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Castbox posts listener data; and Google Podcasts link validator

Castbox posts listener data; and Google Podcasts link validator

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  • Podcast app Castbox have posted some interesting data today about how their users listen to podcasts in different parts of the world.

  • Apple
    Apple Podcasts
    Google
    Google Podcasts

    While your podcast is probably in Google Podcasts, getting correctly listed, including in Google Search, is a bit difficult. We continue to finesse our how to get listed guide, and have now added a Google Podcast link validator to our podcast pages. To get started, search for your podcast and press the 'more info’ button for the technical details. It also checks if you have a secure RSS feed for Apple Podcasts.

  • Apple
    Google
    Google Podcasts
    Pocket Casts

    The Chief Product Officer of Pocket Casts, Russell Ivanovic, has publicly welcomed Google Podcasts. In a tweet, he says: “The more platform owners like Google an Apple do the hard work of introducing new people to podcasts, the more the entire podcasting ecosystem will flourish”, and adds that when Apple launched their standalone podcast app, sales of Pocket Casts went up 30%.

  • Alitu
    Blubrry
Ad Results Media
ESPN
Simplecast
Whooshkaa

Thank you to the 99 new subscribers over the past week, including lovely people from Recode, ESPN, Corus, the BBC, Ad Results Media, Luminary, NDR, United Talent, Simplecast, Radioworks, FBI Radio, Red Bull, the CBC, Whooshkaa, How Stuff Works and AJC. Special thank you to Stargate Pioneer, the host of GonnaGeek, for your kind personal Patreon support.

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