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The Open Podcast Prefix Project (OP3) is a free and open-source podcast prefix analytics service committed to ope...
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OP3’s John Spurlock is interviewed by Castopod. The tool gives public, comparable data about podcasts - here’s data from some of the shows using it, and here is data for our daily podcast. It’s free; Podnews is a monthly financial supporter (and you, big podcast company, should be too).
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Open podcast analytics service OP3 has added a new API and renamed one. They’re also looking for translations.
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Data newly available from OP3, and published by our sister publication Podcast Business Journal, shows that “the big three” podcast apps (Apple, Amazon, Spotify) account for 74% of all downloads for the over 2,000 shows measured on the service. CastBox is the biggest independent podcast app at #4; the data is updated daily.
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Wondering how other podcasts like yours are doing in downloads? OP3 analytics are open to everyone, and our sister publication the Podcast Business Journal publishes a selection of podcasts measured by the service, to help you compare.
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Rephonic is now displaying verified numbers from open analytics service OP3, if a podcast has the prefix installed. You can also claim a show by adding the OP3 prefix to it.
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