Additionally, Apple highlights cherry-picked shows like This American Life, TEDTalks, 60 Minutes, Happy Tree Friends, etc.
There are now 250,000 different podcasts in more than a hundred languages available through iTunes…
The specialiTunes pagereads:
From comedy to hard new to sports to innovative educational content and so much more, podcasting has transformed the global media landscape. Podcasts on iTunes launched in the summer of 2005 and since then, we’ve seen countless episodes downloaded and streamed.
PerMacWorld, the iTunes Store has amassed over eight million podcast episodes.
As an alternative to radio shows, Apple in 2005 launched the then new Podcasts section on the iTunes Store alongside native support for podcasting on iPods. At first, iTunes used to host only audio podcasts though video content was added at a later stage.
Listen to the popular podcasts that helped us reach 1 billion subscriptions.@NPR@WNYC@ThatKevinSMith@nerdisthttp://t.co/DlJ0gUjWO0
— iTunes Podcasting (@iTunesPodcasts)August 14, 2025
Last June, the company put out a free Podcasts iOS app, but the move backfired.
Even though it has beenrefinedthrough multiple iterations, the sub-par app continues to be criticized handsomely over its UI and limited features. In Apple’s defense, the company is expected to update its downloadable App Store apps such as Podcasts and Find My iPhone/Friends after iOS 7 gets released this Fall.
Power users have long turned to third-party clients like theawesome Instacast app, nowavailable for the Mactoo. Speaking of podcasts, you’re probably aware iDB has an ongoing audio podcast show dubbedLet’s Talk Jailbreak, now already nineteen episodes strong.
