People may ask “So if you’re not making money off of me to host… what’s your business model?” We are not in the business of charging you, the podcaster.
In a medium post, co-founder Nir Zicherman explains that anchor.fm’s mission is to provide free podcast hosting in exchange for a controlling stake in monetization: Straight out of the gate, the company operated differently to other podcast platforms: all accounts were entirely free and unlimited. anchor.fmĪnchor.fm was co-founded by Nir Zicherman and Michael Mignano in 2015. Keep reading for more information about some of the top podcast platforms, and some rising stars we think are worth mentioning. Note: I removed from the list because it’s an RSS feed service not a podcast platform.
Biggest podcast platforms in 2021Īccording to ListenNotes, the biggest podcast platforms in 2021 are:īiggest podcast platforms by number of podcasts hosted ( source) These are the top podcast directories you’ll want to syndicate your podcast to:Ī podcast platform can automate syndication to different podcast directories for you.