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📣 safog

Podcast Listening Numbers


Hi HN,

I'm trying to build something in the podcast space and would love to have per episode listening numbers for, maybe, the top 100 or so Podcasts. The stats I found online are very high level (per publisher, or per podcast).

Is there a Paid API that does what I'm looking for?

  👤 morninglight Accepted Answer ✓
"Science Zone Radio" is a 24/7 podcast stream from the NSF http://amber.streamguys1.com:4200/live I seldom have time to futz around with individual podcasts, but this NFS stream provides a wide scope of science topics from dozens of podcasts. When I hear something especially interesting, I can search out the original podcast site. It has introduced me to many fascinating subjects that I would have otherwise overlooked. Tax dollars well spent!!
👤 heynk
I'm not in the podcast industry, but I'd listen to this episode of Darknet Diaries:

https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/27/

He dives into "podcast promoters" that are pretty effective at getting into the top charts. I mention this not because I think you should use these services, but because he actually gets some evidence around what the charts are based off of.

It's also a great podcast in general.