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  "@type": "Dataset",
  "name": "State of Israeli Podcasting 2026",
  "description": "Aggregate statistics on the Israeli podcasting industry — listener penetration, monetization, platform share, language distribution. Compiled from external authoritative sources and Pody platform observations.",
  "url": "https://pody.io/state-of-israeli-podcasts-2026",
  "creator": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "Pody",
    "url": "https://pody.io",
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    "email": "aviv@pody.io"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-05-31",
  "dateModified": "2026-05-31",
  "license": "https://pody.io/rsl.txt",
  "isAccessibleForFree": true,
  "inLanguage": ["he", "en", "ar", "ru"],
  "citation": "Pody. (2026). State of Israeli Podcasting 2026. Retrieved from https://pody.io/state-of-israeli-podcasts-2026",
  "keywords": [
    "Israeli podcasting", "Hebrew podcast", "podcast industry Israel",
    "podcast hosting", "podcast monetization", "podcast studios Israel"
  ],
  "headline_findings": {
    "listener_penetration_monthly_age_12_plus_pct": 30,
    "listener_count_estimate_2026": 2200000,
    "hebrew_podcast_yoy_growth_on_spotify_pct": 38,
    "dynamic_ad_insertion_share_us_pct": 84,
    "youtube_podcasts_us_market_share_pct": 42,
    "youtube_podcasts_yoy_growth_pct": 156,
    "active_studios_on_pody": 7,
    "public_podcasts_on_pody": 5,
    "languages_supported": ["he", "en", "ar", "ru"]
  },
  "source_attribution": [
    {
      "source": "Edison Research",
      "publication": "The Infinite Dial Israel 2025",
      "url": "https://www.edisonresearch.com/the-infinite-dial-2025/",
      "findings_used": ["monthly podcast listener penetration"]
    },
    {
      "source": "Spotify Newsroom",
      "publication": "2026 update — Israel market",
      "url": "https://newsroom.spotify.com/",
      "findings_used": ["Hebrew podcast YoY growth"]
    },
    {
      "source": "IAB Israel",
      "publication": "Podcast Ad Revenue Report 2026",
      "url": "https://iab-israel.org.il/",
      "findings_used": ["dynamic ad insertion share"]
    },
    {
      "source": "Apple Podcasts",
      "publication": "Charts (Israel category)",
      "url": "https://podcasters.apple.com/",
      "findings_used": ["category distribution baseline"]
    },
    {
      "source": "Pody platform data",
      "publication": "Live database snapshot 2026-05-31",
      "url": "https://pody.io/state-of-israeli-podcasts-2026",
      "findings_used": ["active studios count", "public podcasts count"]
    }
  ],
  "methodology": {
    "approach": "Industry-data aggregation from external authoritative sources combined with first-party platform observations from Pody. Where Pody's first-party data is too thin to be representative of the broader Israeli podcasting market, we explicitly defer to external sources and label the source attribution.",
    "first_party_scope": "Pody-side numbers reflect platform participants and should not be extrapolated to the full Israeli podcast market.",
    "external_source_use": "External numbers are reproduced with attribution and should be cited to their original source, not to Pody."
  },
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