If you are in a hurry, here is the gist of this post:
All the platforms have more or less the same features. If you are starting up, don’t over think it. Work on the content first, You can always migrate later. If you want to minimize your cost by going to free plan, Try Spotify for podcaster(Anchor.fm). If you are not a fan of Spotify, Try Acast or Redcircle as both offer Unlimited storage and bandwidth.
We are into the second half of 2022. Here is the result of sampling podcasts with more than 50 episodes and had at least one episode for the last two months.
The number at the end is the total of podcasts using this service.
- Spotify for podcaster, previously known as anchor.fm, 38296
- Free for all.
- Good for hosting and publishing, meh for recording and editing.
- Libsyn, 11457
- Starting from $5/m for 3 hours each month.
- Buzzsprout, 10074
- Free plan includes 2 hours each month and episodes older than 90 days will be taken offline. Upgrade to paid plan to recover the episodes.
- podbean, 8842
- Free plan includes 5 hours total storage.
- Soundcloud, 8561
- Free plan includes 3 hours.
- Spreaker by iHeartRadio, 5594
- Charged by total amount of hours of audio.
- Free plan includes 5 hours.
- Spreaker Prime take 40% of the ad revenue
- Megaphone.fm by spotify, 2632
- Seems to made for scale. Base plan $99/Month professional. Need to submit form.
- Simplecast, 2563
- Starting with $15/m for 20,000 downloads.
- Manage multiple shows with one account.
- Acast, 2359
- Free Plan Unlimited Hosting & Downloading.
- Manage multiple shows with one account for all plans. However, You are billed for one plan per show.
- Podigee, 1645
- Charged by total amount of hours of audio.
- Starting from $12/m for 4 hours.
- Captivate.fm, 1483
- Charged by downloads.
- Starting from $17/m for 12,000 downloads.
- Manage multiple shows with one account.
- Transistor.fm, 1305
- Charged by downloads.
- Starting with $19/m for 20,000 downloads.
- Manage multiple shows with one account.
- Get two months free when you pay yearly.
- Redcircle, 883
- Free Plan - Unlimited Hosting & Distribution etc
What platforms are new podcasters using?
I was curious what platforms are new podcasters starting with in 2022. Filtering by at least 5 published episodes so far this year. Here is the result:
- Anchor.fm by spotify, 978
- Free for all.
- Omnystudio.com, 651
- enterprise podcasting
- no public pricing available
- podbean, 613
- Free plan includes 5 hours total storage.
- ivoox.com, 589
- seems to focus on spanish markets.
- Buzzsprout, 392
- Free plan includes 2 hours each month and episodes older than 90 days will be taken offline. Upgrade to paid plan to recover the episodes.