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255,273 podcast feeds sit in Music, 5.4% of all feeds in the Podcast Index, and 17,978 of them published an episode in the last 90 days.

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

Music holds 5.4% of all feeds but 4.1% of the feeds active in the last 90 days.

7.0% of Music feeds are active, against 9.3% across the whole dump.

44,647 Music feeds are marked explicit, 17.5% of them, against 12.1% across the dump.

Music feeds by hosting platformAnchor (Spotify for Creators)19.8%SoundCloud14.9%iVoox11.3%Spreaker11.0%podomatic.com8.5%RSS.com6.1%Buzzsprout2.8%feedburner.com2.4%Podbean1.6%hearthis.at1.6%
Music feeds by hosting platform

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

Music feeds by start year20104,28120116,12620127,84920138,59520148,299201512,681201613,581201713,114201816,330201918,541202042,689202129,330202215,325202311,655202410,200202510,07920265,784
Music feeds by start year

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

Against every feed in the dump

MeasureMusicAll feeds
Feeds 255,273 4,711,475
Share of all feeds 5.4% 100.0%
Active in 90 days 17,978 437,693
Share of all active feeds 4.1% 100.0%
Active share 7.0% 9.3%
Marked explicit 17.5% 12.1%

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

Hosting platforms

PlatformFeedsShare of Music feeds
Anchor (Spotify for Creators) 50,654 19.8%
SoundCloud 38,110 14.9%
iVoox 28,791 11.3%
Spreaker 28,168 11.0%
podomatic.com 21,610 8.5%
RSS.com 15,598 6.1%
Buzzsprout 7,027 2.8%
feedburner.com 6,071 2.4%
Podbean 4,029 1.6%
hearthis.at 3,961 1.6%

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

Languages

LanguageFeedsShare of Music feeds
English 147,926 57.9%
Spanish 44,587 17.5%
Portuguese 10,818 4.2%
French 9,839 3.9%
Italian 6,907 2.7%
Russian 5,000 2.0%
German 4,501 1.8%
Chinese 3,533 1.4%

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

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