Top Podcast Hosting Companies by Episode Share (December 2024)

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 1.7 million in December 2024, down 9.9% 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 4.54% of the new episodes found in December.


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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 Creators (formerly 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 S4C 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 Creators , 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 December 2024.

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


  1. Spotify for Creators 24.4%
  2. Spreaker 13.5%
  3. Buzzsprout 6.5%
  4. Megaphone 4.2%
  5. Podbean 4.0%
  6. Libsyn 3.4%
  7. Omny Studio 3.2%
  8. Acast 2.5%
  9. Simplecast 2.4%
  10. RSS.com 2.3%
  11. Soundcloud 2.0%
  12. Transistor 1.8%
  13. Captivate 1.5%
  14. iVoox 1.5%
  15. Podigee 1.0%
  16. Triton Digital 1.0%
  17. WideOrbit
  18. RedCircle
  19. Audiomeans
  20. Audioboom
  21. Ximalaya
  22. SoundOn
  23. Akamai CDN
  24. Ausha
  25. Blubrry
  26. Firstory
  27. Amazon S3
  28. Subsplash
  29. Castos
  30. Squarespace
  31. Substack
  32. ART19
  33. SermonAudio
  34. mave
  35. Audiostart
  36. Podomatic
  37. stand.fm
  38. StreamGuys
  39. podcaster.de
  40. Futuri Media
  41. Small Universe
  42. SoundStack
  43. Amazon CloudFront
  44. NRJ-Group
  45. Kajabi
  46. RTVE
  47. Deutschlandradio
  48. iono.fm
  49. Enacast
  50. Radio France Internationale
  51. NPR
  52. LetsCast.fm
  53. Cesky rozhlas
  54. PodServe.fm
  55. Sermon.net
  56. BBC
  57. Sharpstream
  58. Kabbalah Media
  59. Podcastle
  60. Castbox
  61. Podspace
  62. Pinecast
  63. Octopus
  64. Wasabi Cloud Storage
  65. Internet Archive
  66. OnePlace.com
  67. Sveriges Radio
  68. LIVEBOX
  69. Podcast.co
  70. hearthis.at
  71. Radiotalk
  72. Fireside
  73. Hubhopper
  74. RTP
  75. Podcastics
  76. Seoul Broadcasting System
  77. Rackspace Storage
  78. Radio Taiwan International
  79. Onda Cero
  80. Feedpress
  81. PromoDJ
  82. RTÉ Radio
  83. Vatican News
  84. RTHK
  85. Sonicbowl
  86. Springcast
  87. Blog Talk Radio
  88. LightSource
  89. Civic Media
  90. Nederlandse Publieke Omroep
  91. DigitalOcean Spaces
  92. Jewish Podcasts
  93. Listen2.AI
  94. podCloud
  95. Eesti Rahvusringhääling
  96. Zencastr
  97. PRX
  98. Adventist World Radio
  99. Podster.fm
  100. the Cloud Network
  101. Julep Hosting
  102. Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
  103. Seesaa
  104. SRF
  105. MBC TV
  106. Congregate
  107. CanalSur
  108. ListenBox
  109. Österreichischer Rundfunk
  110. NHK
  111. Podetize
  112. Nox Solutions
  113. EITB
  114. Westdeutscher Rundfunk
  115. CBS Radio News
  116. Radiotelevizija Slovenija
  117. (all other known hosts)
  118. Korean Broadcasting System
  119. Bayerischer Rundfunk
  120. COPE
  121. LSM.lv
  122. YUTorah Online
  123. PodcastAI
  124. Audion
  125. Google Cloud
  126. Alitu
  127. Faithlife Sermons
  128. Il Sole 24 Ore
  129. Securenet Systems
  130. Monte Carlo Doualiya
  131. Podcastbude
  132. Zencast
  133. Fluidstream
  134. CHGA
  135. Hello Audio
  136. Radio Télévision Suisse
  137. BoxCast
  138. Radio France
  139. WNYC
  140. mediastream
  141. Red Basset
  142. Muslim Central
  143. Podeo
  144. Daily Audio Bible
  145. Dropbox
  146. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
  147. Nucleus
  148. LISTEN
  149. podcasts.com
  150. cba.media
  151. RNC Media
  152. Zeno Media
  153. Lightcast
  154. Dee Jay
  155. Houston Public Media
  156. American Public Media
  157. Flumotion
  158. CoHost
  159. RMF FM
  160. Wistia
  161. ChristianWorldMedia.com
  162. CFIM
  163. Radio New Zealand
  164. Barstool Sports
  165. Kerkdienst Gemist
  166. Talkshoe
  167. Radio SCOOP
  168. KBOO
  169. BaladoQuebec
  170. Dragonfly FM
  171. Djpod
  172. Fusebox
  173. Bundesverband Freier Radios
  174. LiveWriters
  175. Funkhaus Rosenheim
  176. DR
  177. Podhome
  178. WavPub
  179. WordPress
  180. United Nations
  181. Studeo
  182. Koelab
  183. Jornal da USP
  184. Radio Nikkei
  185. VoiceAmerica
  186. Controradio
  187. This Is Distorted
  188. Linode Object Storage
  189. PodOps
  190. msk.ru
  191. TwentyThree
  192. Discerning Hearts
  193. WBEZ Chicago
  194. Aragon Radio CARTV
  195. Podle
  196. JW Player
  197. Vivre FM
  198. JustCast
  199. Typlog
  200. Dropwave
  201. Radio Laser
  202. KFKA
  203. Vodio
  204. Ràdio Ciutat de Tarragona
  205. DoctorPodcasting
  206. Radio Maria
  207. Fans.fm
  208. JOY Media
  209. LightSource
  210. stationista
  211. Sound of Hope
  212. Syndicast
  213. Casted
  214. Nobex Partners
  215. Issues, Etc.
  216. Play.ht
  217. Mumbler
  218. Radio Free Asia
  219. Type III Audio
  220. Podcast Your Sermons
  221. Radio de la Paix
  222. Afripods
  223. Radio Activ
  224. Voxnest
  225. Cast
  226. Infowars
  227. podseed
  228. Attitude
  229. Soundwise
  230. The Washington Post
  231. RSS Blue
  232. Sepia Systems

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 2025-01-02, with data for the month of December 2024. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2024-12-01, with data for the month of November 2024. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2024-11-06, with data for the month of October 2024. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2024-10-01, with data for the month of September 2024. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2024-09-01, with data for the month of August 2024. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2024-08-01, with data for the month of July 2024. Still ex Radio France.

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 Creators (formerly 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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