The Rest is Politics now #1 UK-made podcast

• Edison Research published the top 25 UK Podcasts for Q3/24. Goalhanger have a good time enhancements in putting for all of its 4 top-25 exhibits, together with The Relaxation is Politics, which makes it to #2 within the nation, behind the US-made Joe Rogan Expertise. There are solely two exhibits from the US within the chart. Acast hosts 9 exhibits, Megaphone hosts seven, and the BBC hosts 5.

• John Lee Dumas and Kate Erickson Dumas from Entrepreneurs on Fire have been introduced as keynotes at Podfest Expo in Orlando this January.

• Spotify launched Spotify for Authors, for audiobook authors and publishers. “This platform is exclusive for the business as a result of it’s constructed to help any creator or writer — we’re not gating any options or limiting them primarily based on exclusivity.”

• RSS.com has automatically removed Chartable prefixes from podcasts hosted on the service, in line with the corporate’s newest launch notes. Chartable prefixes cease engaged on Dec 12, and will render your entire podcast unplayable should you don’t take away them.

• Additional studying…

  • Bryan Barletta: The Implications of Spotify for Creators – “By importing a video podcast to Spotify, no side of the RSS feed or your audio podcast can be known as in your viewers utilizing the Spotify app. That cached file, hosted by Spotify, is performed seamlessly for Spotify shoppers, no matter whether or not they’re watching or listening to your present. Each single play of that episode is now a video.”
  • Neal Veglio: The Hidden Risks of YouTube and Spotify That The Suck-Up Podcast Bros on LinkedIn Won’t Admit (now, there’s the title!) – “The liberty and management that comes from utilizing RSS is value holding onto. Not simply in your future, your independence, and your creativity, however for the longevity of our business.”
  • James Cridland: BBC Sounds – is it going away internationally? – our Editor, running a blog personally, wonders whether or not the apparent contradictions within the BBC’s podcast technique signifies that the company’s BBC Sounds goes away for non-UK listeners.

Our occasions part is at the moment closed for brand new entries whereas we sharpen our anti-spammer axe. It’ll return shortly.

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Suggestions and tips – with Memberful

• When selling your podcast, one easy hyperlink is all the time finest. Our article about universal links incorporates a bunch of them to attempt. It additionally mentions that having a fantastic web site is one of the best thought too.

Podcast Information

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things is the brand new title for Russell Howard’s Wonderbox and relaunches at the moment, in partnership with Adelicious and Patreon. Every week a special particular visitor sits down with Russell to elucidate the objects from their lives that deliver them happiness.