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Hey everyone, I’m a software engineer, and for previous projects, I used to handle all the audio hosting, storage, and RSS feed generation manually. However, I’m launching a new niche podcast with a team of non-technical co-hosts. I want a dedicated hosting platform that streamlines the process for everyone so I don’t have to act as the sole sysadmin/support guy every time we publish. For ideological reasons, **Spotify for Podcasters (formerly Anchor) is completely off the table**. Here is what we are looking for: 1. **Generous Free Tier / Trial:** A solid starting plan with as much storage/upload capacity as possible so we can test the waters for the first few episodes without committing right away. 2. **Episode Analytics:** Clear metrics on episode download counts and time/date tracking (crucial for our niche audience). 3. **Future-Proofing for Video:** An option to upload video episodes (video podcasts) natively down the line. 4. **Seamless Distribution:** Easy integration and auto-publishing to YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. 5. **Affordable Upgrade Path:** If/when we scale out of the free plan, a budget-friendly basic plan with high value. 6. Integarte with Riverside. # A couple of specific questions: * **RSS.com:** I’ve heard they offer an unlimited free plan with no restrictions on storage/episodes. Is this actually true without hidden catches or limitations? * **Podbean:** I’m considering them as well- how does their free tier and user interface hold up for non-tech folks? * **buzzsprout** has a free tier? What platforms would you recommend that fit these criteria? Thanks in advance!

tldr: I want free hosting. How do I pull this off without having to make people find the podcast at a new address? We host the files at blubrry. We use their wordpress plugin podpress to generate a feed (ourwebsite . com/rss) for every feed podcast host. The problem: I can currently put the absolute address for the episodes in podpress (blubrry. com/mysite/mylatestepisode.mp3). That then goes to my rss feed. Spotify for podcasters does not provide that. I also have a spotify feed and would rather not change that feed address. So can I move it without forcing people to go look for our new podcast address? I have gone round and round with more than one LLM and they don't seem to know that they are giving me different answers every time i ask. Thanks.

I’ve been podcasting for around 2.5 years so far and have hosted with Buzzsprout so far. I have been looking around at alternatives recently that might be more cost effective, including self hosting (I’m a software engineer and building something to host the files and generate the RSS feed fits well into my wheelhouse) But then I saw Spotify Creators offer free unlimited hosting, which sounds too good to be true! So I’m wondering what las the downside? Is there any reason not to take up that offer? Anyone with any experience with Spotify Creators and have any advice or opinions both ways? Would be curious to hear your thoughts Thanks!

I run a weekly interview podcast in the tech/startup space. about 2,000 downloads per episode. 18 months of iteration on my tools. here's where I landed. recording: Riverside ($15/mo). remote interviews in separate audio and video tracks. quality is noticeably better than zoom recordings because each person's audio is recorded locally and synced. editing: Descript ($24/mo). I edit the podcast like a google doc - see the transcript, highlight what I want to cut, delete it, audio cuts with it. 3-4 hours per episode down to about 45 minutes. the filler word removal is magic. one click removes every um, uh, you know from both speakers. studio sound cleans up audio recorded in my home office with no acoustic treatment. show notes and descriptions: after each episode I dictate a summary through willow voice while the conversation is still fresh, then feed that into claude to draft the episode description, show notes, and social media posts. the whole process takes about 15 minutes instead of the hour it used to take typing from scratch. hosting: Buzzsprout ($12/mo). simple, reliable, good analytics. distributes everywhere. paid plan includes a basic website. social clips: Opus Clip ($19/mo). takes the full episode video and generates short clips. not perfect but 80% there. I pick the best 3-4 and post them. replaced paying a video editor $200/episode. music: Epidemic Sound ($15/mo). royalty-free, the search is good, quality is way above free alternatives. total: \~$85/mo. what I dropped: GarageBand (functional but slow - descript is 5x faster), Anchor/Spotify for Podcasters (limited analytics), [Otter.ai](http://Otter.ai) (descript does transcription better and built-in). the tooling in 2026 is incredible compared to 2 years ago. the barrier to making a podcast is nearly zero. the barrier to making a good one is still effort and consistency. what does your podcast stack look like?

We enabled HLS video streaming through Apple Podcast Connect last week, and opted into video hosting with Captivate.fm. I published our first video episode this morning. The video episode streams OK through Apple Podcasts. Captivate doesn't distribute video to Spotify or YouTube yet (although Buzzsprout does), but they're working on it. But the video episode isn't available through my favourite podcast app, Pocket Casts. I know Pocket Casts supports mp4 filles in RSS feeds as well as HLS streaming, and some of the podcasts I follow render video episodes in Pocket Casts. But the first video for our show doesn't stream in Pocket Casts. I've raised support requests with Captivate and Pocket Casts to figure it out. Has anyone else starting HLS video streaming their video podcast yet? How's it been going so far?

I’ve been building a cheap clipping tool for podcasters and video creators, and I just made the simplest part free with no sign-up: paste any podcast link, pick a 30–60 second moment, and download a captioned video with sound bars and cover art. Try it: [cheapclipping.com/tools/audiogram](http://cheapclipping.com/tools/audiogram?ref=reddit-sideproject) It works with Apple Podcasts, Spotify (if the show has a public feed), RSS and most episode pages. The video is made right in your browser, so it’s quick. Free clips have a small watermark. Honest feedback welcome. What’s confusing or broken?

Hi podcast folks, I'm planning to migrate a German-language podcast (80 episodes) away from WordPress with Podlove to a dedicated podcast host. I need to sanity-check my migration plan before I shut down WordPress. **Current setup:** - Podcast hosted on my main domain (WordPress + Podlove) - Audio files stored on a separate, self-hosted audio server - Feed URLs in Podlove point to: `main-domain.de/podlove/file/[ID]/s/feed/c/mp3/episode-slug.mp3` (which Podlove redirects internally to the separate audio server) - Podcast is on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other major platforms **My migration plan:** 1. Import all episodes into new podcast host (e.g., Spotify for Creators or RSS.com) 2. Update all audio file URLs to point directly to the separate audio server (since the episode slugs are the same, this should be automatable) 3. Set up a 301 redirect on the old domain for the RSS feed URL 4. Test the feed redirect works in all podcast apps 5. Shut down WordPress and set up the 301 redirect on my new web hosting **Questions:** - If I update the feed URLs in the new host to point directly to the separate audio server, will podcast apps automatically pick up the updated audio URLs? Or do they cache the old Podlove URLs and I'll lose listeners? - Is the 301 redirect approach the right one, or is there a better way to migrate the feed URL? - Any gotchas I'm missing? I want to avoid breaking the feed for existing subscribers. - Should I keep the old Podlove feed URL working for a certain period after the migration, even if it's deprecated? Thanks for any insights!

So I use riverside.fm and they just recently introduced a new hosting feature where you can have your RSS feed go through them and basically upload all of your stuff directly through them. I switched over today and all of my old episodes are on YouTube just fine, but my new episode that I recorded today is not appearing anywhere well after an hour of me publishing it. Im getting frustrated so I wanted to ask if anyone can think of any solutions. It says published on Riverside's end but its not out on YouTube apple podcasts or Spotify

Hi friends! I recently started a new podcast. I'm using Spotify Creators for hosting and the associated RSS feed for distribution to Apple Podcasts, Amazon, etc. Someone suggested I should also push to YouTube. My impression of podcasts on YouTube is that they are video podcasts. My podcast is single narration style, audio only. I don't have any plans to make video. So my question is if it is worth trying to distribute to YouTube to grow and capture audience? Or sticking with mainly Spotify, Apple and other audio apps is better?

Hi everyone. I host my podcast on Spotify and has been distributing to YouTube music via RSS for the last 55+ episodes. I started having issues with today's episode and there is absolutely no one on the YouTube side who can help. Spotify says they don't see any issues on their end, and I see that the episode is distributed fine on other platforms like Apple Podcasts. I did get an email from YouTube over the weekend saying this. But I don't even have anything else to go by to troubleshoot it or fix. Please help || |:-| |We failed to retrieve the cover art for your podcast. Please make sure the image in the <itunes:image> tag is correct or contact your hosting company.| | | |Until this problem is fixed, some episodes from your RSS feed will not be uploaded to YouTube.|

If you use Podbean and want to switch to AntennaPod, Pocket Casts, or any other player, you've probably realized they intentionally block OPML exports for listeners to enforce vendor lock-in. I got sick of the Android app bugs and built a Python script to extract my subscription list. I threw the code up at [github.com/mottipython](https://www.google.com/search?q=https://github.com/mottipython) for anyone else trying to migrate. **The Problem** You can't pull the local SQLite database from your phone without root access, and they don't provide an API endpoint for listeners to pull their own data. **The Workaround** Instead of scraping HTML or setting up a man-in-the-middle proxy for your phone, the script parses a standard browser network log to rebuild your library. 1. **Capture the data:** Log into Podbean on your desktop browser, go to your "Following" page, and press `F12` to open Developer Tools. 2. **Scroll:** Go to the **Network** tab, check the "Preserve log" box, refresh the page, and scroll to the absolute bottom of your podcast list. 3. **Export:** Click the "Export HAR" button (the downward arrow icon) and save the file as `podbean.har`. 4. **Run the script:** Run the Python script in the same folder. It parses the HAR file to extract your podcast titles, deduplicates the list, and queries the Apple Podcasts API to locate the raw RSS feed URLs. Finally, it spits out a standard `podbean_rescue.opml` file you can import straight into your new app. Apple's API limits you to around 20 requests per minute, so if you have a massive library, it might take a minute or two to chew through it. Just let it run. Grab the script at [github.com/mottipython](https://www.google.com/search?q=https://github.com/mottipython) if you need it.

I have video podcast episodes that I want to publish on Apple Podcasts as video, not audio only. What is the best way to upload them? Do I need a video-capable podcast hosting platform and a special RSS feed? Which hosting services work properly with Apple Podcasts video? Any advice from someone who has done this successfully would be appreciated.

Looking for some advice insight. We have a podcast that is monetized in the creator program on Spotify, its growing nicely but we're obviously missing out on monetizing the listens on Apple / Amazon etc. I'm seeing our numbers in Apple Podcast grow as well so obviously we're missing out, not by much obviously as I understand there's a certain number of downloads/listens to make that significant. 2 questions: I know that there's a threshold where it would be more beneficial to switch from hosting on Spotify and self host with a Libsyn or other service that offers to monetize "at the source" so that we get ads running on all our feeds. Does anyone know the range I should be looking for? Also, I'm assuming that the momentum we're seeing is because Spotify likely endorses its platform hosted podcasts more than syndicated ones. Just a hunch... wondering if anyone's made the switch and seen a difference in downloads/listens.

This is kind of a stupid question but unfortunately I just can't figure this out. How do you know which apps people will be able to find your podcast in, and how long it will take for your new podcast to show up in them? My cohost and I are using Captivate for hosting/publishing. I made us an RSS feed on there and uploaded our episode 0 this morning. I also submitted it to Apple Podcasts because I know you have to do that and just wait. But do I need to take any other steps in order for it to become searchable in, say, Overcast (the app I use to listen to podcasts)? Or will it show up in a few days? Thanks for any help!

I'm trying to figure out whether this is isolated to my show or if others have noticed something similar. I have an established travel podcast that's been on Apple for 8+ years. Using a third-party keyword tracker, my show consistently ranked around #1–4 in the U.S. for an important broad keyword through August and September 14. By September 21 it had suddenly fallen to around #33, and now the tracker isn't showing it ranked for that term. Searching this term manually confirms this. What makes it strange: * I made no title, description, category, RSS feed, hosting, or distribution changes during the drop. * My first metadata change wasn't until September 29, after this had already happened. * The show still ranks #1 for a more specific related keyword and #8 for another. * Individual episodes still appear in Apple search. * Inactive podcasts are currently ranking #1 and #2 for the broad keyword. Apple support validated my RSS feed, but that doesn't really answer the Search question. Apple says its Search ranking uses metadata, popularity, and engagement such as plays and follows from search results. iOS 27 also launched September 14, which happens to line up closely with when my tracking changed, although I haven't found anything from Apple saying they changed the global Search algorithm. **Has anyone else with a show seen a sudden Apple Podcasts Search drop in the last month or two?** I'm specifically talking about **Search results, not Apple charts**. I'm still ranking fine on Apple charts. If so, did the Search ranking recover? And did you identify anything that triggered it?

Hi all, last year I posted a retrospective about a year of running a (audio-only) video game podcast with a friend as a hobby for a year. You can see that post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasting/comments/1nx4340/a_year_of_hobby_podcasting_some_data_some/ It's been another year so figured I'd give an update with some additional listenership data since I think we're all grasping around in the dark trying to understand how "successful" our podcasts are (however you define that). As a bonus I'm not affiliated with any of the myriad companies trying to sell you something re: metric tracking; this post, like running my podcast, is just for fun. # Solid year over year growth (but inconsistent) Last year around this time we were averaging around ~900 monthly downloads across all platforms, this has grown over the course of the year to around 2.5k monthly downloads for a solid ~175% increase in growth year over year. Where this feels less exciting is that we peaked around 3.4k downloads back in April with the release of some big games in our subgenre (Mewgenics and Slay the Spire 2) and then growth has been pretty stagnant over the last six months. [Chart of monthly downloads](https://i.imgur.com/xJxuwUM.png) To me this speaks to the oft repeated wisdom on this sub that growing a podcast is something that happens over years not months. Zooming out it's easy to see that we're on a slow and steady growth trend, but if you start getting too in the weeds comparing individual months then you're in for a bad time. I've also learned a metric people seem to track is downloads in the first 7 days / 30 days: we're pretty consistently at ~350 downloads over 7 days and ~500 downloads over first 30 after release. We release every other week, so this means our back catalog accounts for a pretty sizeable portion of our monthly downloads which tracks with the evergreen nature of what essentially boils down to video game reviews. People who are discovering the podcast will back into the catalog and listen to episodes about games they've played or are interested in. [Episode performance first 30 days](https://i.imgur.com/zd1Mnty.png) For a comparison I've included two episodes from around October last year, looks like we were closer to ~200 downloads over 30 days so the growth reflected in monthly downloads is (unsurprisingly) captured there as well. We've really barely grown at all in the last six months so I'm curious if we've hit a natural plateau or if the trend will keep ticking up, only time will tell. Most of our listens end up coming from Spotify since the algorithm seems to treat us well there. I have no idea if reviews actually help but the occasional solicitation for 5-star reviews at the end of episodes has worked well for getting some on that platform. We only recently launched on youtube because our host (acast) blocks the native RSS integration due to some disagreement related to ads between the services. It's been annoying but we finagled a system that will automatically upload our new releases to youtube; this is literally in the last month so we have basically no listens over there, but hopefully the YT algorithm will start recommending the show at some point (even though no video). # Marketing strategy The number 1 question on this subreddit is "how do I promote my podcast"? I don't have a ton new to add relative to my post from last year but I figure sharing what we've been doing alongside that actual numbers that we're seeing could be helpful to some folks. We actually ran a listener survey using google forms a few months back, and one of the questions I included on there was "where did you hear about our podcast?" [Results of listener survey](https://i.imgur.com/SuImvS4.png) By far and away our biggest source of advertising is reddit. Since we cover a different game every episode, we're pretty well-suited to go into game-specific subreddits and promote the podcast. These posts are pretty hit or miss and you have to read the subreddit rules pretty carefully, but in general we've found that folks who are engaged enough in a game to be subscribed to a subreddit are just happy to see someone talking about the game - at least for smaller games. In big subreddits, the posts always die on the vine. Our other primary sources of new listeners are a) searching explicitly for podcasts about a specific game (SEO!) and b) algorithmic recommendations from the podcast app (it's pretty much all Spotify). Seeing that we get a lot of listens from people going out and seeking "[game] podcast" led us to revamp our website and make sure that we have an indexed landing page for each episode. I set this up to automatically populate with our show notes whenever a new episode releases and to include some SEO friendly terms on there like "[game] podcast review". I think this has been a little helpful, though our website always appears farther down than just the Spotify or apple link to our show so... maybe not worth the time. One thing I think is legitimately helpful to discovery is that I have a friend who is a professional graphic designer who put together our cover art. I really like it - I'll refrain from posting a link to the show here since I don't want the point of this to be self promotion, but you can find the links out to the show in my profile. I think having good cover art goes a really long way towards getting people to click on your show from the algorithm suggestion, which encourages the algorithm to promote you more, etc. We've recently started posting clips to YT / Tiktok but, to be honest, I have seen zero movement on the listenership from these. They get around 500-1.5k views on both platforms and we've been gaining subscribers there but no conversion. Maybe I'll feel differently in the future since it's only been about a month, but contra to all the advice I've seen on this sub, this hasn't been the major growth axis for us. One side note: the listener survey was really helpful for making some content adjustment to our show. We left some open feedback responses and used it to trim some sections down which I think just made the show better. I'd definitely recommend this, especially if you have something like an active discord community where you can solicit folks to actually do it. We tried a $100 ad spend on Spotify - this was SO not worth it. We probably got an extra 2-3 subscribers, save your money on ads unless you have a big budget behind you (and in which case, this post is all entirely irrelevant). # Patreon and monetization Earlier this year we launched a Patreon where we'll provide one bonus episode a month for a $5/mo tier or a $15/mo tier. We make $95/month (pre-Patreon's cut) from the show. There's no benefit from the $15/mo tier, but we got a few takers just as a way to support the show which was great. This is obviously not "quit your day job" money, but it covers our video game purchases as well as any minor ongoing costs associated with making the show (hosting fees, etc). Pretty cool! I had read somewhere that you might expect ~1-2% of your listeners to convert into paying subscribers for something like a podcast and we're right around there. With our ~1.5k monthly listeners (note: lower than downloads since unique listeners rather than total downloads) we have 16 people in the Patreon. A little over 1%. If you're wondering how many patrons you might get, my n=1 case study would suggest that 1% of your monthly listeners seems like a reasonable estimate. We've decided to stay away from the programmatic ad insertion through our podcast host (acast) since at this point I don't think the return on investment is worth it. I don't have an exact dollar amount, but my guess is that it'd be another ~$50/month in exchange for having a bunch of not relevant ads in the show. There's some threshold where that becomes worth it to me, but $50/month split two ways isn't it. # Lessons learned through the second year As the dad of an almost two year old, I can say with some authority that running a podcasts is a microcosm of having a kid. When you first start it feels like a ton of work and occupies a lot of your brain space, then eventually you just settle into a routine and it becomes normal. Obviously the analogy doesn't hold up to much scrutiny, but the point is that after doing this for two years it just feels like part of my life. I spend some time playing a video game, then every other week my co-host and I record an episode. It's just ingrained in my life and I really enjoy the ritual of it. The thing that my co-host and I both disliked the most was editing. We ended up bringing my aforementioned graphic design friend in as a permanent owner of the show in exchange for doing the editing work. He's a big fan of the show and is a good friend of ours so we're definitely getting a good deal here: if we ever end up making some money then he'll get a chunk of it. I did a lot of disclosing that we'll probably never make enough money for it to be worth his time, but he wanted to be involved so who am I to say no. Probably a difficult thing for other shows to replicate: offloading work you don't like in exchange for a cut of money that will almost certainly never come, but it's been great given that's the one part of running this thing that I really did not enjoy. This second year has been a lot of figuring out what we like and dislike about making the show and leaning or away from those things. For instance, we've found that we don't really like having guests on the show (beyond our real-life friend and now producer). It's just more work scheduling and there's some inevitable stress related to recording with a stranger vs. recording with your good friend, even if the guests are nice and are a value add to the show (everyone we've had on has been!). So even though it's a way we could try to grow the show faster, we've been really limiting the number of folks we invite on to guest. If you're a new podcaster, I would recommend trying to get a community started as soon as you can. We have a discord with a little under 200 members and a lot of the fulfillment I get from making the show stems directly from that community involvement. Hearing from folks who listen to every episode and genuinely enjoy what you're putting out there is what it's all about for me. Would I quit my job if the podcast blew up? Of course, but I'm not holding my breath. Anyway - hope someone out there finds this interesting and/or useful. Happy podcasting!

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We've released about 45 episodes of our podcast and finally feel like we've found our voice and rhythm. Now we're trying to figure out how to take it from "consistent" to "growing." We're on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, and pretty much every major platform. We currently have around 600 YouTube subscribers. Our long-form content is steady, but our Shorts have slowed down recently, and overall view growth isn't where we'd like it to be. We're considering hiring a content manager to help with content distribution, SEO, titles, thumbnails, clipping, and overall growth strategy. My questions for more experienced podcasters: * How do you track downloads, listens, and growth across all platforms? * What metrics actually matter? * At our stage, what should we focus on first? * When did you decide to hire help, and what role made the biggest impact? * What mistakes do newer podcasters make when trying to grow? * If you were at 45 episodes and 600 subscribers again, what would you do differently? I feel like I'm at the stage where I don't know what I don't know. Any advice, lessons learned, tools, dashboards, or growth strategies would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Recent update has changed a lot of the nav bar mechanics, but chiefly my queuing of “up next” seems to clear between app sessions which is infuriating I was using up next to store as many as 20 podcasts selectively and slide them around as I fancied the topics, whereas now I may queue an episode, and come back 5 hours later and the “up next” queue has been completely wiped Anyone else had this issue, and is there a way to go back?

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Veteran podcaster here, just looking for suggestions. I’m going to be launching a new show next year and I’ve already got the name. I’ve checked the podcast index and thankfully it hasn’t yet been taken. I was even able to purchase the domain. It’s not that complex of a name, so I’m actually surprised there aren’t already a few podcasts with the same name. I can’t help but think someone will use it sooner rather than later and I’d like to be the first. I refuse to use a name that’s already in circulation, even if it’s a very small show. With that in mind, what would be the easiest way to “reserve” it? I could record a trailer and start a new show with my hosting provider and just let it sit dormant for the next 12 months, but is there an easier way?

After few months I resubscibed paid membership on some podcast, but Pocketcasts not showing missing episodes. RSS (is still the same url) of that podcast has the missing episodes, when I check RSS in browser. How to force refresh RSS in Pocketcasts? I know about server side checking... But no option to force refresh server side RSS refresh.

RANT ALERT: I keep getting these copyright takedown notices from Spotify - it's every episode now. All of my music is Kevin MacLeod/Incompetech CC stuff, and it's properly attributed in the show notes of every episode (most likely what is actually creating the problem...). Spotify knows or should know at this point that these copyright claims are bogus - can't they just tell their AI that Kevin MacLeod/Incompetech is the actual owner of all of these copyrights? I played along and disputed these at first, but now I'm just done with Spotify - probably forever. They account for a fraction of our downloads, and I'm just... done with them.

I'm 26 episodes in on a weekly audio only narrative storytelling podcast, hosted on Spotify. I need a break. I continue to get new followers each week is the reason I haven't entertained this until now, but I'm wearing down a little. Is there a safe way to end season 1, or take a break without hurting reach and losing followers?

I've seen many people that do podcasting purely on Spotify. Does Spotify work like YouTube in terms of pushing content or does Spotify only work with other advertising of the Podcast?

Hey everyone. I'm trying to upload an old poetry recital (extracted from a YouTube video) to Spotify and make it publicly available for everyone to listen to. I know digital distributors reject it due to audio copyright, but I constantly see accounts on Spotify successfully uploading unreleased tracks, rare audios, and bootlegs, and they stay up for a long time. How do they actually bypass the system? Is there a trick with AI voice altering, pitch shifting, or uploading it as an anonymous Podcast that actually works? Thanks!

Hey All - my name is Dan and I host a weekly video game podcast called **Good Playing With You**. We’re experimenting with a rotating third mic and are looking for guest co-hosts to join us for individual episodes. The show is a 60-minute **video podcast** focused on weekly gaming news, opinions, hot takes, and humor. The vibe is very conversational — friends hanging out and reacting to current gaming headlines. We’re looking for someone who: * Loves video games and follows gaming news * Is funny, opinionated, and comfortable on camera * Has interesting takes and enjoys reacting in real time * Is well-rounded across different types of games and genres Creator experience (YouTube, streaming, podcasting, etc.) is preferred but not required if you’re great on mic. **Important:** This is a video podcast, so video is required, along with a real podcast microphone (no gaming headsets or AirPods). We record **Thursday nights at 6:00 PM PST**. Full episodes publish on YouTube and Spotify, and we also share clips across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and more. If you have your own channel or podcast, you’re welcome to plug it on the show. If this sounds like a good fit, feel free to DM me with a bit about yourself and any links you’d like to share.

Think we will ever see AI Chapter Generation on Pocketcasts? It’s such a useful feature - but I’ve tried Spotify and I just prefer a dedicated podcast experience so always come back to PC!

I searched for an episode within a podcast I've subscribed to. It used to work, but recently it seems to just hang. Sometimes it does nothing other then show the spinning loading animation; sometimes it says nothing found (even though I am able to manually find the episode in the feed.) I also have a different, but possibly related, problem when subscribing to a new podcast. When I go into the podcast the episode page is simply blank. It does finally populate minutes or hours later, but it means I can't add any episodes to the queue at the point of subscribing. My guess is it's overloaded servers; it seems Pocketcasts does a lot server-side. Is anyone else experiencing this?