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115,953 podcasts published their first episode in 2016, and 4,914 of them (4.2%) published again in the last 90 days.
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
The 2016 cohort is 2.5% of the 4,711,475 feeds in the Podcast Index and 1.1% 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 | 2016 | All feeds |
|---|---|---|
| Podcasts started | 115,953 | 4,711,475 |
| Still active | 4,914 | 437,693 |
| Survival | 4.2% | 9.3% |
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
Hosting platforms
| Platform | Podcasts started | Share of the 2016 cohort |
|---|---|---|
| Spreaker | 25,041 | 21.6% |
| SoundCloud | 23,512 | 20.3% |
| iVoox | 18,826 | 16.2% |
| feedburner.com | 4,895 | 4.2% |
| islamhouse.com | 4,260 | 3.7% |
| podomatic.com | 3,443 | 3.0% |
| Libsyn | 2,790 | 2.4% |
| Podbean | 2,404 | 2.1% |
| Anchor (Spotify for Creators) | 1,873 | 1.6% |
| afr.net | 1,539 | 1.3% |
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026