The Podcast Census 2026
How many Russian podcasts are there?
There are 45,218 Russian-language podcasts in the Podcast Index, 1% of all podcasts, and 3,167 of them published an episode in the last 90 days. 7% are still active, close to the 9.4% for all podcasts. Its share of active shows (0.8%) is well below its share of all shows ever started.
- 45,218shows listed
- 3,167active in the last 90 days
- 7%still active (all podcasts: 9.4%)
- 0.8%of all active podcasts
How many Russian podcasts are still going?
3,167 of 45,218: 7%. By that measure Russian ranks 8th of the 12 languages on these pages for keeping shows alive. It ranks 9th by shows ever listed but drops to 10th 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 Russian compare with other podcast languages?
Russian is the 9th-largest language by shows listed, after Japanese (49,041).
Questions
How many Russian podcasts are there?
45,218 in the Podcast Index dump of 26 September 2026, after removing duplicates and empty feeds. 3,167 published in the 90 days before it.
What share of Russian-language podcasts are active?
7%, 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 = 45,218 Russian podcasts, 3,167 active. Last updated 2 October 2026.
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