On this episode, the new Apple Podcasts Web player, do ratings for your show really matter? Why some platforms are great for some shows and not others, people downloading your back-catalogue is a thing, measuring podcast growth from your download data, and mean and median numbers! (With bonus insight into Android vs iOS) and so many other great insight!

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Quick Episode Summary

• :13 Intro
• 3:20 PROMO 1: Everything Everywhere Daily Podcast
• Apple now has an embed player for your podcast! The official Apple Podcasts Web embed player
• Do ratings for your podcast really matter?
• In case you are using Audio Hijack are running Big Sur and have an M1 Mac, get ready for a double reboot
• It seems that more than just your podcast link is broken with Stitcher
• You can now add RSS feeds to Google Podcasts!
• PROMO 2: Dear Michelle
• Gaana numbers!
• You really don't know how folks are consuming your show on platforms that you don't know
• People downloading your back-catalogue is a thing
• Where does Apple pull the information from the "you might also like"?
• Audio feedback, Alexa and falling asleep to The Feed
• What do you need to do first to uplevel your audio on your show
• You have permission to use a song on your show - how do you make sure it's not pulled down?
• Using artificial voices to read your audience feedback!
• Audio feedback - when you move away from Libsyn and then come back!
• Looks like another company is sending all kinds of emails to the podcasting community
• Yay! Now you get Rob's stats via our The Feed newsletter!
• Best email of the week! The patent troll is officially dead
• What exactly is the Chrome user agent?
• PROMO 3: Unreserved Wine Talk
• How to measure podcast growth through your download stats
• Mean and median numbers!
• iOS vs Android data conversation
• Where have we been?
• Where are we going?

Featured Podcast Promos + Audio

• PROMO 1: Everything Everywhere Daily Podcast
• PROMO 2: Dear Michelle
• PROMO 3: Unreserved Wine Talk

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :)
• I analyzed 20 million Apple Podcasts star ratings. Here's what I learned.
• Rogue Amomeba's Apps Updated for M1 - With A Catch
• Google Podcasts on Android, iOS, and web now lets you add shows by RSS feed

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