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222,615 podcasts published their first episode in 2018, and 9,700 of them (4.4%) published again in the last 90 days.
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
The 2018 cohort is 4.7% of the 4,711,475 feeds in the Podcast Index and 2.2% 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 | 2018 | All feeds |
|---|---|---|
| Podcasts started | 222,615 | 4,711,475 |
| Still active | 9,700 | 437,693 |
| Survival | 4.4% | 9.3% |
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
Hosting platforms
| Platform | Podcasts started | Share of the 2018 cohort |
|---|---|---|
| Anchor (Spotify for Creators) | 69,155 | 31.1% |
| Spreaker | 32,773 | 14.7% |
| SoundCloud | 25,155 | 11.3% |
| iVoox | 17,750 | 8.0% |
| Castbox | 8,577 | 3.9% |
| Libsyn | 5,227 | 2.3% |
| Podbean | 4,486 | 2.0% |
| feedburner.com | 3,886 | 1.7% |
| sms.cam.ac.uk | 3,366 | 1.5% |
| afr.net | 3,148 | 1.4% |
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026