OP3
Address: 
Dallas, TX, USA
The Open Podcast Prefix Project (OP3) is a free and open-source podcast prefix analytics service committed to open data and listener privacy.
Website: op3.dev
Latest news
- Jul 9: Apple Podcasts is still #1 for podcast downloads in the UK, however. Data from OP3, analysed by Podnews and shared today, shows that 37.5% of all downloads in the country go to Apple Podcasts; Spotify gets 31.7%, while Amazon Music is at 4.1%. But, there's a big caveat: data like this doesn't measure YouTube at all; and won't measure Spotify video, or BBC Sounds.
- Jun 10: 77% of podcast listening comes through just three apps, according to OP3 data analysed by Cohort. The work highlights a specific cluster of listening platforms - but Apple Podcasts, Spotify and CastBox as the big ones, according to the data.
- Jun 8: Podcasting's Dirty Secret: No One Wants Their Real Numbers (Me Included) - Steve Raizes tells us that "Standards Do Not Get Voted In. Someone Imposes Them", and asks whether you (or your show) could survive being measured in public. (Here's a link to the public download figures for our podcast).
- Apr 23: Want free and good podcast analytics for your show? Podnews supports OP3. It's free; here we are on the platform, and here's how to add your show.
- Feb 23: Free podcast analytics service OP3 has published its bills for February. Podnews is a supporter to help pay for the service, which monitors lots of shows (here are over 1,300).
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