Out of the 325,141 podcasts that have posted new episodes in the last 30 days, 94,757 (29%) of these podcasts are hosted by Anchor. However, an abandoned show will live on Anchor forever, because it’s free to be there. An abandoned show on a paid podcast host will cost a monthly fee so, most podcast hosts will eventually stop paying, and the show will fall off the internet. It’s also relatively easy for Anchor to appear worse if you measure podfading.
Are Serial, S-Town or West Cork all worthless now that they are no longer posting new episodes? Clearly not - and, in the case of West Cork at least, it is still earning revenue from dynamically-inserted ads. It’s not a great measure - it’s absolutely valid for a limited-series podcast to be produced, and podcasting is full of those. Many rival podcast hosts talk about how many shows have 'podfaded’ on Anchor - that is, shows that are no longer being updated. Anchor podcasters are more likely to podfade Podcast Index also automatically removes many inactive shows from Anchor so the difference may be even higher. The average number of episodes per podcast 2 is 21.7 and the average number of episodes for shows hosted by Anchor is 13.6 (a third fewer). Anchor podcasters make fewer episodesĤ4% of all podcasts are hosted by Anchor. Anchor’s parent, Spotify, has been a supporter and sponsor in the past so have their competitors. My editorial disclosures are here Podnews is part-funded by a variety of supporters and sponsors, many of whom are podcast hosts. I thought it worth taking an impartial look at the data.Īs impartial as I can. (Fill this in now you won’t lose your place!)
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