Hello! I recently submitted my podcast for review and received and email stating that it had been approved and would be available "within a few hours". It has been 5 days and it is still unavailable. The status is listed as "hidden", but there is no explanation as to what that means or why a podcast would be hidden. Does anyone have an answer for this situation? Thanks in advance.
That is a bug with iTunes right now where some new shows recently accepted are set to Hidden. Just un-hide your show and it should then show up fine in iTunes.
Rob W
How do I un-hide it?
Go to Podcasts Connect , select your podcast, and click the third link down under 'Additional Information'.
There are no links at all under "Additional information".
If your show is hidden - when you log into your iTunes podcasts Connect account - and click on your podcast - what you should see is the following:
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Show Title
URL
Box with your show feed
Mirror URL
the URL apple creates for your feed.
Additional Information
unhide podcast (link)
delete podcast (link)
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Just click on "Unhide Podcast"
And then your show should go live in the next 24 hours - usually much much shorter than that.
Rob W
Why is my podcast status "hidden" and what does that mean?
