The Podcast Census 2026
How many Dutch podcasts are there?
There are 32,517 Dutch-language podcasts in the Podcast Index, 0.7% of all podcasts, and 4,199 of them published an episode in the last 90 days. 12.9% are still active, close to the 9.4% for all podcasts. Dutch punches above its size: 1% of active shows against 0.7% of all of them.
- 32,517shows listed
- 4,199active in the last 90 days
- 12.9%still active (all podcasts: 9.4%)
- 1%of all active podcasts
How many Dutch podcasts are still going?
4,199 of 32,517: 12.9%. By that measure Dutch ranks 5th of the 12 languages on these pages for keeping shows alive. It ranks 10th by shows ever listed but 9th by active ones.
Survival by episode count and growth by year are counted for all podcasts together in the census, not language by language, so they are not repeated here.
How does Dutch compare with other podcast languages?
Dutch is the 10th-largest language by shows listed, after Russian (45,218).
Questions
How many Dutch podcasts are there?
32,517 in the Podcast Index dump of 26 September 2026, after removing duplicates and empty feeds. 4,199 published in the 90 days before it.
What share of Dutch-language podcasts are active?
12.9%, against 9.4% of all 4,391,041 podcasts.
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Where do these numbers come from?
Podcast Index public database, dump of 26 September 2026, cleaned by Slice to 4,391,041 shows (duplicates, empty feeds, clones and test feeds removed). Active means an episode in the 90 days before the dump.
n = 32,517 Dutch podcasts, 4,199 active. Last updated 2 October 2026.
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