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42,712 podcasts published their first episode in 2012, and 1,185 of them (2.8%) published again in the last 90 days.
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
The 2012 cohort is 0.91% of the 4,711,475 feeds in the Podcast Index and 0.27% of the 437,693 feeds active in the last 90 days.
Start year is the year of the oldest episode still in the feed. A show that trims its feed to recent episodes counts under a later year than its first episode.
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
Starts and survival
| Measure | 2012 | All feeds |
|---|---|---|
| Podcasts started | 42,712 | 4,711,475 |
| Still active | 1,185 | 437,693 |
| Survival | 2.8% | 9.3% |
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
Hosting platforms
| Platform | Podcasts started | Share of the 2012 cohort |
|---|---|---|
| iVoox | 9,444 | 22.1% |
| podomatic.com | 6,275 | 14.7% |
| SoundCloud | 4,863 | 11.4% |
| feedburner.com | 3,539 | 8.3% |
| sms.cam.ac.uk | 2,015 | 4.7% |
| poderato.com | 1,513 | 3.5% |
| Podbean | 1,342 | 3.1% |
| Spreaker | 849 | 2.0% |
| podcastmachine.com | 801 | 1.9% |
| Libsyn | 559 | 1.3% |
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026