New and changed Apple Podcasts categories: summer 2019 (updated)

Apple announced that “later this summer” they’ll be adding top-level categories such as Fiction, History, and True Crime — as well as dozens of new subcategories.

Here are the changes in full. Apple’s announcement says that some will be renamed and mapped to the new category; and gives guidance on what happens if a sub-category is removed.

Categories were removed from Apple Podcasts apps on 24 July 2019, and these new categories went live on August 2nd.

The changes to the podcast categories

These are updated July categories, which were slightly changed from the original announcements.

Arts

• Books (new)
• Design
• Fashion & Beauty
• Food
• Literature (removed)
• Performing Arts
• Visual Arts

Business

• Business News (removed)
• Careers
• Entrepreneurship
• Investing
• Management & Marketing (removed)
• Management (new)
• Marketing (new)
• Shopping (removed)
• Non-profit (new)

Comedy

• Comedy Interviews (new)
• Improv (new)
• Standup (new)

Education

• Courses (new)
• Educational Technology (removed)
• Higher Education (removed)
• How to (new)
• K-12 (removed)
• Language Courses (removed)
• Language Learning (new)
• Self Improvement (new)
• Training (removed)

Fiction (new)

• Comedy Fiction (new)
• Drama (new)
• Science Fiction (new)

Games & Hobbies (removed/renamed to 'Leisure’)

• Automotive (removed)
• Aviation (removed)
• Hobbies (removed)
• Other Games (removed)
• Video Games (removed)

Government & Organizations (renamed to Government)

• Local (removed)
• National (removed)
• Non-Profit (removed)
• Regional (removed)

Government (renamed from Government & Organizations)

History (new)

Health (renamed to Health & Fitness)

Health & Fitness (renamed from Health)

• Alternative Health
• Fitness & Nutrition (removed)
• Fitness (new)
• Medicine (new)
• Mental Health (new)
• Nutrition (new)
• Self-Help (removed)
• Sexuality

Kids & Family

• Education for Kids (new)
• Parenting (new)
• Pets & Animals (new)
• Stories for Kids (new)

Leisure (new)

• Animation & Manga (new)
• Automotive (new)
• Aviation (new)
• Crafts (new)
• Games (new)
• Hobbies (new)
• Home & Garden (new)
• Video Games (new)

Music

• Music Commentary (new)
• Music History (new)
• Music Interviews (new)

News & Politics (removed / renamed “News”)

News (new / renamed from News & Politics)

• Business News (new)
• Daily News (new)
• Entertainment News (new)
• News Commentary (new)
• Politics (new)
• Sports News (new)
• Tech News (new)

Religion & Spirituality

• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Judaism
• Religion
• Other (suggested and then removed again)
• Spirituality

Science & Medicine (renamed “Science”)

• Medicine (removed)
• Natural Sciences (renamed Science > Natural Sciences)
• Social Sciences (renamed Science > Social Sciences)

Science (new / renamed from Science & Medicine)

• Astronomy (new)
• Chemistry (new)
• Earth Sciences (new)
• Life Sciences (new)
• Mathematics (new)
• Natural Sciences (new / renamed)
• Nature (new)
• Physics (new)
• Social Sciences (new / renamed)

Society & Culture

• Documentary (new)
• History (removed)
• Personal Journals
• Philosophy
• Places & Travel
• Relationships (new)

Sports & Recreation (removed/renamed Sports)

Sports (new / renamed from Sports & Recreation)

• Amateur (removed)
• Baseball (new)
• Basketball (new)
• College & High School (removed)
• Cricket (new)
• Fantasy Sports (new)
• Football (new)
• Golf (new)
• Hockey (new)
• Professional (removed)
• Rugby (new)
• Running (new)
• Soccer (new)
• Swimming (new)
• Tennis (new)
• Outdoor (removed)
• Volleyball (new)
• Wilderness (new)
• Wrestling (new)

Technology

• Gadgets (removed)
• Tech News (removed / renamed News > Tech News)
• Podcasting (removed)
• Software How-To (removed / renamed Education > How To)

True Crime (new)

TV & Film

• After Shows (new)
• Film History (new)
• Film Interviews (new)
• Film Reviews (new)
• TV Reviews (new)