The Surprising Popularity of the CinePod
Could 5 million downloads be wrong?
Our little podcast has been rocking and rolling since 2014. 12-years ago it was a diversion, a way to do something different. Today it’s weekly, dropping new episodes ever Friday. The podcast is about to hit 5-million RSS downloads across more than 450 episodes, and that doesn’t include any of the views from YouTube.
The show is a hit at home in the US, but is also listened to in over 100 countries. At various times CinePod has been the #1 ranked in our Apple Podcasts in our category in 9 different countries, and in the top 10, in 11 others, including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland, India, Sweden, Netherlands and Ireland
We also started landing on Podcast “Best of” lists a few years back, here are 10 lists we made, many of them were compiled this year.
Best of Lists:
Best Podcasts for Filmmakers (2026) from Scriptation
The Best Filmmaking Podcasts in 2026 (2026) from The Podcast App
30 Best Cinematography Podcasts in the US (2026) from Million Podcasts
Best Cinematography Podcasts (2026) Feedspot Podcast
33 Best Filmmaking Podcasts Organized by Type (2026) from Shotkit
The 30 Best Podcasts on Filmmaking (2026) from No Film School
21 Best Filmmaking Podcasts of 2026 (2026) Wrapbookl
Best Filmmaking Podcast (2025) Wrapbook
What are some good podcasts on film? (2025) from Quora
10 Recommended Filmmaking Podcasts (2020) from Filmmakers Connect