Podomatic

Podomatic has been hosting podcasts since the era when the word still needed explaining. You get storage, a feed, a hosted page, and an embeddable player, with a free tier that has outlived most of its competitors.

It works for a casual show that wants somewhere to put episodes today without a card on file. The publishing flow is simple and the free page means you do not need a website on day one.

The cost is modernity. The dashboard, the stats, and the design language all read like a product that has been maintained rather than rebuilt. If you want IAB certified numbers, transcripts, and dynamic insertion, this is not where they live.

Fine as a starting shelf. Move to a current host before you build sponsorships or a network on top of it, and keep control of your feed so the move is painless.