Podcast Index
The Podcast Index is here to preserve, protect and extend the open, independent podcasting ecosystem.
Website: podcastindex.org
Latest news
- 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.
- Jan 8: The Podcasting 2.0 show regularly receives boostagrams and donations to help run the Podcast Index. In total over the last few years, Chad Farrow calculates it has earned $70,319 in donations, plus a further $38,400 in micropayments.
- Dec 4, 2023:
The Podcast Index API now has a “top recommended” list for podcasts, using the
podrollfeature. We wouldn’t mind it if you added Podnews Daily to your podroll, if your podcast host supports it (like Buzzsprout). - Oct 30, 2023: There's a new endpoint to the Podcast Index API to allow developers to get value timesplits by episode. Here's a typical result from Boostagram Ball.
- Oct 11, 2023: Should we worry? Well - a) Listen Notes data appears to also suggest that the number of new episodes could be higher in 2023 than 2022, so the amount of podcast episodes being created isn't in decline; b) we've spotted a large number of new podcasts being launched in existing podcast feeds - a new podcast taking the place of a dead one won't appear as a "new" podcast in any data; c) Podcast Index reports that the number of "active" podcasts seems to be bouncing back upwards; and d) podcast consumption appears to be increasing in every country with comparable figures.
Data credits: Podnews newsletter