Podcast Index
The Podcast Index is here to preserve, protect and extend the open, independent podcasting ecosystem.
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Latest news
- Jan 27: Dave Jones from the Podcast Index is looking for your help: first, to stop the Docker logs from “eating all the disk space”; and secondly, to read live stream metadata from Shoutcast streams. There’s more in the Podcasting 2.0 podcast this week.
- Dec 5, 2024: By way of comparison, there are 125,268 video podcasts using open RSS, looking through the Podcast Index data. And 14 billion videos on YouTube.
- Nov 19, 2024: These figures were calculated from Podcast Index data in August, using the dates for the first and last episodes in the feed. Some podcast hosting companies delete free accounts when the free trial ends, so they’ll not appear on this data. The top 5 companies with new shows in January this year were Spotify for Creators, RSS, Buzzsprout, Spreaker and Acast: who between them attracted 60% of new shows in that month.
- Aug 13, 2024: Listen Notes suggests that July saw the lowest number of “new podcasts” this year - more than 60% lower year-on-year. Technically, the number refers to “new feeds”; many new podcasts have been launched on defunct feeds for shows that have ceased. There is a decline in production of new podcast episodes: that’s only down 6% year-on-year according to the Podcast Index (see the tech stuff last month).
- Aug 12, 2024: Want to use the Podcast Index to watch for new episodes? Here’s how (from the Podcasting 2.0 podcast this week):
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