Apple Podcasts highlights “Creators We Love” for Australia

• Apple Podcasts has published its 2026 edition of Creators We Love in Australia. The list is made to celebrate and spotlight the trailblazing Australian voices who bring Apple Podcasts to life. Apple Podcasts describe this year’s cohort as delivering “endless entertainment, mind-expanding education and deep community for their audiences”. Shows are the ABC’s All In The Mind, Mamamia’s Mamamia Out Loud, Dyl & Friends from Clubby Sports, Steph and Laura from Shameless, and the indie show Pop Culture Parenting.

  • In June this year, Apple’s list in the UK was all video shows, and all by Acast: promotion for a favoured format and a favoured publisher. At a time where Apple Podcasts is dropping country-specific recommendations, in our opinion it’s a relief to see that Apple’s new list in Australia is not merely a thinly-disguised promotion for a podcast publisher and format, and instead appears a genuine list of creators. Only one show is in video!
  • Selected creators get promotion within Apple Podcasts in Australia, and will be featured in Apple stores across the country. There is no promotion of these shows on paid-for media outside of Apple properties, however.

• Only 2% of time listening to audio in a car is to podcasts, according to Canadian research. Signal Hill Insights released Audio on the Move, research showing that streaming services are rapidly catching up to AM/FM listening. One in four minutes spent listening to audio is done in a car in Canada.

  • The research also shows that only a tiny minority like AI-generated content, like podcasts or music.

• Ausha launched video distribution to Apple Podcasts. The podcast host also supports YouTube.

• The Golden Globes revealed the eligibility list for next year’s podcast award. This year, there are thirty shows - based on an opaque-at-times “list of criteria” including audience reach and engagement, the number of curated editorial placements, social and cultural impact, and chart rankings. Next, the shows are invited to spend $500 to submit themselves. Nominations will be announced on Dec 7. The winner will be announced on Jan 10.

• Libsyn has just started adding details of where the ads are in its shows - directly into the RSS feed. This typical RSS feed from Libsyn contains a portion specifically highlighting where the ads are, and how many can be sold. It’s the first time we’ve seen this; they’re using an RSS namespace extension to add this additional data.

• Podfest has announced Pat Flynn as its first keynote speaker (“in person!”). The event is in mid January in Orlando.

• The Podcast Index has updated its terms of service, reducing it from 1,088 to just 168 lines.

• Popular podcaster Elizabeth Day highlights the difficulty podcasters have with video. She “rather missed the audio-only days of podcasting,” and is “now much more aware that I’m being watched while doing it.”

• Podmasters has re-signed the hit comedy podcast Fin vs History.

Tips and tricks - with Audiencelift

• Clean audio isn’t natural audio, says Resonate Recordings in How to Tell if Your Podcast Editor Is Overusing AI
• How do you get listeners to actually do what you ask? Buzzsprout’s Jordan Blair spoke at Podcast Movement on how to create stronger calls to action.

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