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239,206 podcast feeds sit in News, 5.1% of all feeds in the Podcast Index, and 28,742 of them published an episode in the last 90 days.

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

News holds 5.1% of all feeds but 6.6% of the feeds active in the last 90 days.

12.0% of News feeds are active, against 9.3% across the whole dump.

25,476 News feeds are marked explicit, 10.7% of them, against 12.1% across the dump.

News feeds by hosting platformAnchor (Spotify for Creators)38.8%Spreaker9.1%iVoox8.0%afr.net4.9%RSS.com4.1%Buzzsprout3.3%SoundCloud2.7%Podbean1.5%Omny Studio1.5%Castbox1.4%
News feeds by hosting platform

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

News feeds by start year201086920111,50420122,24020132,91520143,87420154,63420166,93320179,763201812,502201920,798202053,372202137,026202216,417202313,839202413,818202516,253202611,978
News feeds by start year

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

Against every feed in the dump

MeasureNewsAll feeds
Feeds 239,206 4,711,475
Share of all feeds 5.1% 100.0%
Active in 90 days 28,742 437,693
Share of all active feeds 6.6% 100.0%
Active share 12.0% 9.3%
Marked explicit 10.7% 12.1%

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

Hosting platforms

PlatformFeedsShare of News feeds
Anchor (Spotify for Creators) 92,700 38.8%
Spreaker 21,783 9.1%
iVoox 19,204 8.0%
afr.net 11,821 4.9%
RSS.com 9,837 4.1%
Buzzsprout 7,784 3.3%
SoundCloud 6,376 2.7%
Podbean 3,697 1.5%
Omny Studio 3,666 1.5%
Castbox 3,392 1.4%

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

Languages

LanguageFeedsShare of News feeds
English 127,773 53.4%
Spanish 39,872 16.7%
Portuguese 15,461 6.5%
French 10,331 4.3%
Italian 6,787 2.8%
German 5,412 2.3%
Catalan 2,305 0.96%
Dutch 2,188 0.91%

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

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