International Podcast Day

International Podcast Day is the annual September 30th celebration of podcasting, started in 2014 by podcaster Steve Lee as a community-driven global event. Originally launched as National Podcast Day in 2014, it quickly rebranded after recognizing the global power of podcasts.

Between 2015 and 2022, the day featured hundreds of hours of live-streamed sessions with 360+ podcasters from nearly 100 countries — Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Germany, South Africa, and beyond — making it the most genuinely international event in the medium. Anyone can host a session, organize a local meetup, or promote their show under the #InternationalPodcastDay hashtag.

The 2026 edition lands on Wednesday, September 30. The site is the hub for each year's programming. It's not a slick commercial conference and the site doesn't update on a steady cadence — it's a community moment more than a polished event.

Useful for: cross-promoting your show, finding international podcasting peers, getting visibility via the hashtag, and joining the long live-stream tradition if you want to host or participate. Less useful for: structured learning, networking with industry decision-makers, or pitching your show to ad networks — those happen at commercial conferences.

Best treated as a free, low-commitment annual community touchpoint. Plenty of podcasters drop a special episode on the day to take advantage of the increased hashtag attention.