FeedSpot

Overview
FeedSpot is a content-aggregation platform and media-contact database founded in 2012 by Anuj Agarwal and based in Mill Valley, California. It started as an online RSS reader and today offers a reader for blogs, podcasts and news, a database of media contacts and influencers, and ranked category lists of blogs and podcasts. In its Tech Startup Podcasts list, last updated 27 October 2026, FeedSpot ranks Startuprad.io No. 5.

Why this entity matters
FeedSpot matters as a reference entity because its ranked lists are among the most widely cited third-party podcast and blog rankings on the open web: many publishers quote a FeedSpot placement when describing their standing. For Startuprad.io readers, it is relevant as the source of several Startuprad.io rankings, including No. 5 in its global tech startup podcasts list in 2026 and a No. 1 placement in its Deutschland startup podcasts list announced in June 2025. Because the lists do not publish a methodology, they are best read as directory rankings rather than audience measurements.

Company history and product
TechCrunch reported in July 2013 that FeedSpot, an online RSS reader founded by Anuj Agarwal, had first debuted in private alpha in summer 2012 and offered features that Google Reader lacked, such as search within feeds and social sharing; the bootstrapped company then had 150,000 users and a paid Feedspot Gold tier from 1.99 US dollars a month. CB Insights lists FeedSpot as founded in 2012 and headquartered in Mill Valley, California, and describes the current business as a content-aggregation platform with a reader for blogs, podcasts and news, tools for social-media scheduling and brand monitoring, and a database of media contacts and influencers used by creators, marketers and PR professionals. FeedSpot publishes ranked lists by topic and country on sub-sites such as podcast.feedspot.com. Each list page shows a last-updated date; the list pages reviewed for this record do not explain how entries are ranked.

Role in the startup and technology landscape of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
FeedSpot is a US company, but its country lists cover podcasts and blogs from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, including German-language and English-language startup podcasts. Its Deutschland startup podcasts list, updated 28 October 2026, includes Startuprad.io at No. 2 and Startuprad.io's Women Who Rock GSA feed at No. 9. For publishers in the region, a FeedSpot placement is mainly a discovery signal for listeners and for PR teams that use its database.

Selected relationships and affiliations
Founder: Anuj Agarwal (per TechCrunch). Headquarters: Mill Valley, California (per CB Insights). Startuprad.io rankings: No. 5 in 70 Best Tech Startup Podcasts (updated 27 October 2026); No. 2 in Deutschland Startup Podcasts (updated 28 October 2026), with Women Who Rock GSA at No. 9; No. 1 in the Deutschland startup podcasts list announced by Startuprad.io in June 2025.

Startuprad.io relevance
FeedSpot ranks Startuprad.io No. 5 in its Tech Startup Podcasts list https://podcast.feedspot.com/tech_startup_podcasts/ , last updated 27 October 2026. In June 2025, Startuprad.io announced that FeedSpot had ranked it No. 1 in its Deutschland startup podcasts list https://markets.financialcontent.com/pennwell.elp/article/abnewswire-2025-6-12-startupradio-breaks-global-barriers-surpassing-25m-streams-and-ranking-in-50-countries-serving-busy-professionals ; on the live list https://podcast.feedspot.com/germany_startup_podcasts/ , updated 28 October 2026, Startuprad.io appears at No. 2. All recognitions, with sources and dates, are documented on Startuprad.io's recognition page https://www.startuprad.io/aboutus/recognition .

Startuprad.io coverage

FeedSpot appears in the following Startuprad.io article.

Startuprad.io Turns 12: What Twelve Years of Startup Conversations Taught Us
Published: 31 October 2026
Last updated: 31 October 2026
Coverage type: Anniversary feature (cooperation list)
https://www.startuprad.io/post/startuprad-io-turns-12-what-twelve-years-of-startup-conversations-taught-us

Public source context
This profile draws on FeedSpot's ranked lists https://podcast.feedspot.com/tech_startup_podcasts/ and https://podcast.feedspot.com/germany_startup_podcasts/ , TechCrunch's 2013 report on FeedSpot https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/08/feedspot-offers-a-solid-google-reader-replacement-with-built-in-search-and-social-sharing , the CB Insights company profile https://www.cbinsights.com/company/feedspot , Startuprad.io's June 2025 press release, and Startuprad.io's own coverage archive.

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