Podcast Index
The Podcast Index is here to preserve, protect and extend the open, independent podcasting ecosystem.
Website: podcastindex.org
Latest news
- Aug 13: 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: Want to use the Podcast Index to watch for new episodes? Here’s how (from the Podcasting 2.0 podcast this week):
- Jul 2: There was a new podcast episode posted every 0.8 seconds last month, according to the Podcast Index (visualised by the Podcast Business Journal). However, the number of active podcasts (updated in the last 30 days) dropped by 10,000 last month, to 332,511.
- May 20: Pinepods is a complete podcast management system and allows you to play, download, and keep track of podcasts you (or any of your users) enjoy. The dockerized system is written in Rust, and uses the Podcast Index.
- Mar 25: The host of The R-Podcast, Eric Nantz, has used the R statistics software package to produce the Podcast Index Database Dashboard. The tool is built to spot duplicates in the data, and other data issues.
Data credits: Podnews newsletter