294 Spotify Badge Limits, Apple's New Design Resources and YouTube's Weekly Podcast Charts

Update on Spotify plays - remember that release? Plus they are making podcasts more prominent and a new following feed. New resource page on podcast artwork from Apple Podcasts for Creators, spammers creating bogus audio content about drugs. Woah. The new Weekly Top Podcast Shows chart on YouTube. And our stats section is all about an estimate of podcasts that get over 10,000 downloads per month.

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Quick Episode Summary

• (2:04) Rob and Elsie conversation
• (2:39) Follow up on the Spotify public plays
• (9:12) New resource from Apple Podcasts for Creators
• (18:19) Spotify announced a handful of new features for discoverability
• (25:33) Spotify removing drug sales podcasts
• (34:43) YouTube now has a weekly chart to showcase the most popular shows in the U.S.
• (42:47) New service? Listener
• (49:34) Shout-out to Mongabay!
• (51:38) In a Nielsen report, podcast got a couple of mentions
• (52:55) PROMO: Sound Strategy
• (54:46) Stats: over 10000 downloads per month
• Where have we been and where are we going?

Featured Podcast Promo + Audio

• PROMO 1: Sound Strategy

Where have we been and where are we going

• The Podcast Show 2025
• Podcast Movement: The World's Largest Podcasting Community | Events, Resources & More!

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

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Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Leave us voice feedback!
• Spotify Introduces Plays, a New Way To See What Content Is Resonating With Podcast Fans — Spotify
• Design - Apple Podcasts for Creators
• Artwork guide - Apple Podcasts for Creators
• Canva + Apple Podcasts | Podcast templates for creators
• Spotify amps up podcast discovery with new features | TechCrunch
• Spotify is adding a Following feed for podcasts | The Verge
• Spotify is scrambling to remove dozens of podcasts promoting online prescription drug sales | CNN Business
• Senator Demands Answers As Spotify Pulls Podcasts Pushing Fake Pharmacies. | News | podcastnewsdaily.com
• See, Hear: Launching YouTube Charts for top U.S. podcasts - YouTube Blog
• YouTube podcast charts: United States Weekly Top Podcast Shows
• listener.com
• 2025-Annual-Marketing-Report.pdf
• Mongabay Podcasts
• Sound Strategy with Lucas Dickey
• Sound Strategy with Lucas Dickey - with Rob and Elsie!

 

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