# Podcasts launched by media brands in 2025, and how many still publish

From the Podcast Index feed dump of 16 August 2026 (4,711,475 feeds).

- brands.csv: one row per media brand. launched_2025 is the number of feeds whose oldest episode is dated in 2025 and whose iTunes owner or author names the brand. published_since_2026_06_16 counts those with an episode dated 16 June 2026 or later, the 61 days before the dump. pct_still_publishing is that count over launched_2025.

All feeds launched in 2025: 356,901, of which 78,544 (22.0%) published in the same window.