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PodDive A MooreMetrics tool

Podcast recommendations

Find podcasts that speak to you.

18,583 podcasts, each profiled on 14 dimensions: subject, tone, audience, and more. Describe the show you want, or start from podcasts you already love.

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Podcasts
18,583
Dimensions
14
Scale
−4 to +4

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Two ways to find your next show

Set the dimensions that matter to you and switch off the rest. Zero is the average podcast; move toward either end to ask for more or less of a trait.

How much the show is about science, research, and how things work.

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From −4, Not about science, to +4, Science-heavy. Zero is the average podcast.

How much of the show is politics, policy, and current affairs.

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From −4, Apolitical, to +4, All politics. Zero is the average podcast.

Whether kids could listen along.

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From −4, Adults only, to +4, Kid-friendly. Zero is the average podcast.

Real cases, investigations, and unsolved mysteries.

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From −4, No crime, to +4, True crime. Zero is the average podcast.

The paranormal, conspiracies, and subjects far off the beaten path.

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From −4, Mainstream, to +4, Fringe. Zero is the average podcast.

Comedy, games, banter, and pure entertainment.

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From −4, Serious, to +4, Playful. Zero is the average podcast.

Cooking, restaurants, drink, and eating.

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From −4, Not about food, to +4, All about food. Zero is the average podcast.

How much the show speaks to a female audience.

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From −4, Less, to +4, More. Zero is the average podcast.

How much the show speaks to a male audience.

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From −4, Less, to +4, More. Zero is the average podcast.

Advice, motivation, and personal growth.

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From −4, No advice, to +4, Self-help. Zero is the average podcast.

Produced outside the United States, often in another language.

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From −4, U.S.-based, to +4, International. Zero is the average podcast.

Christian faith, teaching, and ministry.

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From −4, Not religious, to +4, Christian focus. Zero is the average podcast.

Islamic faith, teaching, and community.

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From −4, Not religious, to +4, Muslim focus. Zero is the average podcast.

Technology, startups, and cryptocurrency.

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From −4, Not about tech, to +4, Tech and crypto. Zero is the average podcast.

How it works

Every podcast measured the same way

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    Each podcast is profiled

    Every one of the 18,583 podcasts was rated on a long list of questions about its subject matter, tone, and audience.

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    14 dimensions

    A psychometric model condenses those ratings into 14 dimensions, each scaled from −4 to +4 around the average podcast. The sliders on this page set targets on those same scales.

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    Two ways to match

    Describe what you want finds the podcasts whose profile sits closest to your settings. Start from podcasts you like finds the shows whose full rating profile correlates most strongly with the ones you named.

The data behind PodDive is available through the MooreMetrics API.