Pocket Casts - Podcast App

8.17

Automattic, Inc

4.83

118,996 reviews

1,000,000+
Downloads

Free

Stream, download, and organize your podcasts

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4.83 · 118,996 reviews · 1,000,000+ downloads · #18 in News & Magazines

About Pocket Casts - Podcast App

Pocket Casts - Podcast App is a news & magazines app developed by Automattic, Inc.

Download Statistics

Pocket Casts - Podcast App has been downloaded 4.7 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 49 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 news & magazines apps.

User Ratings

Pocket Casts - Podcast App is rated 4.83 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 120 thousand ratings.

App Information

Pocket Casts - Podcast App is FREE to download. The APK download size is 23.79 MB. The latest version available is 8.17. The last update was on July 31, 2026.

Technical Requirements

The app has a content rating of Medium Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play March 2011.

Description

Pocket Casts is the world's most powerful free podcast app, made by listeners, for listeners 🎧. Our free podcast player makes it easy to listen, discover, and enjoy podcasts your way.

More data about Pocket Casts - Podcast App

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	4.7 million
Recent downloads	49 thousand
Rating	4.83 based on 120 thousand ratings
Ranking	Top ranked
Version	8.17
APK size	23.8 MB
Number of libraries	30
Maturity	Medium Maturity
Ads	NO ads

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Pocket Casts - Podcast App compared with similar apps

Common keywords of similar apps

Pocket Casts Audiobooks Powerful Recommendations Stream Listeners Latest Library Material Design Sync Streaming Podcast App Podcasts Player Episodes Enjoy Shows Audio Smart Listening Playback Listen Playlists Free Discover Find Features Auto Offline Time

Keywords missing from this app

Radio Favorite Span News Experience Music Episode Import Play Sleep Search Content Bbc Opml Save Subscribe Support Google Comedy Npr Crime Simple Rss Business History Fm Stitcher Addict Zpod Easy

Google Play Rating history and histogram

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Downloads over time

Pocket Casts - Podcast App has been downloaded 4.7 million times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 1.6 thousand downloads per day.

Changelog of Pocket Casts - Podcast App

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Developer information for Automattic, Inc

Automattic, Inc

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Comments on Pocket Casts - Podcast App for Android

★★★★☆ Renee Colquhoun · Jul 24, 2026

Have loved it for years but recently having playback errors and issues on Android, have updated the app but still happening. Tries to connect to Chromecast all the time and stops playing when my phone goes to sleep, never used to happen. Any tips welcome

★★★★★ Paul the Painter · Aug 4, 2026

This app used to be the only one that kept up to date on my favorite podcast. Something changed in last few days. The podcasts are at art19 but not on pocket cast. Update. I forced it to work. I hope it doesn't happen again

★★★★☆ Ron Deagle · Jul 15, 2026

Recent 3 July update: Listening to podcast and on the episode screen, in landscape orientation: is anyone else having issue pressing the button in the upper right to go to the Up Next queue? Trying to go to the queue so that I can archive episodes that I don't want to listen to, but a having quite a time getting that button to respond to my presses. Rotating to portrait, all is well.

★☆☆☆☆ Warby OnTheGo · Jul 9, 2026

The app has started to crash for me regularly last week I can play any podcast for about 5 seconds than the app auto closes.

★☆☆☆☆ Aaron Cammarata · Jul 14, 2026

Huge data hog - how does it download 1.1 Gb of podcasts on mobile when I didn't make any changes to my subscriptions?! Used half my mobile data and put me over for the month. Expensive podcast app...

★☆☆☆☆ Mominul Islam · Jul 15, 2026

Really? Now playing only shows the auto generated chapter instead of the title of the episode. What!!! It's frustrating.

Google Play Rankings for Pocket Casts - Podcast App

Top rankings

Rank	Country	Category	List
20	Canada	News & Magazines	Top Free
11	Iran	News & Magazines	Top Free
36	United States	News & Magazines	Top Free
14	Australia	News & Magazines	Top Free
16	United Kingdom	News & Magazines	Top Free
16	Sweden	News & Magazines	Top Free
12	Canada	News & Magazines	Top Grossing
18	United States	News & Magazines	Top Grossing
40	Germany	News & Magazines	Top Free
7	Austria	News & Magazines	Top Grossing

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Technologies used by Pocket Casts - Podcast App

Pocket Casts - Podcast App is requesting 23 permissions and is using 30 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Network communication

view network connections, pair with Bluetooth devices, full network access, Google Play billing service, Google Play license check

Storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Hardware controls

control vibration

System tools

run at startup, prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID, android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION, android.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS, android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC, android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT, au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION, com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE

Ad network libraries

None found

Social libraries

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Development tools

Android Jetpack core

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Firebase

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Android Jetpack Media

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Kotlin

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AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 AndroidX Emoji / Emoji2 Android Library Icon

AndroidX Emoji / Emoji2 AndroidX ProfileInstaller Android Library Icon

AndroidX ProfileInstaller Chromium Android Library Icon

Chromium

AndroidX Preference Google Protocol Buffers Android Library Icon

Google Protocol Buffers Jetpack WindowManager Android Library Icon

Jetpack WindowManager Lottie Android Library Icon

Lottie

Jetpack Navigation Volley Android Library Icon

Volley

Jetpack Compose AndroidX Graphics Android Library Icon

AndroidX Graphics AndroidX Media3 (ExoPlayer) Android Library Icon

AndroidX Media3 (ExoPlayer) Sentry Android Library Icon

Sentry

AndroidX MediaRouter AndroidX Credentials Android Library Icon

AndroidX Credentials Material Dialogs Android Library Icon

Material Dialogs MaterialProgressBar Android Library Icon

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