News brief
Livewire counts about 2.0 million new podcast episodes in October 2026
Livewire updated its hosting share page on November 1, 2026 with October 2026 data. About 2.0 million new episodes were published, and Spotify for Creators held 23.8 percent of new episode share.
By Livewire · Published · Announcement date
Livewire updated its podcast hosts by episode share page on November 1, 2026. The page covers new episodes published in October 2026.
Livewire says it verified every new podcast episode published that month, about 2.0 million episodes. The count is up 7.2 percent from the prior month on a normalized basis.
Hosting share by new episodes puts Spotify for Creators first at 23.8 percent. Spreaker holds 10.7 percent, Buzzsprout 6.8 percent, Megaphone 4.9 percent, Omny Studio 4.6 percent, and Podbean 4.0 percent. The host was not identified for 4.91 percent of new episodes. Livewire identifies hosts from the actual media file URL, not the feed domain.
A companion Livewire page reports that 64.40 percent of October new episodes were available over IPv6, with Amazon CloudFront and Cloudflare as the top two content delivery networks.
WHY IT MATTERS
Episode share shows where new shows actually publish. Download rankings are led by large networks, while the 2.0 million October episodes are mostly independent shows on a handful of hosts. A host choosing a platform, or a service selling to new creators, can read the real entry point of the industry from this table.
The figures describe October 2026 and were published on the Livewire page updated November 1, 2026.
Announcement date: November 1, 2026
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