Indie Podcasts Fight Back

The arrival of mainstream media in the podcasting world led to a surge of interest in commercial and public radio podcasts.

"There was a lot of pent-up demand for public radio podcasts. This unmet demand generated interest and activity for public radio shows when they finally appeared," said Webb. "The release of iTunes, along with media coverage of commercial podcasters, also generated a lot of interest for commercial podcasts."

"Interest in indie podcasts, though, looks like it's as strong as ever," adds Webb.

Top 10 Podcasts for August

1. Tiki Bar TV
http://feeds.feedburner.com/tikibartv
2. Beatcast
http://www.beatfreax.nl/beatcast/beatcast.php
3. Podcast Directory Podcast
http://www.wolfdatasystems.com/podcast.xml
4. Science@NASA Current Stories
http://science.nasa.gov/podcast.xml
5. Weekend America
http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/rss/podcast/podcast.xml
6. BBC - Today
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radio4/today/rss.xml
7. On the Media
http://www.onthemedia.org/index.xml
8. Adam Curry: Daily Source Code
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/rss.xml
9. The Seanachai
http://www.goodwordsrightorder.com/episodes/podcast.xml
10. Digital LifeStyle
http://jakeludington.libsyn.com/rss

About the Podcasting News Top 10

"The Podcasting News Top 10 ranking is based on the number of requests each podcast in our directory receives," said Podcasting News' Elle Webb. "To the extent that Podcasting News visitors reflect podcast listeners as a whole, the Top 10 list should be a reflection of what podcasts people are interested in."