Now, iHeart tops two US podcast rankers
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There’s a new #1 for podcasting at the top of May’s Triton Digital US Podcast Ranker - for the first time, iHeart Media is being measured by the service. The “iHeart Audience Network” claims 67,355,410 average weekly downloads, 76% more than the previous #1 network, SiriusXM. iHeart is also #1 with Podtrac.
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Riverside is launching “Conversation Studio”, a new set of features including full HD live-streaming, multi-track editing, and a forthcoming mobile editor.
- Riverside’s Kendall Brietman is on the Podnews Weekly Review this week to explain more of the features.
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“AI video regenerate” has been announced by Descript - a service that will “generate your AI voice and sync your lips so you look and sound like you said it that way the first time”. If you want access, you need to join the waitlist. (Riverside’s competitor, Video Dub, is also not generally available yet).
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Mediastream was given IAB v2.1 certification yesterday for podcast measurement. We have a full list of certified podcast hosting companies.
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Ten music podcasts from Evergreen Podcasts are to be sponsored by DistroKid, a music distribution company.
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Podcast app Castro is now supporting WebSub, a mechanism for getting quicker updates for new episodes. The podcast app says that 25% of the most popular shows on its app have support already. (More on WebSub on Podnews).
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Headliner has added an automatic-posting feature to TikTok. The tool can automatically create and post engaging TikTok videos every time creators upload a new episode.
Tips and tricks - with Memberful
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Talking of stats, as we were above - how do podcast stats actually work? And how do these rankers work?
Podcast News
Companies mentioned above:
Castro
Podcast data for Jun 21
#1 in Apple Podcasts
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes) (Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson)
The Rest Is Politics (Goalhanger Podcasts)
#1 in Spotify
The Joe Rogan Experience (Joe Rogan)
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (Steven Bartlett)
Over the last week, 195,768 podcasts published at least one new episode (down 3.3%). source