I don't use the apple podcast app but I can verify I subscribe to 3-4 podcasts I rarely listen to. One is a news discussion podcast. Every episode is 1hour they

I don't use the apple podcast app but I can verify I subscribe to 3-4 podcasts I rarely listen to. One is a news discussion podcast. Every episode is 1hour they post 7 days a week. Another is Escape Pod (scifi stories). I love but I rarely listen. There's probably over 100 back episodes on my app. There's also a few music podcasts that update 1-3 times a weeks each. Once in a while I'll play a few but never enough to catch up with what I've downloaded. I suppose I should turn them off but I'm always thinking I might listen