the month of September 2022. Removed Radio France from the universe this month due to many of the same episodes appearing in multiple feeds but with different urls. We try to make sure in cases like this that we are not underrepresenting everyone else until we can ensure duplicates are properly represented.

Updated 2022-09-01, with data for the month of August 2022.

Updated 2022-08-01, with data for the month of July 2022. Updated share pct calculation denominator to all new episodes, not just new episodes with known host entities. As part of this, also now reporting the pct of new episodes with unknown hosts.

Updated 2022-07-01, with data for the month of June 2022.

Updated 2022-06-01, with data for the month of May 2022.

Updated 2022-05-01, with data for the month of April 2022.

Updated 2022-04-05, RSS Podcasting is now known as RSS.com.

Updated 2022-04-02, with data for the month of March 2022 and a new graph. Removed dynamic/aggregate search feeds that don’t represent shows, which signifcantly lowered the episode share ranking for Internet Archive, SermonAudio, and PromoDJ.

Updated 2022-03-01, with data for the month of February 2022.

Updated 2022-02-01, with data for the month of January 2022.

Updated 2022-01-10, was missing data for December 31, now fixed.

Updated 2022-01-02, with data for the month of December 2021. Now filtering out episodes with the same media file url across multiple feeds (e.g. in aggregate category feeds), and filtered out dynamic search feeds from archive.org (they do not represent “shows” for any meaningful definition of the term). Universe shrank by 10.6% with these new filters. After that, December’s universe was still 6.8% smaller than November’s, presumably due to the holiday season.

Updated 2021-12-02, with data for the month of November 2021.

Updated 2021-11-11, tweaked the host identification algorithm: in cases where one known host performs a temporary redirect (302, 307) to another known host as part of a single request chain, we credit the redirecting host, not the target. For permanent redirects (301), we credit the target.

Updated 2021-11-11, added a new footer link to last month’s version.

Updated 2021-11-10, with data for the month of October 2021.

Updated 2021-10-09, to clarify the universe and identification scheme, added an overall episode count, and replaced short domains with hosting company names.

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