Fountain
The podcast app that pays
Website: fountain.fm
Latest news
- Nov 7: We use OP3 for podcast analytics - and so should you. But OP3 lets you download full analytics, so you can do all kinds of things with the data. For the Podnews Weekly Review, Apple Podcasts is the #1 app in Japan (and pretty much the only one). A typical Apple Podcasts listener downloads five episodes - but a typical Fountain user doesn’t even download two. People in California download the show almost twelve hours after we publish it. And that one person downloaded every episode of our show six times.
- Oct 31: In the Podnews Weekly Review this week, we hear how RNZ in New Zealand has used AI in a new true crime show - in a different way that brings a voice to the voiceless. Plus, Sam Sethi looks at the announcement from Fountain about a new podcast host.
- Oct 28: Fountain has announced the launch of Fountain for Podcasters, a new podcast hosting service. Fountain for Podcasters distributes video to supported apps (including the podcast app Fountain itself), and also supports streaming payments and paid subscriptions - using open standards to do so, including RSS, Lightning and Nostr.
- Aug 18: Podcast app Fountain has updated its Home tab, added a “like” button, and launched other new features.
- Aug 4: Rachel Fountain has been made Head of Podcasts for Australia’s Nine. She comes from News Corp Australia and Deadset Studios.
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