Buzzsprout Statistics, visualized
Buzzsprout, one of the largest podcast hosting companies by episode volume, provides detailed data every month about the most common apps it sees when serving podcasts for its customers, and various other breakdowns.
We thought it might be fun to graph this data in order to visualize trends over time.
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Ex Apple/Spotify: all apps excluding Apple/Spotify-owned apps
Note the large reclassification in November 2020 of share moving from Apple Podcasts to (uncategorized) and reversal starting March 2023. Buzzsprout started excluding AppleCoreMedia in November 2020, which means they were underreporting the true Apple Podcasts number during that period. Apple fixed their app in March 2023, making this discrepancy largely obsolete as listeners updated their devices over time.
Monthly Downloads (n): normalized for a 30-day month
New Episodes (n), Active Podcasts (n): normalized for a 30-day month
Data provided by Buzzsprout, visualized by John Spurlock
Updated 2025-05-01, with data for the month of April 2025.
Updated 2025-04-02, with data for the month of March 2025.
Updated 2025-03-01, with data for the month of February 2025.
Updated 2025-02-01, with data for the month of January 2025.
Updated 2025-01-01, with data for the month of December 2024.
Updated 2024-12-01, with data for the month of November 2024.
Updated 2024-11-01, with data for the month of October 2024.
Updated 2024-10-01, with data for the month of September 2024.
Updated 2024-09-01, with data for the month of August 2024.
Updated 2024-08-01, with data for the month of July 2024.
Updated 2024-07-01, with data for the month of June 2024.
Updated 2024-06-01, with data for the month of May 2024.
Updated 2024-05-01, with data for the month of April 2024.
Updated 2024-04-01, with data for the month of March 2024.
Updated 2024-03-01, with data for the month of February 2024.
Updated 2024-02-01, with data for the month of January 2024.
Updated 2024-01-01, with data for the month of December 2023.
Updated 2023-12-01, with data for the month of November 2023.
Updated 2023-11-01, with data for the month of October 2023.
Updated 2023-10-01, with data for the month of September 2023.
Updated 2023-09-01, with data for the month of August 2023.
Updated 2023-08-01, with data for the month of July 2023.
Updated 2023-07-03, with data for the month of June 2023.
Updated 2023-06-02, with data for the month of May 2023.
Updated 2023-05-02, with data for the month of April 2023.
Updated 2023-04-03, with data for the month of March 2023.
Updated 2023-03-01, with data for the month of February 2023.
Updated 2023-02-02, with data for the month of January 2023.
Updated 2023-01-01, with data for the month of December 2022.
Updated 2022-12-02, with data for the month of November 2022.
Updated 2022-11-03, with data for the month of October 2022.
Updated 2022-10-04, with data for the month of September 2022.
Updated 2022-09-03, with data for the month of August 2022.
Updated 2022-08-02, with data for the month of July 2022.
Updated 2022-07-02, with data for the month of June 2022.
Updated 2022-06-02, with data for the month of May 2022.
Updated 2022-05-03, with data for the month of April 2022.
Updated 2022-04-04, with data for the month of March 2022.
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