My Podcast seems not to be listed

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My Podcast seems not to be listed

Hi, I've created a podcast with Podcast Connect. The first two episodes are online and I shared the link on social media etc.

A friend f mine who wanted to listen to the podcast, told me that he can't find it anywhere and that if I uploaded it with Apple Connect it should have been automatically listed and recognized by some podcatchers. That was the reason why I've chosen Apple Podcasts Connect.

But a few weeks after the release of the first episode my friend told me that he couldn't find my podcast anywhere.

I checked it and he's right. I can't find my podcast in the Podcasts application on my Macs. I checked the podcast application on my iPhone and there it is and works great.

So my question is: How do I get my podcast listed on iTunes / Apple Podcasts so that you can listen to it on all devices, not only on iPhones?

Posted on Jun 20, 2022 5:31 AM

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Roger Wilmut1

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Jun 20, 2022 6:45 AM in response to Berlinmusic

Certainly searching on the title in Apple Podcasts (Mac, Catalina) prodices no result: and the 'Listen on Apple Podcasts' link on the web preview page you linked to does nothing. Howewver I notice that next to that link it says 'Requires macOS 11.4 or higher' (which it doesn't say on my podcast, where the link does work).

This raises the question, is this a 'premium' podcast that people have to pay for? This is what people who construct their podcast directly in Podcasts Connect are often specifying. If so that would presumably prevent my accessing it (though I would have thought it would be offered with a requirement to pay indicated).

Either way, this is an internal matter with Podcasts Connect and so not something I can investigate. You will need to take this up with Podcasts Support: https://itunespartner.apple.com/contact/?content_type=podcasts

As to podcatchers, this is going to depend on how they work. Many sites require you to submit the feed URL, but if these are sites which trawl podcast creation sites in the way that weblog 'aggregators' do then I'm not sure how they would work in this situation.

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Berlinmusic Author

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Jun 20, 2022 6:31 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

The name of the podcast is 'POWAI Berliner Lesepodcast' and the URL is https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/powai-berliner-lesepodcast/id1623149987

I created the podcast directly with Apple Podcasts Connect, there's no RSS feed. I don't know yet which podcatchers my friend uses. But he's gonna tell me.

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Jun 20, 2022 6:14 AM in response to Berlinmusic

I need more information. What is the name of your Podcast? What is the URL of your Apple Podcasts page? Did you create a feed elsewhere and submit it to Podcasts Connect or did you create the podcast directly within Podcasts Connect? What is the feed URL (if there is one)? Can you give an example or two of the 'podcatchers' you want to catch your podcast?

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Berlinmusic Author

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Jun 20, 2022 6:57 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

No, this is not a podcast that people have to pay for. Strange thing is that you can find it on the iPhone Podcasts application without any problems. Maybe the reason that I can't find it on my mac is that it's still running on Catalina?

Thanks a lot for your time! I'll contact the Podcast Support.

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Berlinmusic Author

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Jun 20, 2022 6:37 AM in response to Berlinmusic

ok, now I know that he uses Pocketcast, AntennaCast and Castro. But he recommends Pocketcast. I'm not really familiar with that.

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Jun 20, 2022 8:10 AM in response to Berlinmusic

Pocket Cast requires you to submit your feed URL to it so that it can list it and arrange downloads. As you don't have a feed you can't use it, and the others mentioned are probably the same.

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