Top Podcast Hosting Companies by Episode Share (March 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 1.9 million in March 2024, up 6.0% from last month) 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 4.68% of the new episodes found in March.

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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 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.

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

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

  1. Spotify for Podcasters 28.9%
  2. Buzzsprout 8.3%
  3. Spreaker 6.9%
  4. Omny Studio 4.2%
  5. Podbean 3.9%
  6. Megaphone 3.9%
  7. Libsyn 3.6%
  8. Soundcloud 3.0%
  9. Acast 2.3%
  10. RSS.com 2.1%
  11. Transistor 2.1%
  12. Simplecast 1.9%
  13. iVoox 1.6%
  14. Captivate 1.4%
  15. Triton Digital 1.0%
  16. Podigee
  17. RedCircle
  18. Audioboom
  19. Blubrry
  20. Ximalaya
  21. Amazon S3
  22. SoundOn
  23. Ausha
  24. Audiomeans
  25. Firstory
  26. Squarespace
  27. SermonAudio
  28. Castos
  29. Subsplash
  30. Akamai CDN
  31. ART19
  32. Podomatic
  33. StreamGuys
  34. Audiostart
  35. Futuri Media
  36. mave
  37. Substack
  38. Voice of America English News
  39. Amazon CloudFront
  40. stand.fm
  41. NPR
  42. SoundStack
  43. Deutschlandradio
  44. podcaster.de
  45. RTVE
  46. Kajabi
  47. iono.fm
  48. Enacast
  49. WideOrbit
  50. Internet Archive
  51. Radio France Internationale
  52. Castbox
  53. Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty
  54. BBC
  55. NRJ-Group
  56. Cesky rozhlas
  57. Pinecast
  58. Sveriges Radio
  59. PodServe.fm
  60. Sermon.net
  61. Sharpstream
  62. Blog Talk Radio
  63. Kabbalah Media
  64. LetsCast.fm
  65. Small Universe
  66. hearthis.at
  67. OnePlace.com
  68. Podcast.co
  69. Wasabi Cloud Storage
  70. Octopus
  71. Radiotalk
  72. RTÉ Radio
  73. PromoDJ
  74. Podcastle
  75. Adventist World Radio
  76. Podspace
  77. Fireside
  78. Zencastr
  79. Church Plant Media
  80. LIVEBOX
  81. Onda Cero
  82. Seoul Broadcasting System
  83. RTP
  84. Feedpress
  85. Vatican News
  86. Hubhopper
  87. Rackspace Storage
  88. Springcast
  89. Radio Taiwan International
  90. RTHK
  91. Podcastics
  92. SoundCast
  93. Podcastbude
  94. Julep Hosting
  95. Nederlandse Publieke Omroep
  96. Eesti Rahvusringhääling
  97. DigitalOcean Spaces
  98. the Cloud Network
  99. RNC Media
  100. podCloud
  101. Controradio
  102. Muslim Central
  103. SRF
  104. Österreichischer Rundfunk
  105. Jewish Podcasts
  106. PRX
  107. WordPress
  108. Civic Media
  109. Seesaa
  110. Faithlife Sermons
  111. CanalSur
  112. CCMA
  113. Congregate
  114. EITB
  115. MBC TV
  116. bCast
  117. COPE
  118. DR
  119. CBS Radio News
  120. Bayerischer Rundfunk
  121. LSM.lv
  122. lizhi.fm
  123. Korean Broadcasting System
  124. ListenBox
  125. Westdeutscher Rundfunk
  126. Podster.fm
  127. Podetize
  128. Nox Solutions
  129. NHK
  130. Google Cloud
  131. podcasts.com
  132. CHGA
  133. YUTorah Online
  134. Audion
  135. Radio France
  136. Sonicbowl
  137. Zencast
  138. Radio Free Asia
  139. Radiotelevizija Slovenija
  140. Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
  141. Securenet Systems
  142. Il Sole 24 Ore
  143. Alitu
  144. Radio Télévision Suisse
  145. Shortcast Club
  146. Monte Carlo Doualiya
  147. Radio Popolare
  148. Nucleus
  149. mediastream
  150. Lightcast
  151. Talkshoe
  152. 95bFM
  153. Dee Jay
  154. Hello Audio
  155. American Public Media
  156. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
  157. BoxCast
  158. RMF FM
  159. Daily Audio Bible
  160. WNYC
  161. (all other known hosts)
  162. Red Basset
  163. NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
  164. Houston Public Media
  165. Radio New Zealand
  166. Vodio
  167. Dropbox
  168. Studeo
  169. Barstool Sports
  170. Kerkdienst Gemist
  171. podkast.no
  172. VoiceAmerica
  173. Bundesverband Freier Radios
  174. Flumotion
  175. Wistia
  176. Zeno Media
  177. Canstream Internet Radio
  178. KFKA
  179. ChristianWorldMedia.com
  180. Polyglot FM
  181. Dragonfly FM
  182. Ràdio Ciutat de Tarragona
  183. CoHost
  184. Radio Nikkei
  185. Podeo
  186. LightSource
  187. Fusebox
  188. Radio Maria
  189. Djpod
  190. TwentyThree
  191. LISTEN
  192. msk.ru
  193. LiveWriters
  194. United Nations
  195. JustCast
  196. WavPub
  197. Radio Martí
  198. Whooshkaa
  199. Funkhaus Rosenheim
  200. Aragon Radio CARTV
  201. This Is Distorted
  202. Podle
  203. Dropwave
  204. Belgischer Rundfunk
  205. Play.ht
  206. Casted
  207. Linode Object Storage
  208. Adori Labs
  209. RCF
  210. All India Radio
  211. Type III Audio
  212. LightSource
  213. JW Player
  214. Fans.fm
  215. TerraSpaces
  216. DoctorPodcasting
  217. Syndicast
  218. UPLINK Digital
  219. Soundwise
  220. Typlog
  221. Cast
  222. Issues, Etc.
  223. Radio de la Paix
  224. Podcast Your Sermons
  225. stationista
  226. Podhome
  227. Radio Activ
  228. CacheFly CDN
  229. The Washington Post
  230. podseed
  231. Voxnest
  232. RSS Blue
  233. Cihan Radyo
  234. Afripods
  235. TWiT
  236. Megafono
  237. Cuonda
  238. Discerning Hearts
  239. Podbbang
  240. AudioVerse

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 2024-04-01, 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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