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Spotify versus Apple Podcasts: The podcast analytics race has begun

Annie Langston

18 Oct 2023

Spotify

Podcasts

Creators

First announced at Podcast Movement in August 2023, Spotify is now rolling out new features and analytics tools to aid podcast discovery. While Apple Podcast’s recent updates target a specific type of creator — creators with subscriptions (and therefore, established audiences) — Spotify is cas...

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How YouTube’s format fluidity is ushering in a new era for entertainment

Annie Langston

29 Mar 2023

YouTube

Podcasts

videos

As part of its official podcast rollout, YouTube has launched new podcast features and metrics in its YouTube Studio, although these features do not appear to be available for audio podcasts on YouTube Music.

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