Top Podcast Hosting Companies by Episode Share (July 2025)

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 1.6 million in July 2025, down 4.6% 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 3.57% of the new episodes found in July.


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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.

January 2025: Buzzsprout data Previous reports for November and December were missing a portion of new Buzzsprout episodes, due to our crawler being blocked by a firewall. This should be fixed going forward, and the Buzzsprout numbers for November and December have been updated in the current chart and archive pages.

March/April 2024: Spreaker data 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.

September/October 2023: Spotify for Creators data

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 July 2025.

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


  1. Spotify for Creators 27.0%
  2. Spreaker 15.5%
  3. Buzzsprout 9.0%
  4. Podbean 4.1%
  5. Megaphone 3.7%
  6. Libsyn 3.1%
  7. Simplecast 2.5%
  8. Omny Studio 2.5%
  9. RSS.com 2.4%
  10. Transistor 2.4%
  11. Acast 2.2%
  12. Captivate 1.9%
  13. Soundcloud 1.9%
  14. Podigee 1.2%
  15. iVoox 1.0%
  16. RedCircle
  17. Audioboom
  18. WideOrbit
  19. Blubrry
  20. Substack
  21. SoundOn
  22. Ausha
  23. Firstory
  24. Subsplash
  25. Castos
  26. Audiomeans
  27. ART19
  28. Amazon S3
  29. Squarespace
  30. SermonAudio
  31. Triton Digital
  32. Ximalaya
  33. Akamai CDN
  34. Podomatic
  35. stand.fm
  36. podcaster.de
  37. Small Universe
  38. Kajabi
  39. StreamGuys
  40. Amazon CloudFront
  41. mave
  42. SoundStack
  43. LetsCast.fm
  44. Futuri Media
  45. iono.fm
  46. PodServe.fm
  47. Sermon.net
  48. BBC
  49. NPR
  50. Podcastle
  51. RTVE
  52. Pinecast
  53. Audiostart
  54. PRX
  55. Internet Archive
  56. Sharpstream
  57. Deutschlandradio
  58. Podspace
  59. Fireside
  60. Castbox
  61. Podcast.co
  62. Cesky rozhlas
  63. hearthis.at
  64. Wasabi Cloud Storage
  65. Feedpress
  66. OnePlace.com
  67. Podcastics
  68. NRJ-Group
  69. PromoDJ
  70. Alitu
  71. Octopus
  72. Civic Media
  73. Springcast
  74. Sonicbowl
  75. RTP
  76. RTÉ Radio
  77. Radiotalk
  78. LIVEBOX
  79. Sveriges Radio
  80. (all other known hosts)
  81. Zencastr
  82. Kabbalah Media
  83. Enacast
  84. Faithlife Sermons
  85. NHK
  86. Podster.fm
  87. Zencast
  88. Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
  89. Congregate
  90. Rackspace Storage
  91. Hubhopper
  92. DigitalOcean Spaces
  93. Podetize
  94. the Cloud Network
  95. podCloud
  96. Julep Hosting
  97. Nederlandse Publieke Omroep
  98. Onda Cero
  99. Google Cloud
  100. Adventist World Radio
  101. CBS Radio News
  102. WordPress
  103. Planning Center
  104. RTHK
  105. Jewish Podcasts
  106. Hello Audio
  107. Podcastbude
  108. Radio Maria
  109. lizhi.fm
  110. LightSource
  111. Westdeutscher Rundfunk
  112. Seesaa
  113. Radiotelevizija Slovenija
  114. Vatican News
  115. Korean Broadcasting System
  116. Audion
  117. Eesti Rahvusringhääling
  118. Podeo
  119. Österreichischer Rundfunk
  120. Seoul Broadcasting System
  121. Bayerischer Rundfunk
  122. SRF
  123. Radio France Internationale
  124. CoHost
  125. CHGA
  126. WNYC
  127. Securenet Systems
  128. LSM.lv
  129. MBC TV
  130. Lightcast
  131. Fluidstream
  132. Podhome
  133. Il Sole 24 Ore
  134. PodcastAI
  135. Wistia
  136. Zeno Media
  137. Nucleus
  138. Swell
  139. BoxCast
  140. Radio New Zealand
  141. Radio Télévision Suisse
  142. Funkhaus Rosenheim
  143. Dropbox
  144. COPE
  145. YUTorah Online
  146. American Public Media
  147. mediastream
  148. KBOO
  149. LISTEN
  150. Muslim Central
  151. Daily Audio Bible
  152. RNC Media
  153. Barstool Sports
  154. Houston Public Media
  155. WavPub
  156. Controradio
  157. cba.media
  158. PodToo
  159. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
  160. Fusebox
  161. Red Basset
  162. ChristianWorldMedia.com
  163. Jornal da USP
  164. Radio Nikkei
  165. Linode Object Storage
  166. BaladoQuebec
  167. Koelab
  168. Talkshoe
  169. Bundesverband Freier Radios
  170. Djpod
  171. CFIM
  172. This Is Distorted
  173. PodOps
  174. Fountain
  175. DoctorPodcasting
  176. RMF FM
  177. Dropwave
  178. Issues, Etc.
  179. Sepia Systems
  180. Flightcast
  181. JOY Media
  182. JustCast
  183. Syndicast
  184. Dee Jay
  185. Vodio
  186. JW Player
  187. DR
  188. Radio France
  189. Pulse Podcasts
  190. KFKA
  191. Aragon Radio CARTV
  192. Discerning Hearts
  193. United Nations
  194. Radio de la Paix
  195. Typlog
  196. TwentyThree
  197. MediaFire File Storage
  198. LightSource
  199. Casted
  200. Nox Solutions
  201. Studeo
  202. Afripods
  203. Fans.fm
  204. Dragonfly FM
  205. stationista
  206. Type III Audio
  207. Cast
  208. TWiT
  209. Radio SCOOP
  210. Mumbler
  211. Podle
  212. Soundwise
  213. Ràdio Ciutat de Tarragona
  214. Attitude
  215. msk.ru
  216. Riverside
  217. The Washington Post
  218. Infowars

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 2025-08-02, with data for the month of July 2025. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2025-07-01, with data for the month of June 2025. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2025-06-01, with data for the month of May 2025. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2025-05-01, with data for the month of April 2025. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2025-04-05, with data for the month of March 2025. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2025-03-01, with data for the month of February 2025. Still ex Radio France.

Updated 2025-02-03, with data for the month of January 2025. Still ex Radio France. Corrected Buzzsprout numbers for November and December, which were missing a portion of new Buzzsprout episodes, due to our crawler being blocked by a firewall. This should be fixed going forward, in general our goal is to observe and validate every change to every podcast.

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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