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There are 4,711,475 podcast feeds in the Podcast Index, and 437,693 of them published an episode in the last 90 days.
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
754,899 feeds published an episode in the last 365 days, 16.0% of the 4,711,475 in the dump. 314,204 published in the last 30 days.
4,484,531 feeds carry at least one episode, 95.2% of the dump. 256,537 feeds have no usable date for their newest episode and are never counted as active.
1,470,918 feeds have three episodes or fewer and no episode in the last 365 days, 31.2% of the dump.
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
Feeds by window
| Window | Feeds | Share of all feeds |
|---|---|---|
| All feeds in the dump | 4,711,475 | 100.0% |
| Active, 365 days | 754,899 | 16.0% |
| Active, 90 days | 437,693 | 9.3% |
| Active, 30 days | 314,204 | 6.7% |
| At least one episode | 4,484,531 | 95.2% |
| Three episodes or fewer | 1,831,341 | 38.9% |
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
Against the public figures
| Metric | Podcastquery | Public figure | Source | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| total feeds | 4,711,475 | 4,727,620 | Podcast Index live stats 2026-09-06 | -0.34% |
| total feeds | 4,711,475 | 3,806,954 | Listen Notes 2026-09-06 | 23.8% |
| shows published in last 30 days | 314,204 | 328,141 | Podcast Index stats 2026-09-06 (their window ends 2026-09-06, ours 2026-08-16) | -4.2% |
| shows published in last 90 days | 437,693 | 476,312 | Podcast Index stats 2026-09-06 | -8.1% |
| episodes (sum of episodeCount) | 147,100,070 | 193,644,042 | Listen Notes 2026-09-06 | -24.0% |
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026