Podcast Industry Stats

Live ecosystem numbers from the open Podcast Index, layered with breakdowns from our own library.

4.67MPodcasts indexed2.3% active in 3 d
155.77MEpisodes indexed+250K in 3 d
373KActive in 30 days8.0% of all feeds
574KNew episodes / 7 d81.9K / day avg
32.2KValue-for-Value feeds0.7% of all feeds

Activity windows

Feeds with a new episode — last…

11%active in 90 d
108K3d202K7d253K10d291K14d373K30d452K60d512K90d

A feed is “active” when at least one new episode was published inside the window. Numbers grow with longer windows because more shows fit inside.

From our library

Episode length distribution

19,728episodes
14%
<15m
22%
15–30m
42%
30–60m
16%
60–90m
6.1%
90m+

By category

20.6KEPISODES
  • business26%
  • education11%
  • health9.8%
  • self-improvement8.0%
  • technology5.9%
  • Other39%

By language

15.0KEPISODES
  • English70%
  • German7.2%
  • Spanish5.1%
  • Dutch3.1%
  • French3.0%
  • Other12%

Charts & trending

Trending by language

Words that recur in titles

Most frequent words across our library

19,547titles analyzed
  • life1.6%
  • new1.5%
  • ceo1.4%
  • business1.4%
  • building1.3%
  • future1.2%
  • more1.1%
  • world1.0%
  • one0.94%
  • marketing0.91%
  • founder0.90%
  • real0.90%
  • van0.89%
  • power0.87%
  • data0.82%
  • interview0.80%
  • health0.79%
  • iran0.78%
  • trump0.76%
  • inside0.75%
  • get0.75%
  • best0.74%
  • work0.73%
  • people0.72%

Tokenized across episode + show titles, lowercased and stripped of accents. Stopwords (a, the, le, der, episode…) excluded. “%” = share of titles containing the word.

What top podcasts do

66mAvg episode length
500Episodes analyzed
10Top shows resolved

Words that work in their episode titles

  • davis7.4%
  • victor7.4%
  • hanson7.2%
  • essentials5.0%
  • mfm4.0%
  • fbf3.8%
  • iran3.8%
  • murder3.6%
  • murdered3.6%
  • georgia3.4%
  • karen3.2%
  • minisode3.2%
  • rewind3.2%
  • dateline2.6%
  • trump2.6%
  • returns2.4%
  • talking2.4%
  • health2.2%

Pulled from up to 50 recent episodes per podcast in the Apple & Spotify US top 10. Reuse what’s working — these are the patterns the most-listened shows lean on.

Per-podcast breakdown

  • The Joe Rogan Experience50 episodes · avg 164 minjremichaelmmaprotectrobert
    164m
  • Call Her Daddy50 episodes · avg 67 minfbfalexlifecheatingcooper
    67m
  • Crime Junkie50 episodes · avg 51 minmurderedmissingmysteriousdeathinfamous
    51m
  • The Daily Signal50 episodes · avg 14 mindavisvictorhansonirantrump
    14m
  • Huberman Lab50 episodes · avg 101 minessentialshealthsciencetoolsimprove
    101m
  • SmartLess50 episodes · avg 58 minreleaseintroducingbrianjennyneed
    58m
  • Dateline NBC50 episodes · avg 40 mindatelinemurdertalkingbluegirl
    40m
  • Morbid50 episodes · avg 64 mintaleslistenermurderbonuskiller
    64m
  • My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark50 episodes · avg 60 minmfmgeorgiakarenminisoderewind
    60m
  • Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend50 episodes · avg 43 minreturnsagainreviewstaffguest
    43m

Library highlights

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