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You can see a comparison of the different indexes (indices?) at https://podcastindustryinsights.com/
The restriction against allowing @gmail accounts to sign up is kind of insane.
4 million podcasts. That's an order of magnitude more than I'd have guessed. A quick search shows other sources estimating 5 million.
Well, I'm guessing I have two podcasts in there, one of which is completely inactive and the other of which I haven't published anything new to for well over a year. There are a lot of podcasts out there that are pretty inactive and some were only intended as being limited series in the first place. So, yeah, if the universe of discoverable podcasts is 4 million it wouldn't surprise me at all if an order of magnitude…
I think the move to announced seasons is a good middle ground. It tempers expectations and gives creators a break or stopping point.
I love podcasts but discoverability is simply awful on Apple Podcasts, not to mention the rampant enshittification. What's better in their list of apps?
I tried to build a better way to see what my friends are listening to with https://lastcast.fm, but I've since shut down the project.
I'm building a language learning app based on podcasts and I used "The Podcast Index" first but, as I understand, The Podcast Index is not currently scraping Apple and many of the podcasts in their index are dead. For better or worse Apple podcasts is the "de facto" index of podcasts, so I had to build my own podcast index based on itunes data. You can see a comparison of the different indexes (indices?) at https://p…
I love podcasts but discoverability is simply awful on Apple Podcasts, not to mention the rampant enshittification. What's better in their list of apps?
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Well, I'm guessing I have two podcasts in there, one of which is completely inactive and the other of which I haven't published anything new to for well over a year. There are a lot of podcasts out there that are pretty inactive and some were only intended as being limited series in the first place. So, yeah, if the universe of discoverable podcasts is 4 million it wouldn't surprise me at all if an order of magnitude…
Podcasts should be thought of as limited runs, not like never ending radio programs. That's just the reality, regardless of the original intentions. I think the move to announced seasons is a good middle ground. It tempers expectations and gives creators a break or stopping point.
But agree generally. I think if I were to undertake a new podcast, I'd probably use seasons. Gives a good point to decide, nah, I'm done with this topic. Otherwise, the natural path is to just peter out.
Not really that useful if I can't sort based on last publication, nor see how many episodes a given podcast has published when searching.
I love podcasts but discoverability is simply awful on Apple Podcasts, not to mention the rampant enshittification. What's better in their list of apps?
Overcast is popular, but I would say its UI has also become worse over time: https://overcast.fm/ But its less about discovery than tracking your library and playing them back.