Podcasts are "temporarily unavailable" on multiple apps

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Podcasts are "temporarily unavailable" on multiple apps

For a few days now, I believe following the 16.5.1 update, I've been I unable to download or stream most new podcasts, with an error message saying they're "temporarily unavailable". This is consistent across Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, and Amazon Music. The only exception I've found is the NPR News podcasts, with Up First and NPR News Now both working normally (but not, for example, This American Life, or various other non-NPR podcasts). This happens both on my home wifi and on mobile data, and only seems to affect my iPhone 14 (my iPad and MacBook are fine). I've rebooted the phone and reset the network settings, but no luck. Any help is greatly appreciated!

iPhone 14

Posted on Jun 25, 2023 10:30 AM

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Tye Darkcolor

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Aug 25, 2023 4:11 AM in response to autobot_trixter

iPhone 12 Pro Max with iOS 16.6

multiple shows in Podcasts App, will not download, & they will not stream either. If trying to stream, it says ‘This episode is temporarily unavailable’

nothing seems to fix it. Have gone so far as to delete Podcasts app entirely and reinstalled

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rentzm

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Jan 15, 2024 9:33 AM in response to Tye Darkcolor

The same thing is happening to a podcast I host. I can't figure out why about 50% of the people who try to listen through Apple can't seem to listen to it

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Apr 11, 2024 8:13 AM in response to rentzm

I also host a relatively small podcast, around 300 downloads per episode. I've had a few of my listeners recently inform me of the same thing. Interestingly, over 90% of my downloads come from Apple; I wonder how many I'm losing?

I wonder if Apple throttles bandwidth for smaller podcasts to save room for more popular ones during maintenance times, etc. If it was an issue I can't blame them for that.

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