diff --git a/server/controllers/PodcastController.js b/server/controllers/PodcastController.js
index 90b2c383..4bb6d014 100644
--- a/server/controllers/PodcastController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/PodcastController.js
@@ -498,6 +498,10 @@ class PodcastController {
     req.libraryItem.changed('libraryFiles', true)
     await req.libraryItem.save()
 
+    // update number of episodes
+    req.libraryItem.media.numEpisodes = req.libraryItem.media.podcastEpisodes.length
+    await req.libraryItem.media.save()
+
     SocketAuthority.emitter('item_updated', req.libraryItem.toOldJSONExpanded())
     res.json(req.libraryItem.toOldJSON())
   }
diff --git a/server/managers/PodcastManager.js b/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
index 64d001a3..873a4283 100644
--- a/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ class PodcastManager {
 
     await libraryItem.save()
 
+    if (libraryItem.media.numEpisodes !== libraryItem.media.podcastEpisodes.length) {
+      libraryItem.media.numEpisodes = libraryItem.media.podcastEpisodes.length
+      await libraryItem.media.save()
+    }
+
     SocketAuthority.emitter('item_updated', libraryItem.toOldJSONExpanded())
     const podcastEpisodeExpanded = podcastEpisode.toOldJSONExpanded(libraryItem.id)
     podcastEpisodeExpanded.libraryItem = libraryItem.toOldJSONExpanded()
diff --git a/server/scanner/PodcastScanner.js b/server/scanner/PodcastScanner.js
index 4958d5f7..8711362c 100644
--- a/server/scanner/PodcastScanner.js
+++ b/server/scanner/PodcastScanner.js
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ class PodcastScanner {
 
     let hasMediaChanges = false
 
+    if (existingPodcastEpisodes.length !== media.numEpisodes) {
+      media.numEpisodes = existingPodcastEpisodes.length
+      hasMediaChanges = true
+    }
+
     // Check if cover was removed
     if (media.coverPath && libraryItemData.imageLibraryFilesRemoved.some(lf => lf.metadata.path === media.coverPath)) {
       media.coverPath = null
@@ -283,7 +288,8 @@ class PodcastScanner {
       lastEpisodeCheck: 0,
       maxEpisodesToKeep: 0,
       maxNewEpisodesToDownload: 3,
-      podcastEpisodes: newPodcastEpisodes
+      podcastEpisodes: newPodcastEpisodes,
+      numEpisodes: newPodcastEpisodes.length
     }
 
     const libraryItemObj = libraryItemData.libraryItemObject