Days Until International Podcast Day

About International Podcast Day

September 30 is a grassroots, industry-originated observance rather than a UN-designated day, launched in 2014 by podcast creators to celebrate the medium and encourage new listeners to discover shows across genres.

The term "podcast" itself is a portmanteau of "iPod" and "broadcast," coined in the mid-2000s as portable MP3 players popularized downloadable audio shows, well before the more recent explosion of dedicated podcast-hosting platforms and apps.

The day is typically marked online with creator-led recommendation threads and cross-promotion between podcast hosts rather than any centrally organized global event.

Podcast advertising and subscription revenue have grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry globally in recent years, a scale of commercial growth the medium's original 2004 pioneers didn't anticipate.

Independent podcast creators, rather than major broadcasters, remain the dominant driving force behind the day's promotion, distinguishing its grassroots character from more institutionally organized UN observances on this list.