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52,797 podcasts published their first episode in 2013, and 1,656 of them (3.1%) published again in the last 90 days.

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

The 2013 cohort is 1.1% of the 4,711,475 feeds in the Podcast Index and 0.38% 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.

Podcasts started in 2013, by hosting platformiVoox26.7%podomatic.com12.4%SoundCloud10.5%feedburner.com6.8%sms.cam.ac.uk5.8%Spreaker3.8%islamhouse.com2.3%Podbean2.2%Libsyn1.5%poderato.com1.4%
Podcasts started in 2013, by hosting platform

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

Podcasts started in 2013, by categoryMusic16.3%Religion & Spirituality11.6%Society & Culture6.8%Arts6.7%News5.5%Sports4.7%Comedy4.4%Education3.4%TV & Film3.3%Business3.1%
Podcasts started in 2013, by category

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

Starts and survival

Measure2013All feeds
Podcasts started 52,797 4,711,475
Still active 1,656 437,693
Survival 3.1% 9.3%

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

Hosting platforms

PlatformPodcasts startedShare of the 2013 cohort
iVoox 14,071 26.7%
podomatic.com 6,528 12.4%
SoundCloud 5,531 10.5%
feedburner.com 3,602 6.8%
sms.cam.ac.uk 3,062 5.8%
Spreaker 2,021 3.8%
islamhouse.com 1,225 2.3%
Podbean 1,157 2.2%
Libsyn 810 1.5%
poderato.com 725 1.4%

Source: Podcastquery, August 2026

Other start years