Audio and speech · Podcast archives · Updated 30 Oct 2026

Can a podcast network license its back catalogue to AI companies, and what is it worth?

AIData.Broker represents the companies and people that hold podcast archives when they sell to AI labs: we value what they hold against public prices, describe it without their name to every buyer that takes it at the same time and help negotiate the terms. Our fee is 12% of the first $250,000 a sale pays, and nothing if no sale closes.

Episodes, with hosts' and guests' separate tracks and transcripts where they exist. Long, natural conversation between several speakers, which speech and voice models lack.

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Prices on record
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offered to holders, asking prices off the shelf

Who holds it
Podcast networks and studios, Independent shows with a long back catalogue, Radio stations with talk programmes
Who has paid, offered or listed
Shaip, Opendatabay, Infobay.AI

The short answer · figures from the market's records, last reviewed 30 Oct 2026

Can a podcast network license its back catalogue to AI companies, and what is it worth?

Yes, for the episodes it owns, where its agreements with hosts and guests allow the use. Podcast audio is priced by the hour: an English set of dual-channel episodes is listed at $7,420 per dataset of 1,165 hours and a Hindi one at $64,230 per dataset of 11,607 hours on Opendatabay, and Shaip offers up to Rs. 200 per audio hour for podcasts, radio and talk shows a holder already has in Indian languages, for training only, ownership staying with the holder. Separate speaker tracks and transcripts raise the price; music beds and ads come out first.

What buyers have paid, offered or asked for podcast archives

The whole price board

Every price in the market's records about podcast archives, each with its source and the day it was read. Open a row for the source's own words.

4 public prices

  • Existing Indic-language audio a holder already has (podcasts, radio programmes, news broadcasts, talk shows; published or archived), licensed to Shaip for AI training only

    The only buyer page read that states a per-hour price for audio a holder already has; the licence is for training only, the content is not published or redistributed and ownership stays with the holder. Media houses and radio channels are named among those it partners with, and the page pays 5% of the contract value to whoever brings in a holder. Undated page (footer 2026).

    Audio and speechOffered to holdersOct 2026The payer's own page

    Shaip Crowd, Indic Language Voice Data Collection Project

    Up to $2.11

    per hour of audio

  • English podcast audio, dual-channel, 1,165 hours (Infobay.AI on Opendatabay)

    Infobay.AI's asking price on the Opendatabay marketplace (prices in USD since 1 October 2026, converted from GBP at $1 = 0.76 GBP); the listing says final pricing depends on hours, metadata and annotation, so it is a list price, not a quote. Repriced on 24 Oct 2026 (the listing says 'UPDATED 24/10/2026').

    Audio and speechAsking prices off the shelfOct 2026A catalogue or marketplace listing

    Opendatabay marketplace, 1K+ Hours English Dual-Channel Podcast Audio Dataset

    $7,420

    per dataset of 1,165 hours

    $6.37 per hour of audio

  • Hindi podcast audio, dual-channel, 11,607 hours (Infobay.AI on Opendatabay)

    Infobay.AI's asking price on the Opendatabay marketplace (prices in USD since 1 October 2026, converted from GBP at $1 = 0.76 GBP); the listing says final pricing depends on hours, metadata and annotation, so it is a list price, not a quote. Repriced on 24 Oct 2026 (the listing says 'UPDATED 24/10/2026').

    Audio and speechAsking prices off the shelfOct 2026A catalogue or marketplace listing

    Opendatabay marketplace, 11K+ Hours Hindi Dual-Channel Podcast Audio Dataset

    $64.2K

    per dataset of 11,607 hours

    $5.53 per hour of audio

  • Arabic podcast audio, dual-channel, 6,024 hours (Infobay.AI on Opendatabay)

    Infobay.AI's asking price on the Opendatabay marketplace (prices in USD since 1 October 2026, converted from GBP at $1 = 0.76 GBP); the listing says final pricing depends on hours, metadata and annotation, so it is a list price, not a quote. Listed 2026-07-16.

    Audio and speechAsking prices off the shelfOct 2026A catalogue or marketplace listing

    Opendatabay marketplace, 6K+ Hours Arabic Dual-Channel Podcast Audio Dataset

    $29.3K

    per dataset of 6,024 hours

    $4.86 per hour of audio

Where this data comes from, and who lists it

The whole supply map

  • 3,828,634 podcasts and 196,452,518 episodes

    Listen Notes counts at least 3,828,634 podcasts and 196,452,518 episodes.

    Reaches buyers: Not yet reaching buyers at scale; via brokers and podcast networks

    Listen Notes, Podcast Stats, 28 Oct 2026

  • 8 million podcast titles and 800,000 audiobooks

    Spotify hosts 8 million podcast titles and 800,000 audiobooks in select markets.

    Reaches buyers: Platform-held; rights sit with publishers and creators

    Spotify Newsroom, About Spotify, 26 Oct 2026

Raises the price
  • A separate track for each speaker
  • Transcripts with speaker labels
  • Thousands of hours in one place
  • Languages and accents buyers lack
The rights question

A show licenses the episodes it owns where its agreements with hosts and guests allow the use; a guest release written for publishing the show may not cover licensing it for training. Music beds, ads and clips from other shows stay their owners' and come out first.

The guide on what else to settle

Who has bought, offered or listed podcast archives

Buyers that take audio, and what each publishes

Kind of data
Kind of buyer

9 buyers taking audio and speech, largest published figure first

More about audio
All audio: rates, buyers and rightsCall centre recordingsSpeech in languages other than English

Hold podcast archives? A valuation takes about two minutes: it says what buyers pay and whether we would run the sale. Prices last read 30 Oct 2026.

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