Evan Williams (founder of Odeo) posted an interesting overview of podcasting companies. He compared the site’s popularity using Alexa rankings and added some of his own thoughts.
Interesting thing is that Evan combines all the companies together, even though they represent different categories. For example, a podcast hosting site would have a different target user compared to a podcast search site. (Podcast creator vs. podcast listener)
I’ve split his listings into different the categories below. It’s good to note that even though podcasting only started about a year ago, there are already around 20 podcast directories available. This reminds me of the time, back in the days when internet text content (or sites) could only be found in site directories and people were barely using search to find information. I am sure podcast search is going to change as more podcasts become available and people start to shift their habits to searching for more specific content within podcasts.
Content Creation
Podtech
Podcast Hosting
Libsyn
Hipcast
Blubrry (Also has a directory)
Gcast (Has a community)
Podomatic (Also has a directory)
Podcast Directories
Odeo (Podcast publishing available)
Podcast Pickle
Podshow
Podcast Alley
Podcasting News
Podcast.net
Podcast Directory.com
Plugged
Digital Podcast
Click Cast (Also has publishing tools)
Indie Podder
Podfeed
PodNova
Podcast Bunker
Podcast.com
Loomia
ZapZap
TalkShoe
Podcast Player
Yahoo! Podcasts
Podcast Search Engine
PodZinger
Podscope
Social Networking for podcast
Melodeo
