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title: "Pocket Casts: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Pocket Casts is a podcast or radio app used in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/pocket-casts"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Pocket Casts: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Pocket Casts is a podcast or radio app used in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: Pocket Casts
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among podcast apps**: 0.04%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Podcast apps | 4 | 0.04% | 22.2K |

- [Podcast apps](/demand/global-en/categories/podcast-apps)

## How has branded search demand for Pocket Casts changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Pocket Casts worldwide fell from 27.1K to 22.2K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Pocket Casts’ estimated Share of Search among podcast apps worldwide held steady at 0.04%.

## How did search popularity change for podcast apps worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Castbox worldwide fell 18.5% over 11 measured months, from 22.2K to 18.1K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Spotify worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 68M to 55.6M in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Pocket Casts worldwide fell 18.1% over 11 measured months, from 27.1K to 22.2K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Podcast apps | 27.1K | 0.04% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | Podcast apps | 27.1K | 0.04% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | Podcast apps | 27.1K | 0.04% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | Podcast apps | 33.1K | 0.05% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | Podcast apps | 27.1K | 0.05% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | Podcast apps | 27.1K | 0.04% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | Podcast apps | 27.1K | 0.04% | 4 |
| May 2026 | Podcast apps | 22.2K | 0.03% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | Podcast apps | 22.2K | 0.03% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | Podcast apps | 22.2K | 0.04% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | Podcast apps | 22.2K | 0.04% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | Podcast apps | — | — | — |

## How is Pocket Casts measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Pocket Casts’ name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “pocket casts”

## Which podcast apps compete with Pocket Casts?

- [Spotify](/demand/global-en/brands/spotify): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/pocket-casts-vs-spotify
- [Apple Podcasts](/demand/global-en/brands/apple-podcasts): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/apple-podcasts-vs-pocket-casts
- [Overcast](/demand/global-en/brands/overcast): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/overcast-vs-pocket-casts
- [Castbox](/demand/global-en/brands/castbox): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/castbox-vs-pocket-casts

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Pocket Casts: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/pocket-casts

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