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The 100 most popular podcast names

The 100 most popular podcast names

· First published · By James Cridland · 2.8 minutes to read

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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- like “Real Talk with ReZsaun”, “Real Talk Radio with Miss P.Dizzle”, “Real Talk with Scuddies” and the soon-to-be-outdated “Real Talk 2021”.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.

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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
James CridlandJames Cridland is the Editor of Podnews, a keynote speaker and consultant. He wrote his first podcast RSS feed in January 2005; and also launched the first live radio streaming app for mobile phones in the same year. He's worked in the audio industry since 1989.

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