273 Analyzing Our Podcast’s First Year Performance on YouTube and Podcast App Updates

The Feed The Official Libsyn Podcast

Thoughts on the complete rewrite of Overcast, what's new for Apple Podcasts iOS 18, talking about Overlap and Twinbox, why can't podcast engagement and feedback all be in one place? One year stats of an audio podcast on YouTube Music, plus geographic and user agent download numbers.

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Quick Episode Summary

• (2:59) PROMO 1: She Thrives
• (3:48) Rob and Elsie conversation
• (6:08) Happy anniversary Overcast
• (7:25) Our thoughts on the new Overcast
• (16:59) What's new for Apple Podcasts in iOS 18
• (20:51) Playing with a podcast app called Overlap that both worked and failed
• (26:55) Elsie is testing an AI tool called Twinbox
• (30:39) PROMO 2: You Are Worth The Work
• (32:03) Why it's difficult to gather feedback, ratings and engagement from all the places
• (38:20) Aggregating multiple networks with multiple shows to one RSS feed?
• (42:04) Stats for a year of our podcast being on YouTube
• (49:34) PROMO 3: Tacet No More
• (50:37) Stats: geographic and user agent
• (54:43) Where have we been and where are we going

Featured Podcast Promo + Audio

• PROMO 1: She Thrives
• PROMO 2: You Are Worth The Wait
• PROMO 3: Tacet No More

Where have we been and where are we going

• 160 Is Your Podcast Really as Popular as You Think It Is? Rob Walch of Libsyn Helps Us Separate Hype from Reality | Podtastic Audio
• The Value of Outsourcing Podcast Creation - YouTube
• How to Get Your Video Podcast on YouTube (and Spotify!) - YouTube
• Podcast Movement 2024
• Follow us on Luma!

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Leave us voice feedback!
• Ten Years of Overcast - A New Foundation
• Here’s what’s new for Apple Podcasts in iOS 18 - 9to5Mac
• Overlap — AI Podcast App
• Twinbox: AI-Powered Podcast Content Management and Listener Engagement
• Aggregate items from multiple RSS feeds into a single RSS feed
• RSS to CSV Converter - Scooter Labs

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