The 100 most popular podcast names

It’s usually a good idea to choose a podcast that’s unique - that nobody else has. It makes it easier to ask for on smart speakers, and easier to search for, too.

There are, however, a number of names that have been used not just once already but many, many different times.

For this second year of this feature, we looked at the Podcast Index data, from 4.4m podcasts. The Podcast Index was built from a list of all open RSS feeds, and is probably the most comprehensive list of shows; unlike Apple, shows do not go through human approval.

Analysis

Actually the top name for a podcast is '' - nothing at all. In the Podcast Index database, there are 5,687 of these un-named podcasts. We’ve ignored those, so our #1 is “Les podcasts de Graffiti Urban Radio”, many, many podcasts (4,926 of them) from a radio station in La Roche-sur-Yon in the Pays de la Loire region of France. We suspect they don’t quite know how podcasts work.

There are a good amount of podcasts which appear have confused the name of an episode with the name of the show. “Introduction”, at #2, is a good example; similar ones are “A”, “1”, “First Lesson” and “Second Lesson”, as well as “Episode 1”.

The high amount of Spanish content in podcasting is also evident - #3 is “Entrevista”, the Spanish word for “Interview”. Also spot “Presentación” at 5, and the simple “Hola” at 9 (joined by “Saludo” and “Hello” further down).

The large amount of godcasts in podcasting appears at #4, with 409 podcasts called “Sermons”, and a further 285 called “SermonAudio”, a popular hosting platform for church services. We suspect these are default names that nobody bothers changing.

The 270 shows called “Real Talk” all share the first recogniseable show name, at #15 - joined by its sibling “Let’s Talk” at #20, and its cousin “Let’s Talk About It” at #61. If anyone suggests these as a name for a podcast, we’d suggest you think carefully. Separately, we checked the database for you - there are 1,719 podcasts starting “Real Talk” - like “Real Talk with ReZsaun”, “Real Talk Radio with Miss P.Dizzle”, “Real Talk with Scuddies” and the soon-to-be-outdated “Real Talk 2021”.

At #38, you’ll find “Podcast”. Brilliantly, 185 shows are called “Podcast”, which we’d assume are quite difficult to search for. We were curious how many podcasts have the word “Podcast” in them: it’s a staggering 705,857 shows, or 16% of all podcasts.

Because it’s 2021, there are various pandemic-related podcast names in the top 100, as well as “fake news”, a number of shows which haven’t, yet, realised that there’s been a change of President.

There are 125 shows called “Daniel’s Show”, and we’d like to congratulate Daniel on doing so many.

Finally, a shout out to the factually inaccurate “This rss has been deleted”. There are 177 shows with this title, pulled from a valid RSS feed.

Parcast have the right naming idea, if you ask us - simple, SEO-friendly titles that help people find their work. But however it goes, subscribing to Podnews will keep you in touch with the most popular podcast names, and plenty more besides.

Nov 2021: the top 100 most-chosen podcast names

1. Les podcasts de Graffiti Urban Radio 4926
2. Introduction 557
3. Entrevista 422
4. Sermons 409
5. Presentación 382
6. Trabalho 373
7. Music 366
8. Trailer 355
9. Hola 331
10. A 327
11. English 308
12. SermonAudio: MP3 285
13. Tarea 277
14. Real Talk 270
15. Radio 264
16. Historia 259
17. Life 258
18. WebTalkRadio.net 248
19. Let’s Talk 246
20. Bienvenida 235
21. Interview 221
22. 1 215
23. Love 212
24. First Lesson 210
25. Second Lesson 208
26. Saludo 207
27. Test 205
28. Prova 203
29. History 201
30. Responses 200
31. . 200
32. Oi 198
33. Ensino Híbrido 197
34. Covid-19 190
35. Musica 187
36. Apresentação 187
37. Prayers 186
38. Podcast 185
39. Covid 19 184
40. H 179
41. This rss has been deleted 177
42. Lol 177
43. Música 173
44. Welcome 168
45. Introducción 168
46. Episode 1 166
47. Educación 164
48. Prueba 1 163
49. Literatura 162
50. Fake News 161
51. Teste 160
52. Prueba 160
53. História 160
54. Idk 158
55. First 157
56. Perkenalan 156
57. Ensayo 154
58. Proyecto 148
59. Corona 148
60. Let’s Talk About It 146
61. School 145
62. 123 145
63. Poema 144
64. a 143
65. Hello 141
66. Probando 138
67. Introdução 129
68. Prueba1 128
69. Nothing 126
70. The Journey 125
71. Reflexiones 125
72. Noticias 125
73. Nada 125
74. Daniel’s show 125
75. Project 124
76. Me 124
77. Inglés 124
78. Filosofia 123
79. Cuentos 122
80. Geografia 121
81. Ingles 120
82. Full of Life Ministries 120
83. Audio 120
84. Education 119
85. Alex 119
86. J 118
87. pady 117
88. Piloto 117
89. Yo 116
90. The Podcast 116
91. Story Time 115
92. Hhh 115
93. News 114
94. M 114
95. Testando 113
96. Podcast Project 112
97. Filosofía 112
98. Bullying 112
99. G 111
100. … 111