🆚 Google Podcasts vs. Skype
- 📈 Skype is much more popular than Google Podcasts.
- 🌍 Skype is more popular in Thailand, China, and Russia.
- 🌎 Google Podcasts is more popular in the United States and Oman.
Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Google Podcasts
SkypeType
Legacy technology
Legacy technology
About
Google Podcasts was a podcasting directory that was shut down in mid-2024 with the migration to 
YouTube Music.
Skype was a communications platform for voice and video calls and sending instant messages that was retired on May 5, 2025 in favor of 
Microsoft Teams.
Headquarters
Mountain View, California, United States
Redmond, Washington, United States
Pricing
Free ✔️
Phone calls
World (unlimited mins)$16.79/month
USA (unlimited mins)$3.59/month
UK (30 mins)$1.79/month
Germany (100 mins)$3.59/month
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
Skype legacy technology is 8 times more popular than Google Podcasts.
Total websites
Market share
Legacy
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Skype is more popular in Thailand, China, and Russia, while Google Podcasts is more popular in the United States and Oman.
Thailand
China
Russia
United States
India
Vietnam
Ukraine
Italy
Germany
Cambodia
Awards
- ⬆️ 36th most popular in the United States in the Legacy category.
- ⬆️ 38th most popular in Spain in the Legacy category.
- ⬆️ 38th most popular in Brazil in the Legacy category.
- ⬆️ 39th most popular in Canada in the Legacy category.
- ⬆️ 39th most popular in Poland in the Legacy category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Thailand in the Legacy category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Cambodia in the Legacy category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in China in the Legacy category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Belarus in the Legacy category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Russia in the Legacy category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Skype is more popular among sites focused on business, Internet services, and marketing and merchandising, while Google Podcasts is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, entertainment, and general news sites.
Business
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Travel
Entertainment
Education/Reference
Software/Hardware
General News
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.