What is Pocket Casts Feed Parser?
Pocket Casts Feed Parser fetches and parses podcast RSS feeds to deliver content for playback in the Pocket Casts mobile and web applications. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Pocket Casts |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | No |
| Insights Last Updated | July 12, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
Pocket Casts Feed Parser shows up within seconds of someone sharing one of your URLs, grabs the title, description, and preview image, and leaves. Expect one hit per share, no link following, and volume that tracks how much your content circulates. A widely shared link can mean thousands of fetches in an hour.
Pocket Casts Feed Parser's User Agent
| User Agent | PocketCasts/1.0 (Pocket Casts Feed Parser; +http://pocketcasts.com/) |
How To Block Pocket Casts Feed Parser With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to request that Pocket Casts Feed Parser not access your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to request the same of all fetchers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Pocket Casts Feed Parser # https://knownagents.com/agents/pocket-casts-feed-parser
Disallow: /Global Insights for Pocket Casts Feed Parser
As of July 12, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the world's top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
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Robots.txt Blocking Trend
0% of top websites block Pocket Casts Feed Parser in their robots.txt files.
Overall Fetcher Traffic
4.0% of all web traffic came from fetchers.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by Pocket Casts Feed Parser.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block Pocket Casts Feed Parser?
No. Pocket Casts Feed Parser builds the link preview that appears when someone shares your page in a chat or social feed. Blocking it turns those shares into bare links with no title or image, which fewer people click. Its traffic normally follows sharing activity rather than a crawl schedule, so if it ever starts crawling at volume, rate limit it instead of blocking it. Almost none of the top websites we track have robots.txt rules for Pocket Casts Feed Parser right now.
Does Pocket Casts Feed Parser Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. Pocket Casts Feed Parser is not expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule only states your preference. Enforce the block with firewall or server rules, then confirm in Agent Analytics that its requests actually stop.
Does Pocket Casts Feed Parser Access Private Content?
It cannot. Pocket Casts Feed Parser loads only the exact URL someone shared, reads the title, description, and preview image, and leaves. It has no credentials and does not follow links to other pages.
Why Is Pocket Casts Feed Parser Visiting My Website?
Someone shared a link to your page. Pocket Casts Feed Parser fetched it once to build the preview card, and every new share can trigger another fetch, so spikes mean your content is spreading.
How Can I Tell if Pocket Casts Feed Parser Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks Pocket Casts Feed Parser visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user agent string contains "Pocket Casts Feed Parser". Look for hits on single pages moments after someone shares a link, with no crawling afterward. Keep in mind that Pocket Casts Feed Parser doesn't publish a verification method, so any client can claim its user agent string and a log match is a hint rather than proof.