Podcast Publishing Frequency Tracker

How it works

We fetch and parse your feed through the CreatorAiHub RSS worker, then bucket episodes by month (last three complete calendar months plus the current month), compute the gap between consecutive episodes, and take the standard deviation of those gaps as a "consistency" signal. The most common publishing day of week is found by counting the weekday of each pubDate. The trend is a comparison of the newest third of gaps to the oldest third — if the newest ones are 20% smaller you're accelerating, 20% larger and you're slowing.

How to use this tool

1. Grab your podcast's RSS feed URL from your host and paste it into the input.
2. Click Track cadence. The tool fetches the feed and runs the analysis.
3. Read the last-3-months histogram — the darker bar highlights your peak month.
4. Check the consistency score. High = evenly spaced episodes; low = bursty.
5. Use the "most common day" as your target release day going forward — audiences build habits around consistent slots.

Frequently asked questions

How is "consistency" calculated? +

It's derived from the coefficient of variation of the gaps between consecutive episodes — the standard deviation divided by the mean gap. We invert that into a 0–100 score so bigger is better: 100 would be perfectly evenly spaced, 0 would be completely bursty. A weekly podcast that ships every Tuesday should sit above 85.

Why does "months" only go back three? +

Three months is the sweet spot for tracking active cadence — long enough to spot a genuine slowdown, short enough that a year-old vacation doesn't drag the count down. The trend metric already looks across the whole feed, so you don't lose the long view.

What counts as "accelerating" or "slowing"? +

We take the average gap in the newest third of your gaps and compare to the oldest third. If the newest average is 20% smaller than the oldest, you're accelerating (posting faster). If it's 20% larger, you're slowing. Between those lines is "steady". Needs at least 4 episodes to compute.

My show is bi-weekly but says "Slowing" — why? +

Trend is comparative, not absolute. If you used to post weekly and switched to fortnightly, the tool sees the widening gap and calls it a slowdown even though bi-weekly is your new intentional cadence. It's a signal of change, not a judgement.

Does it work for feeds with few episodes? +

Below 4 episodes the trend is marked "insufficient data" — the sample is too small to say anything useful. Cadence and monthly counts still show up. Six or more episodes gives the best read.