Markets · bedrock market · provisional
Podcasting 2.0 (open podcast namespace, measurement, hosting)
Register + standard + platform market (podcast index namespace, iab podcast measurement, apple / spotify hosting partners). The Kin Score Market layer reads each provider in its market:
who it integrates with, how deep those integrations go, and where the market publishes its own structure.
Methodology.
29providers measured
20 (69.0%)declare their own
2 (6.9%)covered by others only
7 (24.1%)undeclared
1declare compatibility (report only, not weighted)
0in-market workflows shown
Provisional. Provisional and unweighted: the Market layer is not part of the composite or agent readiness. Leader lists are read within a position, never as one ranking. A provider that declares nothing we can
read is shown as undeclared, with no number: we never infer integrations.
Where this market publishes its structure
- Podcast Index apps directory (podcastindex.org/apps; its public JSON podcastindex.org/api/apps) machine-readable, 142 listings; 11 linked; 18 held (github / twitter / app-store hosts, Apple's and Spotify's own, the index itself); 113 without a catalog repo
- Podcast namespace element support (github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace docs/element-support.md) machine-readable, 37 (name, link-domain) rows; 5 linked; links to tweets / commits held
- IAB Tech Lab Podcast Measurement compliant companies (iabtechlab.com/compliance-programs/compliant-companies/) machine-readable, 34 companies; 9 linked (3 lapsed > 365 days); Daily Wire, Radio France, Megaphone, Substack held
- Apple Podcasts partner search (podcasters.apple.com/partner-search) machine-readable, 40 hosting providers; 14 platform-app edges on all/apple; preferred -> partner_tier
- Spotify for Creators hosting partners (support.spotify.com/us/creators/article/getting-your-podcast-on-spotify/) machine-readable, 25 partners; 9 platform-app edges on all/spotify
- IAB Tech Lab podcast-measurement-certification page not machine-readable: 404; the compliance programme page names no companies (the compliant-companies table is the register)
- Apple hosting-provider support pages (3601, 5390, 4910) not machine-readable: 404 (2026-10-21); partner-search is the live list
- Spotify providers.spotify.com / podcasters.spotify.com/partners not machine-readable: no response / 404 (2026-10-21)
Own = declares at least one integration itself; covered = visible only because an aggregator, standards body, regulator or partner contract names it; distribution-only = listed only on cloud marketplaces it sells through, a channel reported beside, never counted as its own declared integrations; undeclared = nothing we can read, so no number; declares_compatibility = providers with a `compatible` shape vote, report only (kin, 2026-10-13): never counted as own, never in depth or position.
Taxonomy how this market maps onto apis.io
Derived 2026-10-21 from the 29 providers in this market we could resolve in the
catalog. The percentage is the share of those providers carrying each one; it describes the market, not the tag or industry. Tag groups have no page of their own yet, so they are listed unlinked.
| Tags | Podcasts 97%, Media 72%, Audio 72%, Podcast Hosting 38%, Advertising 24%, Monetization 24%, Analytics 21% |
|---|
| Tag groups | Podcasts 97%, Media 86%, Audio 76%, Monetization 45%, Marketing 24%, Analytics 21% |
|---|
| Industries | Music, Audio & Creator Economy 100%, Media 72%, Artificial Intelligence 24%, Data & Analytics 24%, Marketing & Advertising 24% |
|---|
| Areas | Monetization 24% |
|---|
| Capabilities | BC-3770 24% |
|---|
share of resolved cohort carrying it; tags >=0.20 & >=3 members (max 12, junk dropped), tag_groups >=0.20 (cooccurrence, non-cross-cutting; max 8), industries >=0.20 (max 6), areas >=0.10 (max 6; areas are keyword-matched and sparse), capabilities L1 >=0.20 (max 8); derive-market-taxonomy.py
Leaders by position (provisional)
Provisional: grouped by position, depth compared within a position only. Distribution (cloud marketplaces) and iPaaS bridges are counted beside
position, never inside it. Unknown-builder listings are left out of position shares and counted here.
gravity 1 · other companies invest to build on it
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Spotify |
52.2 |
21 |
9 / 12 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
partner-built 43%, ipaas-bridge 29%, standard 5%, covered 10%, builds-on-platform 14% |
builds-on 5 · publishes apps on other platforms' stores
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Acast |
58.1 |
3 |
0 / 3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 33%, builds-on-platform 67% |
| Podbean |
47.6 |
6 |
0 / 6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 17%, standard 33%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Descript |
19.7 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Riverside |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
builds-on-platform 100% |
| Ximalaya |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
builds-on-platform 100% |
standard 10 · listed by a voluntary standard's own directory
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Blubrry API |
54.9 |
6 |
0 / 6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| RedCircle |
51.7 |
4 |
0 / 4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Spreaker |
51.7 |
4 |
0 / 4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Buzzsprout |
43.1 |
8 |
0 / 8 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
ipaas-bridge 25%, standard 38%, builds-on-platform 38% |
| Captivate |
42.9 |
5 |
0 / 5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 20%, standard 40%, builds-on-platform 40% |
| Art19 |
40.9 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Simplecast |
39.1 |
7 |
0 / 7 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
ipaas-bridge 29%, standard 43%, builds-on-platform 29% |
| TranscriptFetch |
36.4 |
3 |
0 / 3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
standard 33%, distribution 67% |
| beehiiv |
33.3 |
5 |
0 / 5 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
ipaas-bridge 40%, standard 20%, builds-on-platform 20%, distribution 20% |
| Taddy |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
mixed 2 · no single mode dominates
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Firstory |
37.0 |
3 |
0 / 3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 33%, standard 33%, builds-on-platform 33% |
| Transistor |
37.0 |
6 |
0 / 6 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
ipaas-bridge 33%, standard 33%, builds-on-platform 33% |
long-tail 4 · reached only through iPaaS bridges
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Listen Notes |
12.1 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 50%, distribution 50% |
| AutoContent API |
2.5 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 100% |
| Megaphone |
2.5 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 100% |
| Wondercraft |
2.5 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 100% |
undeclared 7 · declares nothing we can read: no number