Podcast Index
The Podcast Index is here to preserve, protect and extend the open, independent podcasting ecosystem.
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Latest news
- Nov 2: After our piece about Spreaker last week, which appears to be enabling its users to steal other podcasts to earn money, the weekly Podcast Index catalog snapshot (and our specific query for Spreaker shows) indicates that Spreaker has managed to clean up just 72 shows from its list. There are now 1,706 shows in Apple Podcasts from Spreaker that are also available on Apple Podcasts from another podcast hosting company; including podcasts originally from NRJ, History Hit, NBC News, Audacy, Vox Media and more. The iHeart-owned company appears to be doing little to clean up its act (hardly surprising: they earn 41% from the advertising they inject into stolen shows).
- Oct 14: Podcasting 2.0 and the Podcast Index are now six years old; Dutch publication Spreekbuis - which had the initial scoop - covers the anniversary.
- Oct 7: The Podcast Index has updated its terms of service, reducing it from 1,088 to just 168 lines.
- Oct 5: The Podcast Index has launched Podcast Robot, a full MCP server for AI assistants. The tool lets you ask questions to your assistant about podcasts, to discover new ones.
- Oct 1: The Nigerian Podcast Index released its 2026 Industry Report. It says that the amount of podcasts coming out of the country has nearly doubled; but that the number of "podfaded" shows - shows that have stopped publishing - has also significantly increased.
Data credits: Podnews newsletter