Category
Podcast hosting platforms
Who AI recommends when asked about podcast hosting platforms. 29 brands on the list today.
DistroKid and Spotify tie for first on score.
- Brands listed
- 29
- Leader
- 2 tied
- DistroKid, Spotify
- All on 100.0, listed A to Z
- Lead
- Tied
- Two share first, 100.0
- With Spotify
- Category average
- 39.9
- Average place 5.4
- Across the 29
DistroKid and Spotify share the lead. 18 of the 29 are named in only a fifth of answers.
Where each brand lands in the answer, from first place to tenth, and how often it is named at all.
| # | Brand | Place | Named | Score | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | DistroKid | 1.0 | 20% | 100.0 | Platform |
| 1= | Spotify | 1.0 | 40% | 100.0 | Platform |
| 3= | Dropbox | 2.0 | 20% | 91.3 | B2B |
| 3= | 2.0 | 40% | 91.3 | Platform | |
| 3= | TuneCore | 2.0 | 20% | 91.3 | Platform |
| 6 | Anchor | 2.7 | 60% | 69.4 | Hardware |
| 7= | Apple | 3.0 | 40% | 64.0 | Hardware |
| 7= | CD Baby | 3.0 | 20% | 64.0 | Platform |
| 7= | Microsoft | 3.0 | 20% | 64.0 | Platform |
| 10 | Buzzsprout | 3.7 | 60% | 53.8 | Platform |
| 11 | Spinnup | 4.0 | 20% | 49.0 | Platform |
| 12 | Podbean | 4.3 | 60% | 44.4 | Media |
| 13= | AWAL | 5.0 | 20% | 36.0 | Platform |
| 13= | Box | 5.0 | 20% | 36.0 | Platform |
| 15 | Libsyn | 5.7 | 60% | 28.4 | Media |
| 16= | Amazon | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | Platform |
| 16= | Captivate | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | B2B |
| 16= | Castos | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | Platform |
| 16= | Transistor | 6.0 | 60% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 20= | Backblaze | 7.0 | 20% | 16.0 | Hardware |
| 20= | Ditto Music | 7.0 | 20% | 16.0 | Platform |
| 22 | RedCircle | 7.5 | 40% | 12.3 | Platform |
| 23 | RouteNote | 8.0 | 20% | 9.0 | Platform |
| 24 | Spreaker | 8.5 | 40% | 6.3 | Media |
| 25= | Acast | 9.0 | 40% | 4.0 | Platform |
| 25= | Chartable | 9.0 | 20% | 4.0 | Platform |
| 25= | pCloud | 9.0 | 20% | 4.0 | B2C |
| 28= | Podcastersuite | 10.0 | 20% | 1.0 | Platform |
| 28= | Sync.com | 10.0 | 20% | 1.0 | B2C |
= means tied on score
How this list works
AI is asked about podcast hosting platforms every day. A brand’s score reflects where it lands in the answers that name it, so 100 means named first every time. Named is the share of answers that mention it at all. Names that fail our checks are counted but not listed.