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How to do loudness: the LUFS and LKFS FAQ for podcasters
What are LUFS and LKFS, and why is Apple asking for -16 of them? This article helps with understanding loudness levels for your podcast, and how to achieve them.

How to Book Podcast Guests: Strategies for Compelling Media Production with Mike McVay
Booking the right guests, and making the interview as engaging as possible, is the key to a successful podcast, says Mike McVay

How to understand podcast stats
Analytics from Apple, Spotify, YouTube, podcast charts, downloads, OP3, Podtrac and more: what does it all mean? What's the biggest show in the world; and how is your show doing?

How to get universal links to your podcast for everyone
One link to rule them all - or to get your new listeners. Here's how to get one.

How much does it cost to host a podcast on Amazon AWS?
Is hosting a podcast on Amazon AWS, including Amazon S3, a good idea?

Evan Davis told by the BBC to stop his Happy Heat Pump podcast
Why was he told to stop? And why are heat pumps controversial?

In focus: the random Google News audio downloads
Google is making tens of thousands of podcast downloads that we don't think are being listened-to

The Podnews Report Card 2025 Results
The full results from the Podnews Report Card 2025 - with scores and comments

The biggest podcast app in the US for consumption - 2025
Is it really YouTube? Or Spotify?

The Women Behind Booje Media and Podcast Nation
Two women creating waves, building multiple high growth businesses in podcasting and beyond. Learn where they see opportunities for podcasting and podcasters.

Review: Make Noise, a creator's guide to podcasting and great audio storytelling, by Eric Nuzum
A podcasting book that doesn't focus on the technology. Music to my ears.

Review: The Spotify Play, by Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud
A review of 'The Spotify Play: How CEO and Founder Daniel Ek Beat Apple, Google, and Amazon in the Race for Audio Dominance', by Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud

Review: Hindenburg PRO v2 - with transcription editing
I test drive the new version of the audio editor I've used for the last five years

Review: the iRig Stream Mic Pro
A good sound, a strange connector, and a feature some might find useful

Review: Nomono Sound Capsule
We test this in-the-field recording kit. Is it for you? And if not - then who is it for?

The history of the word 'Podcast'
Who invented the word? And who was responsible for getting it used by the community? A full history, with audio, looking at the words used for on-demand audio via RSS.

The Story of the First Podcast Feed
When was the first podcast feed produced - and what is the history of the first podcast?

The Last Yard - the blog post that started it all
The original blog post from Adam Curry that gave birth to podcasting

Was Robin Williams the first podcaster?
Was the actor and comedian Robin Williams an early podcaster - even before the name was invented?

The history of podcasting in the UK
How did podcasting get going in the country? And is it really just about the BBC?

Podcasting events in your calendar
How to add our calendar to your phone's calendar (or your desktop, too)

How to get Podnews on your smart speaker every day
How to listen to our updates every day

Our podcast sample
We mention our podcast sample quite a bit here. What is it? And why isn't it a perfect sample?

Github repositories for podcast app and website developers
From badges to user agents, there are a lot of regularly updated community Github repos out there.

What to know when applying for a job in podcasting
Hints and tips as to how to get the best out of our jobs board

Vietnam: a podcasting deep-dive
A deep dive into the Vietnamese podcasting market, its history, and what shows will work there

Indonesia: a podcasting deep-dive
A deep dive into the Indonesian podcasting market, and what shows will work there

Korea: a podcasting deep-dive
A deep dive into the Korean podcasting market, and what shows will work there

Japan: a podcasting deep-dive
A deep dive into the Japanese podcasting market, and what shows will work there

Understanding podcasts in East and South East Asia
A focus at East and South East Asia - what podcast listeners are consuming, and what content works in a part of the world with twice the population of the US and a fast-growing podcast market.

Is the Australian APRA mini-licence a way for podcasters to licence music?
This music licence says it covers podcasting. So does that mean you can use music in your podcasts?

Podcast host migrations - who's moving where
Which podcast has moved where? Who is the podcast host most podcasters are moving to? We have all the data, continuously updated.

Podcast app user-agents
We wondered what user agents were being used by which apps. Here is details of the resources that exist to help with that.

Additional RSS namespaces
RSS namespaces extending podcasting

Podcast recommendation newsletters
Looking for some new podcasts to listen to? Here are some of our favourite recommendation newsletters.

Things I learnt when self-hosting my own podcast
Some things learnt after self-hosting a podcast for a while

Submissions and Disclosures
How to submit stories to Podnews; and our relevant editorial disclosures

New Podcast Trailers
Looking for new podcasts to listen to? Here's all about our podcast trailer feed.

How to submit a podcast to us for news coverage
How to get a podcast promoted in our newsletter

How Podnews can help promote a podcast
How we can help you promote a podcast for you or for your client with our editorial or paid-for coverage.