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147,914 podcasts published their first episode in 2017, and 6,655 of them (4.5%) published again in the last 90 days.
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
The 2017 cohort is 3.1% of the 4,711,475 feeds in the Podcast Index and 1.5% 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 | 2017 | All feeds |
|---|---|---|
| Podcasts started | 147,914 | 4,711,475 |
| Still active | 6,655 | 437,693 |
| Survival | 4.5% | 9.3% |
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
Hosting platforms
| Platform | Podcasts started | Share of the 2017 cohort |
|---|---|---|
| Spreaker | 38,756 | 26.2% |
| SoundCloud | 24,700 | 16.7% |
| iVoox | 18,064 | 12.2% |
| Anchor (Spotify for Creators) | 11,190 | 7.6% |
| feedburner.com | 4,785 | 3.2% |
| Libsyn | 3,774 | 2.6% |
| afr.net | 2,982 | 2.0% |
| podomatic.com | 2,829 | 1.9% |
| Castbox | 2,538 | 1.7% |
| Podbean | 2,402 | 1.6% |
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026