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 From our free daily newsletter, the latest from podnews.net with

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 Spots Now.

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 YouTube is now the most popular service used for podcast

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 consumption in the UK,

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 two years after YouTube edged out Spotify in the US for the

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 first time.

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 Apple Podcasts is now the fourth most popular in the country,

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 after BBC Sounds, the corporation's proprietary app.

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 The data's from Edison Research at SSRS, who present the UK

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 Podcast Consumer 2026 in a free webinar on July the 16th.

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 Apple Podcasts is still number one for podcast downloads in the

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 UK, however.

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 Data from OP3, analysed by PodNews and shared today, shows that

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 37% of all downloads in the country go to Apple Podcasts,

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 Spotify gets 31%, Amazon Music 4%, but there's a big caveat.

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 Data like this doesn't measure YouTube at all and won't measure

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 Spotify Video or BBC Sounds.

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 The video push from Apple Podcasts shows early promise, reports

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 Bloomberg in a paid article.

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 The article suggests that shows, including video, are seeing

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 higher consumption numbers.

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 Part of that is attributed to promotion by Apple within its app.

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 However, Ashley Carman also reports that take-up of video by

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 creators within Apple Podcasts is slow.

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 Only 10 shows in the top 200 in the US currently offer video.

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 Part of the Bloomberg story suggests Acast is showing a 25% jump

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 for consumption of shows with video on Apple Podcasts.

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 Companies are working very closely, though.

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 Apple Podcasts' appearance at the podcast show in London shared

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 the stage with Acast executives and talent.

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 Acast was quick to promote that it was earning revenue from

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 video podcasts, revenue that Apple will share in.

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 And Apple Podcasts' recent Creators We Love UK and Ireland

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 feature only contained Acast video-enabled podcasts.

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 Riverside has enabled integration with Apple Podcasts HLS Video

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 for those who host podcasts on the platform.

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 The service is available for those on the Grow Plan or above and

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 is touted to be part of Riverside 2.0, the company's biggest

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 release yet.

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 Spotify shoots, Spotify scores.

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 The company tells us that soccer podcast listening in the US is

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 up over 380% since the start of the competition,

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 making the US the number one market for soccer podcast listening

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 globally for the first time.

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 Red card?

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 What red card, Mr. President?

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 A tool that makes websites for your podcast, PodPage, has made

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 what it calls the biggest update yet,

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 including SEO features that can auto-fix your SEO to make sure

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 more people find it,

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 an autopilot to produce more SEO metadata to ensure Google and

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 other things will find your show,

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 and a whole heap more things to come this week, we're promised.

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 PodTrack released its rankers for June.

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 Crime Junkie from AudioChuck is a brand new entry at number one

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 for having the most US unique audience.

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 That's previously been reported by PodScribe.

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 What are the biggest shows of 2026 according to AI?

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 Given that many people trust AI tools for everything these days,

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 the podglomerate tested them out to discover which it would pick.

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 The prompts that the company gave included a requirement for

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 press coverage.

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 And the co-founder of the Diary of a CEO podcast, Jack Sylvester,

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 has left the company.

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 He's been out of the company for the last three months,

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 travelling around South America.

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 For now, he says, I don't know what's next.

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 And in podcast news with Airwave and Twit TV, Security Now

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 features Leo Laporte

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 and cyber security guru Steve Gibson, who breaks down the latest

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 cyber crime and hacking stories,

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 offering a deep understanding of what's happening and how to

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 protect yourself and your business.

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 The latest edition talks about Paste Protect, which has nothing

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 to do with wallpaper.

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 They're part of a family, but what happens when your pet gets

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 older?

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 Senior Pet Talk launches today.

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 A Whole Medicine Guide to Becoming the Most Informed, Prepared

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 Advocate for Your Senior Pet.

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 And Moi, Smooch Fest, the kissing podcast, is back for season

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 two.

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 It's a celebration of the most iconic kisses in pop culture.

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 What will we learn about this time around?

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 Well, Titanic, Heated Rivalry, Love Island, Gilmore Girls,

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 The Three-Way Kiss between Madonna, Christina Aguilera and

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 Britney Spears at the 2003 MTV VMA Awards.

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 And plenty more.

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