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1,015,023 podcasts published their first episode in 2020, and 26,687 of them (2.6%) published again in the last 90 days.
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
The 2020 cohort is 21.5% of the 4,711,475 feeds in the Podcast Index and 6.1% 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 | 2020 | All feeds |
|---|---|---|
| Podcasts started | 1,015,023 | 4,711,475 |
| Still active | 26,687 | 437,693 |
| Survival | 2.6% | 9.3% |
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026
Hosting platforms
| Platform | Podcasts started | Share of the 2020 cohort |
|---|---|---|
| Anchor (Spotify for Creators) | 714,466 | 70.4% |
| Spreaker | 75,479 | 7.4% |
| iVoox | 29,986 | 3.0% |
| SoundCloud | 21,635 | 2.1% |
| Castbox | 19,502 | 1.9% |
| Buzzsprout | 17,233 | 1.7% |
| Podbean | 14,870 | 1.5% |
| Libsyn | 7,860 | 0.77% |
| redcircle.com | 5,808 | 0.57% |
| Acast | 5,590 | 0.55% |
Source: Podcastquery, August 2026