Top Podcast Hosting Companies by Episode Share (September 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 September 2024, up 4.0% 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 4.43% of the new episodes found in September.


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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 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.



Spotify for Podcasters , 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 September 2024.

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


  1. Spotify for Podcasters 24.6%
  2. Spreaker 10.7%
  3. Buzzsprout 8.5%
  4. Megaphone 4.2%
  5. Podbean 4.1%
  6. Omny Studio 3.6%
  7. Libsyn 3.5%
  8. Soundcloud 2.7%
  9. Simplecast 2.4%
  10. Acast 2.4%
  11. RSS.com 2.2%
  12. Transistor 1.8%
  13. Captivate 1.5%
  14. iVoox 1.4%
  15. Audiomeans 1.4%
  16. Podigee
  17. Triton Digital
  18. Audioboom
  19. WideOrbit
  20. Ausha
  21. SoundOn
  22. Blubrry
  23. Amazon S3
  24. RedCircle
  25. Ximalaya
  26. Castos
  27. Subsplash
  28. Firstory
  29. Squarespace
  30. Akamai CDN
  31. ART19
  32. SermonAudio
  33. Substack
  34. Podomatic
  35. mave
  36. StreamGuys
  37. Futuri Media
  38. stand.fm
  39. Audiostart
  40. podcaster.de
  41. Amazon CloudFront
  42. SoundStack
  43. Small Universe
  44. NRJ-Group
  45. iono.fm
  46. Kajabi
  47. Deutschlandradio
  48. NPR
  49. PodServe.fm
  50. Hubhopper
  51. RTVE
  52. Internet Archive
  53. LetsCast.fm
  54. Sermon.net
  55. Cesky rozhlas
  56. Sharpstream
  57. Octopus
  58. Castbox
  59. Enacast
  60. Radio France Internationale
  61. Podcastle
  62. BBC
  63. Pinecast
  64. Wasabi Cloud Storage
  65. OnePlace.com
  66. Podcast.co
  67. Podspace
  68. Sveriges Radio
  69. hearthis.at
  70. Zencastr
  71. Adventist World Radio
  72. Blog Talk Radio
  73. Fireside
  74. LIVEBOX
  75. Radiotalk
  76. Kabbalah Media
  77. Feedpress
  78. RTÉ Radio
  79. Podcastics
  80. Seoul Broadcasting System
  81. Radio Taiwan International
  82. Rackspace Storage
  83. Vatican News
  84. PromoDJ
  85. RTHK
  86. Onda Cero
  87. Springcast
  88. NHK
  89. Eesti Rahvusringhääling
  90. RTP
  91. Jewish Podcasts
  92. Podcastbude
  93. the Cloud Network
  94. LightSource
  95. Nederlandse Publieke Omroep
  96. PRX
  97. Julep Hosting
  98. Civic Media
  99. Listen2.AI
  100. Sonicbowl
  101. Congregate
  102. podCloud
  103. CanalSur
  104. Österreichischer Rundfunk
  105. Seesaa
  106. Podetize
  107. MBC TV
  108. CBS Radio News
  109. Nox Solutions
  110. Podster.fm
  111. SRF
  112. EITB
  113. Westdeutscher Rundfunk
  114. Google Cloud
  115. LSM.lv
  116. CCMA
  117. Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
  118. Radiotelevizija Slovenija
  119. YUTorah Online
  120. ListenBox
  121. DigitalOcean Spaces
  122. lizhi.fm
  123. Audion
  124. Bayerischer Rundfunk
  125. Zencast
  126. Korean Broadcasting System
  127. Muslim Central
  128. Alitu
  129. COPE
  130. Securenet Systems
  131. Il Sole 24 Ore
  132. RNC Media
  133. CHGA
  134. Faithlife Sermons
  135. (all other known hosts)
  136. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
  137. Hello Audio
  138. Nucleus
  139. mediastream
  140. LISTEN
  141. WNYC
  142. Monte Carlo Doualiya
  143. Daily Audio Bible
  144. Radio France
  145. American Public Media
  146. Fluidstream
  147. BoxCast
  148. Podeo
  149. Talkshoe
  150. Red Basset
  151. PodcastAI
  152. Lightcast
  153. Houston Public Media
  154. Dee Jay
  155. Flumotion
  156. Wistia
  157. Dropbox
  158. Radio Télévision Suisse
  159. podcasts.com
  160. Barstool Sports
  161. BaladoQuebec
  162. Qodpod
  163. cba.media
  164. CoHost
  165. Fusebox
  166. Radio SCOOP
  167. LiveWriters
  168. Dragonfly FM
  169. Kerkdienst Gemist
  170. CFIM
  171. Bundesverband Freier Radios
  172. RMF FM
  173. VoiceAmerica
  174. Podhome
  175. KBOO
  176. ChristianWorldMedia.com
  177. Zeno Media
  178. Controradio
  179. Koelab
  180. Jornal da USP
  181. WavPub
  182. TwentyThree
  183. Funkhaus Rosenheim
  184. Radio Free Asia
  185. JOY Media
  186. This Is Distorted
  187. United Nations
  188. Studeo
  189. WordPress
  190. Djpod
  191. Radio Nikkei
  192. DR
  193. Radio New Zealand
  194. Sound of Hope
  195. KFKA
  196. Dropwave
  197. Linode Object Storage
  198. Ràdio Ciutat de Tarragona
  199. Aragon Radio CARTV
  200. DoctorPodcasting
  201. Canstream Internet Radio
  202. msk.ru
  203. WBEZ Chicago
  204. Vodio
  205. JustCast
  206. Podle
  207. FRED
  208. NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
  209. Adori Labs
  210. Syndicast
  211. bCast
  212. Fans.fm
  213. LightSource
  214. Radio de la Paix
  215. Issues, Etc.
  216. Typlog
  217. stationista
  218. Type III Audio
  219. Casted
  220. Sepia Systems
  221. Radio Maria
  222. Podcast Your Sermons
  223. Play.ht
  224. Nobex Partners
  225. Radio Laser
  226. JW Player
  227. podseed
  228. Soundwise
  229. The Washington Post
  230. Cast
  231. Infowars
  232. Attitude
  233. Shortcast Club
  234. Vivre FM
  235. TWiT
  236. Afripods
  237. Mumbler
  238. Progzilla Radio
  239. Radio Activ
  240. RSS Blue
  241. Discerning Hearts

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 2024-10-01, 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 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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