Inactive isn't not "real", it's just a slow or aborted attempt. The Podcastindex.org site shows over 400k podcasts updated in the last two months out of a total

Inactive isn't not "real", it's just a slow or aborted attempt. The Podcastindex.org site shows over 400k podcasts updated in the last two months out of a total of 2.5m (they do some de-duplication, discussed in their own podcast).