PodView Unifies RSS, HLS Video and YouTube on Creator-Owned Podcast Websites

A podcast is no longer necessarily distributed through an RSS feed. It may be an audio series, an HLS video podcast, a YouTube-only show, or a combination of formats published across multiple platforms. Edison Research’s Podcast Consumer 2026 found that, for the first time, watching and listening are virtually even among weekly podcast consumers.

PodView is introducing a format-flexible approach to podcast websites designed for this new reality. The platform creates and continuously updates a creator-owned website from a traditional podcast RSS feed, a YouTube channel or playlist, or both.

Every site, free tier included, ships with episode pages, searchable transcripts, chapter markers as clickable jump points, a subscribe page linking every listening app, and first-party cookieless analytics. Paid plans add custom domains, guest directories, email list building, and sponsor tools.

PodView has been available since February 2026, and more than 1,000 podcast websites have been generated on the platform to date. Support for YouTube-sourced websites and inline HLS video playback became available this month.

“For years, the podcast website was treated as a companion page for an RSS feed,” said Francesco Baschieri, co-founder of PodView, who co-founded podcast hosting platform Spreaker in 2010. “That assumption no longer fits. A podcast may be audio for one person, video for another, discovered on YouTube, delivered through RSS, and promoted through clips on several other platforms. The creator still needs one place that belongs to them.”

One show, wherever it is published

• Setup starts with a URL. A creator pastes an RSS feed or a YouTube channel and PodView generates a complete site, with every episode, artwork, description, and media file, which they can preview before creating an account.
• For creators publishing video through RSS, PodView supports inline playback of Podcasting 2.0 HLS video streams, the delivery method Apple Podcasts now prefers for video podcasts.
• Traditional audio episodes remain available through a podcast-native player, while YouTube videos can appear directly on the corresponding episode pages.
• New episodes and videos sync automatically, so the site stays current without a second publishing workflow.

From platform followers to an audience creators can reach

Publishing on large platforms remains essential for discovery, but subscriptions, followers, and comments stay inside each platform. PodView adds a destination on the creator’s own domain, where they can collect email subscribers, take reviews and messages, publish transcripts, and export their audience data.

Built to be found by search engines and cited by AI assistants

Beyond conventional SEO, PodView publishes machine-readable versions of a show for the assistants audiences increasingly ask instead of searching: an llms.txt index and clean Markdown mirrors of every episode page, so a show can be read and cited accurately rather than paraphrased. On higher plans, creators can shape how assistants describe their show and which episodes they cite.

A free plan is available on a podview.com subdomain. Paid plans start at $5.99 per month billed annually, or $9.99 month to month.

To create or preview a podcast website, visit the website.