Apple Podcast App Crashing

Same, been happening since first thing this morning. I downloaded a few episodes thinking maybe my wifi was the issue, but nope.

I have two iphones (7 & 11) and it's happening on both of them, so it's an app problem.

I agree with other posters, Airplane mode seems to help...but now I'm in frigging airplane mode?

Will likely switch to Spotify shortly, just annoying as they don't know what episodes i've already listened to...

I’m having the same issue, even though I haven’t yet installed ios13 on my iphone 8Plus. Agree that this is a huge annoyance for avid users. Also note that it worked fine early this morning (3:30am PT).

I am having this same problem. I've been having a connectivity issue in my car, so I assume this was related to that. Deleted my phone from my car and reinstalled it. No dice. Crashing on headphones at my desk every 30 seconds or so. Annoying.

Basically...From what I've read downloading the podcast will fix the issue. Whats frustrating is Podcasts usually are longer than an hour, so naturally they take up a huge amount of storage. This is definitely not a sustainable solution.

i am not connected to wi fi but i do have LTE data. I went into Settings --> Cellular and turned off data for the Podcasts app and that seems to fix the problem. Let me know if that works for anyone else

My Apple Podcast App was working fine over the weekend. However, on my commute to work on Monday morning, the Podcast App started to crash frequently (sometimes immediately, sometimes after 20 seconds, sometimes after a few minutes). I tried restarting my iPhone XR, I also tried deleting the Podcast App and re-installing the Podcast App. Nothing seems to help and the Podcast App continues to crash every time I open it. Please help, Apple!

Same problem happened to me.

Using iPhone 11 Pro Max. All podcasts downloaded because I never stream.

Workarounds that worked for me:

airplane mode worked and so did just turning off WiFi. It hasn’t crashed since I turned off WiFi only.

As a frequent podcast listener, I started having this problem today, as well. I am on iOS 12, and I hope that updating to iOS 13 will fix this problem. I have been waiting, however, because I use Reminders a lot, and I want to update my MacBook Pro and iPhone at the same time to avoid syncing issues with the new version of that app. It is comforting to know I am not the only one with the Podcast problem.

Same problem just started for me this morning. Interestingly I am still back on IOS 12.4.1 - I had been putting off upgrading to 13 because of the many bugs reported.

It worked for me to put it in Airplane mode but that doesn't seem like a practical fix for the long term!

Today’s crashing out of the Apple podcast after a couple of seconds is super-annoying. I live in the UK and it was fine this morning and at lunchtime. It keeps crashing out since I’ve been commuting home from work in the early evening. Apple - please fix! So many of us rely on it to keep us company when commuting, working, working-out etc

I did this exact thing – it seems to be working for me so far. It's lasted longer than any other time since yesterday without crashing. Hopefully it keeps up! Will update if not…

Thanks for finding this fix!

(for clarity…in settings –> cellular I turned off cellular data for podcasts.)

SOLVED! It’s because a new IOS update 13.2.3 just dropped which apparently requires you to install it in order to get your Podcast app working properly again. I failed to get any of the suggested solutions to fix this (tried the “one second App hold”, uninstalling the app, cycling my phone after hard reboot, etc) BUT I finally got it fixed after double checking in my settings to see if there was an IOS software update ready to be installed. And there was🤦🏼‍♂️

So I downloaded IOS 13.2.3 and... YAHTZEE!!!!

I hate to disabuse you of the 13.2.3 update as a fix - I’ve been on 13.2.3 since the day after it was released, and I still had the problem. Also, I manually download my podcasts, only download over wifi, and do not have background refresh on either.

A few are reporting that the problem appears to be fixed. I did do a WiFi reset in my home, but I don’t think this was the issue, as the app started crashing for me when I was out of my home. I’m not sure why an iCloud problem would have led to the app crashing, since I listen to downloaded, not streamed podcasts. (Suggests that there’s some interaction between the app and Apple, even if not tethered via WiFi?)

The fix wasn't running iOS 13.2.3. I have been running this version since it came out. It does appear that the issue is now "magically resolved", just as it "magically broke" today without any action on the end user's part. I am watching my weekly podcast again without issue. So whatever software patch Apple rolled out earlier today, they apparently fixed or rolled it back to make all right in the world of Apple Podcast listening once again.

On an iMac and same thing, my podcast app wouldn't play... instead it would just skip from one podcast to another over and over without playing anything. Turned off wifi and it works now. Strange. Good thing I have ethernet option.