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4,711,475 podcast feeds, 437,693 active in the last 90 days. Podcast Index dump of 16 August 2026, Apple charts of 6 September 2026.
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
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- 4.7 million podcasts exist. 437,693 published an episode in the last 90 days 2026-09-16. Of the 4,711,475 feeds in the Podcast Index dump of 2026-08-16, 437,693 (9.29%) published an episode in the 90 days before it; 2,768,200 hold two episodes or more and nothing from the last year; 892,068 hold exactly one episode; 95,121 carry a title a hosting platform wrote at sign-up; and a third of the 2025 cohort's growth over 2024 is Spreaker stubs.
- Goalhanger holds 44 Apple chart slots, more than iHeartMedia and Spotify together 2026-09-15. Goalhanger holds 44 of the 1,800 top-100 slots across 18 Apple storefronts with 11 shows, against 19 for iHeartMedia and 15 for Spotify, and the six US audio majors hold 8 of the 100 US slots.
- Spreaker passed Anchor in 2025; 73% of its new feeds hold 3 or fewer episodes 2026-09-15. 106,699 of the 356,901 feeds whose oldest episode falls in 2025 sit on Spreaker and 86,799 on Anchor, and 78,261 of the Spreaker feeds, 73.35%, hold three episodes or fewer.
- True crime is 0.5% of active podcasts and 7% of Apple's charts. Religion is 14% and 1.5% 2026-09-15. True Crime is the first category of 2,266 of the 437,693 feeds active in the 90 days to 2026-08-16, 0.52%, and of 99 of the 1,387 Apple top-100 chart shows we joined, 7.14%, while Religion & Spirituality is 13.74% of those active feeds and 1.51% of those chart shows.
- Anchor hosts 40% of all podcasts and 15% of Apple's top-100 charts 2026-09-08. Anchor (Spotify for Creators) hosts 40.46% of the 4,711,475 feeds in the Podcast Index but only 15.36% of 1,387 Apple top-100 chart shows, while Megaphone hosts 0.57% of feeds and 17.23% of the same chart shows.
- Anchor hosts 40.5% of all podcast feeds and 15.4% of Apple top-100 chart shows, Megaphone 0.57% and 17.2% Source: Podcastquery, August 2026. Apple charts: Podcastquery, September 2026.
- 4,711,475 podcast feeds, 437,693 of them active in the last 90 days Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
- 1,015,023 podcasts started in 2020, 2.6% of them still publishing Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
Hosting platforms
| Platform | Feeds | Share of all feeds | Active in 90 days | Apple top-100 shows | Share of chart shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor (Spotify for Creators) | 1,906,462 | 40.5% | 100,382 | 213 | 15.4% |
| Spreaker | 563,601 | 12.0% | 45,418 | 50 | 3.6% |
| Buzzsprout | 270,067 | 5.7% | 48,336 | 11 | 0.79% |
| SoundCloud | 188,268 | 4.0% | 8,346 | 5 | 0.36% |
| iVoox | 182,946 | 3.9% | 5,295 | 14 | 1.0% |
| RSS.com | 178,058 | 3.8% | 16,830 | 5 | 0.36% |
| Podbean | 103,538 | 2.2% | 23,312 | 8 | 0.58% |
| Libsyn | 64,259 | 1.4% | 15,855 | 23 | 1.7% |
| Acast | 55,564 | 1.2% | 11,323 | 158 | 11.4% |
| Castbox | 51,149 | 1.1% | 388 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Captivate | 31,679 | 0.67% | 8,405 | 9 | 0.65% |
| Transistor | 31,262 | 0.66% | 9,796 | <5 | n/a |
| Megaphone | 26,809 | 0.57% | 8,967 | 239 | 17.2% |
| Omny Studio | 20,221 | 0.43% | 6,570 | 136 | 9.8% |
| Simplecast | 20,508 | 0.44% | 5,975 | 68 | 4.9% |
| Audioboom | 6,020 | 0.13% | 1,173 | 9 | 0.65% |
| Podigee | 18,127 | 0.38% | 7,320 | 31 | 2.2% |
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026. Chart shows: Podcastquery, September 2026.
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