Spotify Podcast Rankings by Topic and Ratings
Rank Spotify podcasts in any topic by their number of ratings, star rating and episode count. Search a topic such as true crime or investing and get every show's publisher, rating, rating count, topics, episode count, latest episode date and newest episodes. Use it to shortlist podcasts to sponsor, pitch guests or size a niche, and export to CSV or Excel.
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Enter the topic as a search term and run it. Sort the Podcasts view by ratingCount (number of ratings), which tracks audience size more closely than the star rating.
No. Spotify's charts list a fixed top 50 per country. This ranks any topic you choose by public ratings, so it also covers niches the charts never show.
No. Spotify doesn't publish listens or downloads for podcasts. The number of ratings is the best public proxy for a show's audience.
Each row has latestEpisodeDate. Filter out shows whose latest episode is older than a few months before you pitch or sponsor them.
Name, publisher, description, star rating, number of ratings, topics, episode count, latest episode date, media type (audio or video), explicit flag and the newest episodes.
Spotify returns about 200 shows per query. Above that, the run adds related queries containing your term. Set the number in Max results per search term.
Yes. Add one search term per topic. Every row keeps its searchTerm and searchRank, so you can compare topics in one spreadsheet.
Yes. Turn on Compare with previous run and schedule the task weekly. Rows then show the change in ratings and episode count since the last run.
$0.004 per podcast, with its latest episodes included. 100 podcasts cost $0.40. There is no start fee and no subscription.
Yes. Raise Max tracks or episodes per result to list more episodes per show, each with its release date, duration, video flag and description.