r/Podnews is a subreddit with 284 members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses podcasts, podcast, spotify, new, and podcasting.
A place for podcast people to discuss the latest news, tips and podcasts, as seen in Podnews. (No spamming your podcasts though.)
Popular Themes in r/Podnews
#1
News
: "Layoffs at Leo Laporte’s TWiT. Hosts Jason Howell and Ant Pruitt and editor Victor Bognot have left the company.."
74 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "An interview with Spotify’s Maya Prohovnik. And a bug in Apple Podcasts makes podcast episodes played."
10 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "Podcasting’s rural opportunity?. Is there an opportunity away from the urban sprawl for podcasting to flourish?."
4 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Podpage adds a listener survey tool. Financial results from iHeart, Auddia, and the New York Times."
4 posts
#5
Solution Requests
: "NYT to offer podcast subscriptions in Apple and Spotify. AntennaPod also gets transcripts."
3 posts
#6
Money Talk
: "Streamyard pricing ruffles feathers. And LAist gets $2.4mn for local journalism."
2 posts
#7
Advice Requests
: "Podnews Report Card unveiled for 2024. Good news for Apple; but there's things to improve."
1 post
#8
Ideas
: "Sonic Dash storytelling competition winners. Could you produce an original piece of storytelling audio with just 48 hours notice?."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Podnews
#1
Podcasts
: "Younger listeners: Podcasts vs radio. The opportunities in India, and podcast ad spend in the US climbed 29%."
230 posts
#2
Podcast
: "YouTube had “1 billion Podcast listeners” in Jan. We compare with other platforms, and discover what a Podcast is."
215 posts
#3
Spotify
: "An interview with Spotify’s Maya Prohovnik. And a bug in Apple Podcasts makes podcast episodes played."
122 posts
#4
New
: "Stephen Bartlett’s New Samsung TV Plus channel. And is Spotify working for the industry, or for itself?."
76 posts
#5
Podcasting
: "AI to fix most annoying thing about Podcasting. At least, something good from AI?."
48 posts
#6
Apple
: "An interview with Spotify’s Maya Prohovnik. And a bug in Apple Podcasts makes podcast episodes played."
44 posts
#7
Youtube
: "Youtube had “1 billion podcast listeners” in Jan. We compare with other platforms, and discover what a podcast is."
41 posts
#8
Awards
: "Esther Manito to host Independent Podcast Awards. And a new chart from Apple Podcasts."
29 posts
#9
Podnews
: "The Podnews Weekly Review is out... Daniel Ek's view of podcast ads; plus all the latest podcasting news"
26 posts
#10
Data
: "Data: Branded podcasts are liked by audiences. Signal Hill Insights releases new Data."
22 posts
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+8 members(2.9%)
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Last updated: July 22, 2026