Top Podcast Tracking Services by Episode Share (March 2023)

This is an archived version, the current version is here.

Now that we have a good idea of which podcast hosts are producing new podcast episodes, let’s turn our attention to third-party podcast analytics services.

These services are typically provided by a company that is not the podcast host, but can provide tracking and analytics by being specified as the underlying media file url, which then redirects back to the host. Sometimes, these services are implemented as custom prefixes (taking the original media url and adding a prefix to it), but not always.

By intercepting every episode media file request, these analytics services can provide a view that is potentially larger than what the underlying podcast host analytics can provide.

Podtrac, one of the most popular services, released some interesting data about their US download figures for September 2021.

But how representative of the entire podcast world is this data? How many podcasters use services like these?

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We already did the work of analyzing every single new podcast episode published (about 1.9 million in March 2023), identifying which podcast hosting company it belongs to.

We used the actual media file url (past any tracking redirects) to identify the host instead of the feed url domain, which can often undercount hosts that offer custom domains.

Let’s now take a look at the tracking services themselves. Of the new episodes that were published in December, how many of them included one or more of these tracking services? Some episodes had as many as eight of these redirecting trackers!

Note we can only observe “client-side” trackers. There are other podcast analytics services such as Triton Digital that receive private request logs directly from partner hosts. Like first-party podcast host analytics, the reach of these services is not measurable in a public way, and thus not included in this analysis.

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

Overall

At least one tracker was found on 17.04% of new episodes in March, shrinking 0.06% from last month.

For episodes that used at least one tracker, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Spreaker 22.60%
2. Megaphone 11.50%
3. Omny Studio 9.21%
4. Buzzsprout 8.20%
5. Simplecast 5.13%
6. Blubrry 4.03%
7. Libsyn 3.81%
8. Futuri Media 2.43%
9. RSS.com 2.30%
10. Soundcloud 2.21%

Individual Service Rankings

And now, the full list of individual podcast analytics services ordered by new episodes published during the month of March 2023.

1. Podtrac

Podtrac was found on 7.79% of new episodes in March, growing 2.72% from last month.

Of these, 23.05% had one other tracker, 10.92% had 2 other trackers, 1.65% had 3 other trackers, 0.89% had 4 other trackers, 0.54% had 5 other trackers, 0.23% had 6 other trackers, and 0.14% had 7 other trackers.

29.24% also included Chartable, 13.48% also included Podsights, 6.18% also included Adswizz, 1.91% also included Podcorn, 1.38% also included Podscribe, 1.06% also included Podder, 1.05% also included ArtsAI, 0.68% also included Claritas, 0.63% also included Blubrry, 0.62% also included OP3, 0.54% also included Gumball, 0.52% also included Veritonic, 0.49% also included Magellan AI, 0.15% also included Feedpress, 0.12% also included Podroll, 0.11% also included Backtracks, 0.11% also included Glystn, 0.06% also included Médiamétrie, 0.03% also included Zippycast, 0.02% also included AdBarker, 0.02% also included Podkite, 0.01% also included Zencastr, and <0.01% also included Firstory.

For episodes that used Podtrac, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Spreaker 48.55%
2. Megaphone 15.39%
3. Omny Studio 9.92%
4. Futuri Media 3.20%
5. Libsyn 2.63%
6. Soundcloud 2.58%
7. ART19 1.91%
8. Transistor 1.49%
9. Simplecast 1.48%
10. NPR 1.40%

Spotify (Chartable & Podsights)

At least one Spotify tracker was found on 6.21% of new episodes in March, growing 0.83% from last month.

Of these, 38.85% also included Podtrac, 7.95% also included Adswizz, 4.49% also included Podcorn, 3.09% also included Podscribe, 1.71% also included ArtsAI, 1.61% also included Podder, 1.13% also included Claritas, 1.03% also included Magellan AI, 0.91% also included Firstory, 0.91% also included Gumball, 0.87% also included OP3, 0.70% also included Veritonic, 0.40% also included Blubrry, 0.31% also included Podroll, 0.14% also included Glystn, 0.06% also included AdBarker, 0.06% also included Feedpress, 0.04% also included Podkite, 0.04% also included Backtracks, 0.03% also included Zippycast, and 0.03% also included Zencastr.

For episodes that used at least one Spotify tracker, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Megaphone 27.58%
2. Omny Studio 23.34%
3. Libsyn 6.12%
4. Simplecast 5.35%
5. Buzzsprout 4.46%
6. Spreaker 4.26%
7. Transistor 2.79%
8. ART19 2.50%
9. SoundOn 2.26%
10. Captivate 2.23%

2. Chartable by Spotify

Chartable was found on 5.53% of new episodes in March, growing 0.23% from last month.

Of these, 35.66% had one other tracker, 16.38% had 2 other trackers, 2.75% had 3 other trackers, 0.93% had 4 other trackers, 0.82% had 5 other trackers, 0.32% had 6 other trackers, and 0.19% had 7 other trackers.

41.20% also included Podtrac, 24.29% also included Podsights, 5.81% also included Adswizz, 4.12% also included Podcorn, 3.03% also included Podscribe, 1.78% also included ArtsAI, 1.52% also included Podder, 1.22% also included Claritas, 1.10% also included Magellan AI, 1.03% also included Firstory, 0.74% also included Veritonic, 0.42% also included Gumball, 0.38% also included OP3, 0.38% also included Blubrry, 0.33% also included Podroll, 0.15% also included Glystn, 0.07% also included AdBarker, 0.06% also included Feedpress, 0.04% also included Backtracks, 0.04% also included Podkite, 0.02% also included Zencastr, and <0.01% also included Zippycast.

For episodes that used Chartable, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Megaphone 28.97%
2. Omny Studio 19.61%
3. Libsyn 6.50%
4. Simplecast 5.52%
5. Buzzsprout 4.87%
6. Spreaker 4.61%
7. ART19 2.71%
8. SoundOn 2.54%
9. Captivate 2.48%
10. Transistor 2.30%

3. Adswizz by Pandora

Adswizz was found on 2.25% of new episodes in March, shrinking 1.79% from last month.

Of these, 32.91% had one other tracker, 4.07% had 2 other trackers, 2.04% had 3 other trackers, 0.65% had 5 other trackers, 0.45% had 7 other trackers, 0.32% had 4 other trackers, and 0.29% had 6 other trackers.

21.38% also included Podtrac, 14.26% also included Chartable, 13.49% also included Podsights, 2.22% also included Blubrry, 1.37% also included ArtsAI, 1.22% also included Podscribe, 1.15% also included Claritas, 0.55% also included Podroll, 0.45% also included Magellan AI, 0.44% also included Veritonic, 0.04% also included Podcorn, 0.03% also included Podder, 0.01% also included Gumball, and 0.01% also included OP3.

For episodes that used Adswizz, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Simplecast 30.28%
2. Futuri Media 18.40%
3. Omny Studio 10.42%
4. StreamGuys 8.43%
5. NRJ-Group 7.71%
6. Europe 1 5.50%
7. NPR 4.66%
8. Empire Streaming 3.78%
9. Il Sole 24 Ore 1.54%
10. Nox Solutions 1.46%

4. Podcorn by Audacy/Entercom

Podcorn was found on 2.22% of new episodes in March, shrinking 3.64% from last month.

Of these, 11.24% had one other tracker, 2.11% had 2 other trackers, 1.24% had 4 other trackers, 0.79% had 3 other trackers, 0.44% had 5 other trackers, 0.02% had 7 other trackers, and 0.02% had 6 other trackers.

10.27% also included Chartable, 6.69% also included Podtrac, 3.33% also included Podsights, 1.83% also included OP3, 1.82% also included Gumball, 0.42% also included Podder, 0.33% also included Blubrry, 0.11% also included AdBarker, 0.08% also included Backtracks, 0.07% also included Podroll, 0.06% also included Zencastr, 0.06% also included Podkite, 0.05% also included Podscribe, 0.05% also included Feedpress, 0.04% also included Adswizz, and 0.03% also included Magellan AI.

For episodes that used Podcorn, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Buzzsprout 54.91%
2. RSS.com 17.58%
3. Podomatic 6.65%
4. Libsyn 5.75%
5. Transistor 3.28%
6. Podbean 3.27%
7. Captivate 2.14%
8. Spreaker 1.94%
9. Soundcloud 1.06%
10. Megaphone 0.84%

5. Podsights by Spotify

Podsights was found on 2.03% of new episodes in March, growing 5.68% from last month.

Of these, 39.60% had 2 other trackers, 28.91% had one other tracker, 7.63% had 3 other trackers, 3.61% had 4 other trackers, 2.33% had 5 other trackers, 0.87% had 6 other trackers, and 0.52% had 7 other trackers.

66.28% also included Chartable, 51.83% also included Podtrac, 14.99% also included Adswizz, 7.92% also included Podscribe, 4.32% also included ArtsAI, 3.65% also included Podcorn, 3.19% also included Claritas, 3.16% also included Podder, 2.84% also included Magellan AI, 2.53% also included Gumball, 2.09% also included OP3, 2.01% also included Veritonic, 0.65% also included Podroll, 0.22% also included Blubrry, 0.11% also included Zippycast, 0.09% also included Zencastr, 0.06% also included Podkite, 0.04% also included Backtracks, and 0.02% also included AdBarker.

For episodes that used Podsights, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Megaphone 39.36%
2. Omny Studio 38.60%
3. Simplecast 3.76%
4. ART19 3.42%
5. Transistor 3.05%
6. Audioboom 2.20%
7. Libsyn 1.86%
8. Spreaker 1.07%
9. Nox Solutions 1.05%
10. WNYC 1.00%

6. Blubrry

Blubrry was found on 1.53% of new episodes in March, shrinking 5.35% from last month.

Of these, 7.80% had one other tracker, 0.58% had 2 other trackers, 0.07% had 3 other trackers, 0.06% had 4 other trackers, and 0.04% had 5 other trackers.

3.25% also included Adswizz, 3.19% also included Podtrac, 1.37% also included Chartable, 0.83% also included Feedpress, 0.47% also included Podcorn, 0.30% also included Podsights, 0.08% also included OP3, 0.07% also included Podder, 0.02% also included AdBarker, and 0.01% also included Zencastr.

For episodes that used Blubrry, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Blubrry 44.72%
2. Amazon S3 3.52%
3. Muslim Central 2.58%
4. Empire Streaming 2.47%
5. Libsyn 2.47%
6. Soundcloud 2.07%
7. Internet Archive 1.55%
8. Amazon CloudFront 1.35%
9. Squarespace 1.26%
10. iVoox 1.00%

7. Médiamétrie

Médiamétrie was found on 0.45% of new episodes in March, shrinking 8.29% from last month.

Of these, 1.00% had one other tracker.

1.00% also included Podtrac.

For episodes that used Médiamétrie, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Audiomeans 36.73%
2. Radio France Internationale 31.89%
3. RCF 13.22%
4. Ausha 11.00%
5. Monte Carlo Doualiya 5.94%
6. Akamai CDN 0.79%

8. Podscribe

Podscribe was found on 0.21% of new episodes in March, shrinking 0.96% from last month.

Of these, 21.63% had 3 other trackers, 15.77% had 4 other trackers, 15.22% had 5 other trackers, 14.79% had one other tracker, 10.66% had 2 other trackers, 8.07% had 6 other trackers, and 4.75% had 7 other trackers.

78.65% also included Chartable, 75.38% also included Podsights, 50.35% also included Podtrac, 35.24% also included ArtsAI, 26.84% also included Claritas, 19.19% also included Magellan AI, 17.38% also included Veritonic, 12.90% also included Adswizz, 3.32% also included Podroll, 1.28% also included Podder, 0.53% also included Podcorn, 0.50% also included OP3, and 0.33% also included Gumball.

For episodes that used Podscribe, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Megaphone 48.09%
2. Omny Studio 22.43%
3. Audioboom 11.09%
4. Simplecast 6.21%
5. Empire Streaming 4.78%
6. Nox Solutions 3.02%
7. Libsyn 2.41%
8. Spreaker 0.58%
9. Soundcloud 0.48%
10. Captivate 0.35%

9. Feedpress

Feedpress was found on 0.18% of new episodes in March, shrinking 3.81% from last month.

Of these, 14.15% had one other tracker, and 1.03% had 2 other trackers.

7.00% also included Blubrry, 6.59% also included Podtrac, 1.93% also included Chartable, 0.59% also included Podcorn, and 0.09% also included OP3.

For episodes that used Feedpress, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Feedpress 44.67%
2. Spreaker 10.93%
3. 95bFM 9.37%
4. Libsyn 8.03%
5. NPR 4.83%
6. Blubrry 2.81%
7. Fireside 1.90%
8. Podbean 1.79%
9. Spotify for Podcasters 1.61%
10. Megaphone 1.26%

10. Podder

Podder was found on 0.11% of new episodes in March, growing 2.93% from last month.

Of these, 37.48% had 2 other trackers, 31.19% had 3 other trackers, 10.15% had one other tracker, 10.15% had 4 other trackers, 2.80% had 5 other trackers, 0.82% had 6 other trackers, and 0.44% had 7 other trackers.

76.11% also included Chartable, 74.85% also included Podtrac, 57.88% also included Podsights, 8.51% also included Podcorn, 8.37% also included Magellan AI, 4.93% also included OP3, 3.53% also included Gumball, 2.47% also included Podscribe, 1.02% also included Blubrry, 0.68% also included Adswizz, 0.68% also included ArtsAI, 0.68% also included Claritas, 0.63% also included Podkite, 0.48% also included Veritonic, 0.24% also included Backtracks, and 0.24% also included AdBarker.

For episodes that used Podder, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Megaphone 74.52%
2. Transistor 11.07%
3. Captivate 5.56%
4. Buzzsprout 2.51%
5. ART19 1.21%
6. Substack 1.02%
7. Blubrry 0.73%
8. Simplecast 0.73%
9. Podbean 0.53%
10. Soundcloud 0.48%

11. ArtsAI

ArtsAI was found on 0.11% of new episodes in March, growing 5.79% from last month.

Of these, 32.56% had 5 other trackers, 19.28% had 2 other trackers, 15.41% had 6 other trackers, 15.16% had 3 other trackers, 9.37% had 7 other trackers, 4.56% had 4 other trackers, and 2.28% had one other tracker.

90.98% also included Chartable, 81.02% also included Podsights, 75.87% also included Podtrac, 69.43% also included Podscribe, 35.23% also included Claritas, 28.84% also included Veritonic, 28.59% also included Adswizz, 14.72% also included Magellan AI, and 0.69% also included Podder.

For episodes that used ArtsAI, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Megaphone 30.48%
2. Omny Studio 27.30%
3. Audioboom 12.49%
4. Nox Solutions 9.51%
5. Empire Streaming 9.42%
6. Simplecast 8.87%
7. Libsyn 1.49%
8. Fireside 0.25%
9. Google Cloud 0.20%

12. Firstory

Firstory was found on 0.08% of new episodes in March, growing 1.56% from last month.

Of these, 66.71% had one other tracker, and 0.25% had 2 other trackers.

66.96% also included Chartable, and 0.25% also included Podtrac.

For episodes that used Firstory, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. SoundOn 99.31%
2. Soundcloud 0.69%

13. OP3 (the Open Podcast Prefix Project)

OP3 was found on 0.08% of new episodes in March, growing 11.55% from last month.

Of these, 31.75% had 4 other trackers, 11.06% had 5 other trackers, 10.80% had 3 other trackers, 8.72% had 2 other trackers, 7.16% had one other tracker, 0.59% had 7 other trackers, and 0.46% had 6 other trackers.

58.75% also included Podtrac, 51.53% also included Podsights, 49.64% also included Gumball, 49.25% also included Podcorn, 25.70% also included Chartable, 6.64% also included Podder, 1.50% also included Blubrry, 1.30% also included Podscribe, 0.85% also included Podkite, 0.33% also included Magellan AI, 0.26% also included Backtracks, 0.20% also included Adswizz, and 0.20% also included Feedpress.

For episodes that used OP3, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Transistor 64.54%
2. Captivate 3.90%
3. Megaphone 3.90%
4. Podnews 2.99%
5. iVoox 2.28%
6. Buzzsprout 2.28%
7. Changelog 1.76%
8. Podbean 1.56%
9. Spreaker 1.37%
10. Spotify for Podcasters 1.11%

14. Magellan AI

Magellan AI was found on 0.07% of new episodes in March, growing 6.08% from last month.

Of these, 26.27% had 3 other trackers, 24.06% had 4 other trackers, 13.91% had 7 other trackers, 12.58% had one other tracker, 12.51% had 2 other trackers, 5.00% had 6 other trackers, and 2.72% had 5 other trackers.

83.81% also included Chartable, 79.10% also included Podsights, 56.14% also included Podscribe, 52.39% also included Podtrac, 21.85% also included ArtsAI, 19.35% also included Claritas, 13.98% also included Adswizz, 12.73% also included Podder, 9.64% also included Podroll, 3.31% also included Veritonic, 0.88% also included Podcorn, 0.37% also included OP3, and 0.07% also included Podkite.

For episodes that used Magellan AI, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Megaphone 57.91%
2. Empire Streaming 13.98%
3. Spreaker 10.67%
4. Omny Studio 10.45%
5. ART19 5.15%
6. Buzzsprout 0.66%
7. Libsyn 0.59%
8. Podbean 0.29%
9. Substack 0.29%

15. Backtracks

Backtracks was found on 0.07% of new episodes in March, shrinking 8.76% from last month.

Of these, 9.62% had one other tracker, 3.11% had 3 other trackers, 0.89% had 2 other trackers, and 0.15% had 4 other trackers.

11.98% also included Podtrac, 3.25% also included Chartable, 2.44% also included Podcorn, 1.92% also included Podroll, 1.04% also included Podsights, 0.37% also included Podder, and 0.30% also included OP3.

For episodes that used Backtracks, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty 82.10%
2. StreamGuys 7.54%
3. Spreaker 2.51%
4. Megaphone 1.63%
5. Transistor 1.41%
6. Spotify for Podcasters 1.26%
7. Captivate 0.59%
8. Voice of America English News 0.37%
9. Subsplash 0.30%
10. Buzzsprout 0.15%

16. Claritas

Claritas was found on 0.07% of new episodes in March, growing 3.13% from last month.

Of these, 25.49% had 4 other trackers, 19.53% had 6 other trackers, 16.21% had 3 other trackers, 15.91% had 5 other trackers, 14.25% had 7 other trackers, 7.16% had 2 other trackers, and 0.68% had one other tracker.

94.65% also included Chartable, 91.10% also included Podsights, 80.47% also included Podscribe, 75.04% also included Podtrac, 53.62% also included ArtsAI, 36.35% also included Adswizz, 19.83% also included Magellan AI, 10.03% also included Veritonic, and 1.06% also included Podder.

For episodes that used Claritas, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Megaphone 36.88%
2. Omny Studio 20.14%
3. Empire Streaming 14.33%
4. Nox Solutions 10.33%
5. Simplecast 9.88%
6. ART19 4.15%
7. Libsyn 2.94%
8. Spreaker 1.36%

17. Gumball

Gumball was found on 0.06% of new episodes in March, growing 6.78% from last month.

Of these, 39.46% had 4 other trackers, 19.90% had 2 other trackers, 13.94% had 5 other trackers, 12.43% had 3 other trackers, 5.04% had one other tracker, 0.76% had 7 other trackers, and 0.59% had 6 other trackers.

80.52% also included Podsights, 65.58% also included Podtrac, 64.06% also included OP3, 63.48% also included Podcorn, 36.19% also included Chartable, 6.13% also included Podder, 1.09% also included Podscribe, 1.09% also included Podkite, and 0.34% also included Adswizz.

For episodes that used Gumball, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Transistor 66.33%
2. Omny Studio 14.19%
3. ART19 8.82%
4. Megaphone 5.88%
5. Spreaker 1.76%
6. Buzzsprout 1.51%
7. Simplecast 1.51%

18. Veritonic

Veritonic was found on 0.04% of new episodes in March, growing 28.41% from last month.

Of these, 51.17% had 5 other trackers, 23.80% had 6 other trackers, 16.69% had 4 other trackers, 3.31% had 2 other trackers, 3.07% had 3 other trackers, and 1.23% had one other tracker.

93.87% also included Chartable, 93.74% also included Podtrac, 93.13% also included Podsights, 84.79% also included Podscribe, 71.41% also included ArtsAI, 22.45% also included Adswizz, 16.32% also included Claritas, 5.52% also included Magellan AI, and 1.23% also included Podder.

For episodes that used Veritonic, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Megaphone 64.05%
2. Simplecast 22.82%
3. Omny Studio 7.24%
4. Audioboom 5.52%
5. Substack 0.12%

19. Podroll

Podroll was found on 0.04% of new episodes in March, growing 694.87% from last month.

Of these, 56.13% had one other tracker, 20.09% had 3 other trackers, 17.28% had 4 other trackers, and 3.84% had 2 other trackers.

49.78% also included Chartable, 36.34% also included Podsights, 33.97% also included Adswizz, 25.41% also included Podtrac, 19.50% also included Podscribe, 19.35% also included Magellan AI, 4.58% also included Podcorn, 3.84% also included Backtracks, and 0.44% also included Zencastr.

For episodes that used Podroll, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Megaphone 54.95%
2. Simplecast 33.97%
3. Spreaker 10.04%
4. Podbean 0.59%
5. Zencastr 0.44%

20. Zippycast

Zippycast was found on 0.02% of new episodes in March, shrinking 19.93% from last month.

Of these, 13.42% had 2 other trackers, and 2.68% had one other tracker.

14.77% also included Podtrac, 13.42% also included Podsights, and 1.34% also included Chartable.

For episodes that used Zippycast, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. ART19 32.89%
2. Megaphone 24.50%
3. Ausha 23.49%
4. Podcastics 14.77%
5. podCloud 3.02%
6. Podigee 1.34%

21. Glystn

Glystn was found on 0.01% of new episodes in March, growing 16.74% from last month.

Of these, 97.47% had 2 other trackers, and 2.53% had one other tracker.

100.00% also included Chartable, and 97.47% also included Podtrac.

For episodes that used Glystn, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Megaphone 97.47%
2. Simplecast 2.53%

22. Podkite

Podkite was found on 0.01% of new episodes in March, shrinking 2.15% from last month.

Of these, 27.01% had one other tracker, 6.57% had 7 other trackers, 5.84% had 5 other trackers, 3.65% had 2 other trackers, and 0.73% had 3 other trackers.

29.93% also included Chartable, 18.98% also included Podtrac, 16.79% also included Podcorn, 16.79% also included Podsights, 9.49% also included OP3, 9.49% also included Podder, 9.49% also included Gumball, and 0.73% also included Magellan AI.

For episodes that used Podkite, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Buzzsprout 21.90%
2. Transistor 18.98%
3. Podbean 17.52%
4. Captivate 8.76%
5. Audioboom 6.57%
6. Pinecast 6.57%
7. Omny Studio 5.11%
8. ART19 3.65%
9. Megaphone 3.65%
10. Acast 1.46%

23. Zencastr

Zencastr was found on 0.01% of new episodes in March, growing 25.27% from last month.

Of these, 25.56% had one other tracker, 8.27% had 2 other trackers, 6.02% had 4 other trackers, and 3.01% had 3 other trackers.

25.56% also included Podsights, 18.80% also included Chartable, 18.05% also included Podcorn, 9.02% also included Podtrac, 2.26% also included Podroll, and 1.50% also included Blubrry.

For episodes that used Zencastr, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Megaphone 48.87%
2. Buzzsprout 26.32%
3. Zencastr 9.02%
4. Simplecast 8.27%
5. Omny Studio 3.76%
6. Podcast.co 2.26%
7. Spreaker 0.75%

24. AdBarker

AdBarker was found on 0.01% of new episodes in March, shrinking 0.32% from last month.

Of these, 61.68% had 2 other trackers, 6.54% had 5 other trackers, and 4.67% had one other tracker.

67.29% also included Chartable, 42.06% also included Podcorn, 33.64% also included Podtrac, 6.54% also included Blubrry, 6.54% also included Podsights, and 4.67% also included Podder.

For episodes that used AdBarker, here are the top underlying podcast hosts:

1. Buzzsprout 37.38%
2. Captivate 18.69%
3. Libsyn 16.82%
4. AdBarker 12.15%
5. Megaphone 8.41%
6. Simplecast 6.54%

Analysis by John Spurlock

Thanks to the Podcast Index for crawling every podcast, and giving us a signal of when to check for new episodes.

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

Updated 2023-04-01, with data for the month of March 2023.

Updated 2023-03-01, with data for the month of February 2023.

Updated 2023-02-01, with data for the month of January 2023.

Updated 2023-01-01, with data for the month of December 2022.

Updated 2022-12-01, with data for the month of November 2022.

Updated 2022-11-02, with data for the month of October 2022.

Updated 2022-10-03, with data for the month of September 2022.

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 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 2022-04-03, with data for the month of March 2022 and a new graph.

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

Updated 2022-02-19, added new overall breakdowns of how many new episodes use at least one tracker, and how many use at least one Spotify-owned tracker.

Updated 2022-02-08, with data for the month of January 2022.

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

Updated 2022-01-07, with data for the month of December 2021.

Updated 2021-12-04, with data for the month of November 2021.

Updated 2021-11-18, added Backtracks.

Updated 2021-11-14, with data for the month of October 2021.

Updated 2021-10-21: Added Adswizz and tweaked the host identification to choose the last known host in the redirect chain instead of the first, in an attempt to better capture customer-driven host migrations.

Updated 2021-10-14: Added a section about how direct server-to-server analytics integrations are not publically visible, and thus out of scope.

Updated 2021-10-13: Removed Podtrac as a host under itself, even when it is the last media file url in the redirect chain.

Previous versions:

• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (February 2023)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (January 2023)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (December 2022)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (November 2022)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (October 2022)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (September 2022)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (August 2022)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (July 2022)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (June 2022)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (May 2022)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (April 2022)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (March 2022)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (February 2022)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (January 2022)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (December 2021)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (November 2021)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (October 2021)
• Podcast Tracker Rankings by Episode Share (September 2021)

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