Ask HN: Podcast Listening Numbers

3 points by safog 6y ago ↗ HN

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?

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morninglight 6y ago ↗

"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 6y ago ↗

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.