Podcast Industry Stats

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

4.70MPodcasts indexed1.9% active in 3 d
147.88MEpisodes indexed+238K in 3 d
361KActive in 30 days7.7% of all feeds
589KNew episodes / 7 d84.2K / day avg
32.6KValue-for-Value feeds0.7% of all feeds

Activity windows

Feeds with a new episode — last…

11%active in 90 d
88.1K3d207K7d238K10d284K14d361K30d449K60d513K90d

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

25,254episodes
14%
<15m
22%
15–30m
42%
30–60m
17%
60–90m
5.1%
90m+

By category

26.1KEPISODES
  • business25%
  • education11%
  • health8.9%
  • self-improvement7.5%
  • technology6.9%
  • Other40%

By language

20.5KEPISODES
  • English68%
  • German7.4%
  • Spanish5.5%
  • French3.2%
  • Dutch3.2%
  • Other12%

Charts & trending

Trending by language

Words that recur in titles

Most frequent words across our library

25,062titles analyzed
  • life1.5%
  • ceo1.4%
  • new1.4%
  • business1.4%
  • building1.3%
  • future1.1%
  • more1.1%
  • world1.0%
  • one0.93%
  • founder0.91%
  • van0.89%
  • marketing0.89%
  • real0.87%
  • power0.83%
  • health0.80%
  • get0.75%
  • data0.75%
  • del0.73%
  • inside0.73%
  • interview0.73%
  • story0.72%
  • best0.72%
  • people0.71%
  • build0.71%

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

67mAvg episode length
500Episodes analyzed
10Top shows resolved

Words that work in their episode titles

  • davis7.8%
  • victor7.8%
  • hanson7.6%
  • essentials5.0%
  • fbf3.6%
  • karen3.4%
  • mfm3.4%
  • murdered3.4%
  • dateline3.2%
  • georgia3.2%
  • minisode3.2%
  • rewind3.2%
  • murder3.0%
  • talking2.8%
  • mysterious2.4%
  • death2.2%
  • iran2.2%
  • missing2.0%

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 165 minjremmadavidjohnprotect
    165m
  • Call Her Daddy50 episodes · avg 67 minfbflovealexcheatingcooper
    67m
  • Crime Junkie50 episodes · avg 50 minmurderedmysteriousdeathmissingfamily
    50m
  • The Daily Signal50 episodes · avg 13 mindavisvictorhansonirantrump
    13m
  • Huberman Lab50 episodes · avg 99 minessentialssciencehealthtoolsbrain
    99m
  • SmartLess50 episodes · avg 60 minreleaseintroducingjennyjonnick
    60m
  • Dateline NBC50 episodes · avg 43 mindatelinetalkingmurderaccuseddeadly
    43m
  • Morbid50 episodes · avg 65 mintaleskillerlistenermurdermurders
    65m
  • My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark50 episodes · avg 62 minmfmgeorgiakarenminisoderewind
    62m
  • Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend50 episodes · avg 42 minreturnsagainreviewstaffconan
    42m

Library highlights

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