Apple Podcasts
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Apple Podcasts is an audio streaming service and media player application developed by Apple Inc. for playing podcasts. Apple began supporting podcasts with iTunes 4.9 released in June 2005 and launched its first standalone mobile app in 2012. The app was later pre-installed with iOS beginning October 2014. The Apple Podcasts directory features more than two million shows. Apple Podcasts is available on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, CarPlay, visionOS, Microsoft Windows operating systems, web browsers, and on Amazon Alexa devices. In 2024 does not support opus. Wikipedia
Website: www.apple.com
Owned by: Apple
Latest news
- Jul 3: Buzzsprout’s monthly stats report for June suggests a small narrowing of Apple Podcasts’s lead in terms of total downloads. The podcast host saw a -4.5% drop in total downloads (June has -3.3% fewer days than May).
- Jun 27: Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of podcasts being available in iTunes, Apple Podcasts released a list of “20 Years, 20 Podcasts We Love”, and posted a thank you to creators. “Podcasting has become a global force thanks to the creativity and commitment of creators, and the deep connections they have with their audiences. The twenty podcasts that we selected for the 20 Years, 20 Podcasts We Love list are a representation of this same creativity and connection found across the millions of podcasts on Apple Podcasts. We look forward to continuing to help creators grow their audiences, and listeners find and enjoy the podcasts they love,” Ben Cave, global head of podcasts at Apple, told Podnews.
- Jun 26: Today, June 26, marks the thirteenth anniversary of the launch of the Apple Podcasts iOS app in 2012. The app featured a faux reel-to-reel tape deck, apparently a nod to the Braun TG 60 tape recorder by Dieter Rams. In the Apple Podcasts app, speed controls were marked with a tortoise and a hare; and promotion for This American Life on the editorially-curated “featured” section. The app also featured a “Top Stations” discovery feature. Here’s a video from CTTechJunkie showing how the app worked; a positive review from Revision3; and this demo from GetConnected Media which shows how the “Top Stations” feature worked: with an audio/video switch right at the top. Hey, there’s an idea...
- Jun 25: Show Hero or Showcase Hero? Apple Podcasts has changed the name of this size of artwork since yesterday (when we highlighted the new requirement for editorial features). It’s now listed as “Showcase Hero” everywhere. Thanks for reading, Cupertino!
- Jun 24:
Wanting to get promoted by Apple Podcasts? Apple is now requiring specific artwork for shows it promotes in its app: its feature request form says that “submissions without Showcase Hero art will not be considered for Showcase featuring in the US”.
They mean Show Hero art,as documented here. The form is also specifically asking about trailers, so we can guess what’s next there, too. Not looking for Apple Podcasts promotion? Don’t worry; nothing else changes. (h/t John McDermott)
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