Podcast Index
The Podcast Index is here to preserve, protect and extend the open, independent podcasting ecosystem.
Website: podcastindex.org
Latest news
- Mar 18: Michelle Obama’s new podcast is called IMO. EurWeb reports on a UK podcast called In My Opinion, the hosts of which are grumpy at the same name being used. They have trademarked the name - but only in the UK. The Podcast Index has 261 shows called “my opinion”, 75 shows called “in my opinion”, and 30 called “IMO”.
- Jan 31: PodcastOne is to switch hosting to Amazon’s ART19. It had been using the relatively unknown Nox Solutions as a podcast host. The Podcast Index suggests Nox Solutions hosts around 1,277 shows - 1,077 of which are with PodcastOne and Launchpadone.
- Jan 29: PodToo has added the Podcast Index “live item tag”, allowing live podcasting, and has introduced a way for its radio clients to achieve greater control over release dates and times for its podcasts.
- 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.
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