Category: Podcast News

Apple Podcasts Subscriptions logo and Libsyn Logo on black background

Apple Podcasts Subscriptions — Earn $$ with Your Podcast

We Make It Easy to Create an Apple Podcasts Subscription with Libsyn  Libsyn is among the first podcast platforms to integrate with Apple Podcasts Subscriptions. Apple Podcasts Subscriptions is designed for creators who want to offer their audiences monthly or annual subscription plans for access to exclusive content, early access,

Read More »
Latino Podcast Listener Report Graphic for the official August 16 relwease with Edison's Gabriel Soto on the left and Libsyn's Elsie Escobar on the right.

Key Takeaways — The Latino Podcast Listener Report 2022

This year’s Latino Podcast Listener Report hosted by Gabriel Soto, Director of Research at Edison Research and Libsyn’s Director of Community and Content, Elsie Escobar, includes exciting information about the growing, maturing Latino podcast audience for creators and advertisers alike. Growth Since 2020, the Latino podcast listenership has grown by

Read More »
Blurred background with mic to the left behind a phone screen featuring a podcast ad with a block of Libsyn turquoise reading "A Closer Look at Dynamic Ad Insertion."

A Closer Look at Dynamic Ad Insertion 

“Dynamic” means pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action. So, when we talk about dynamic ad insertion, we are talking about ads that can quickly and effectively change to suit current audience relevance. They are easily removed and added at will.  Relevancy  Think about it. It used to

Read More »

Libsyn Publishing Services Restored

On Monday, July 25, the Libsyn platform experienced a multi-hour service disruption. To the community of creators around the world who depend on us for all of their hosting needs, we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by yesterday’s disruption. The service disruption was not a result of a malicious

Read More »
Light background of peopletalking an working with "What's New" in a white box overtop and the words "Podcasting workflows WWDC22" and Libsyn logo bottom right corner.

Fun iOS 16 Podcast Workflows from 2022 (WWDC22)

As podcasters we focus on Apple’s hardware releases and how they will create a more seamless experience in podcasting. Truth be told, we’ll be discussing it at length on Episode 220 of The Feed, but I decided to give a quick overview of what iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and WatchOS

Read More »

Libsyn to Support Apple Podcasts Delegated Delivery

On May 16, Apple announced, “Apple Podcasts Delegated Delivery in Partnership with Libsyn” fully launching later this year. This partnership will provide easier submission of new shows (and premium content) to Apple Podcasts from the Libsyn platform. Libsyn is thrilled to be among the podcast hosts partnering with Apple Podcasts

Read More »

Podcasting News: Advertising Webinar and Feedback for The Feed!

Gathering all the updates, information, conversations and news that we publish on our Libsyn social feeds! Coming to you live, every Tuesday 🎤 The Feed: Episode 199 is out! → Podcast Movement recap, including the Fireside Chat partnership, → Updates from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Audacity, Glow.FM as part

Read More »

Podcasting News: Libsyn 5 beta 1.1 and Audacity privacy troubles

Gathering all the updates, information, conversations and news that we publish on our Libsyn social feeds! Coming to you live, every Tuesday Rockin’ Libsyn Podcast: Making Ways Just this year, I relaunched Making Ways with a new focus on the art of music. I’m interviewing bands together with their visual

Read More »
Libsyn’s Community Expert Elsie Escobar shares weekly podcasting news on June 28, 2021.

Podcasting News: Light Listeners and Listening To Sleep

Gathering all the updates, information, conversations and news that we publish on our Libsyn social feeds! Coming to you live, every Tuesday 🎤 The Feed: Episode 196 is out → Talking about Spotify! Their latest 60 million dollar deal with Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy and its new Greenroom,

Read More »

June 22, 2021: Podcasting Updates, Podcasting News From Libsyn

Gathering all the updates, information, conversations and news that we publish on our Libsyn social feeds! Coming to you live, every Tuesday DEI for Podcasters Audience Value and Growth Happening this coming Thursday! Sign up today! Jun 24, 2021 2:00 PM EDT https://www.crowdcast.io/e/dei-for-podcasters Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The CherryPickin Podcast Andre

Read More »

June 15, 2021: Podcasting Updates, Podcasting News From Libsyn

Gathering all the updates, information, conversations and news that we publish on our Libsyn social feeds! Coming to you live, every Tuesday 🎤 The Feed: Episode 195 is out → Update on the closing of Advertisecast → SCAM alert! DMCA takedowns for alleged copyrighted images. Beware. → Apple email updates

Read More »

Apple Podcasts Subscriptions To Launch on June 15

Here we go! We have a date! All podcasters that are looking to get started with using subscriptions in Apple Podcasts, it’s time to prepare to get going! Apple has sent out an email with information and links on how to get started. Email is below in case you didn’t

Read More »

June 8, 2021: Podcasting Updates, Podcasting News From Libsyn

Gathering all the updates, information, conversations and news that we publish on our Libsyn social feeds! Coming to you live, every Tuesday Promote Your Show On Amazon Music! Promote Your Show on Amazon Music Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: And Now We Drink From Matt… And Now We Drink. It’s a long

Read More »

June 1, 2021: Podcasting Updates, Podcasting News From Libsyn

Gathering all the updates, information, conversations and news that we publish on our Libsyn social feeds! Coming to you live, every Tuesday 🎤 The Feed: Episode 194 is out → Canva integration, → Amazon acquiring MGM studios & → Netflix and their podcasting strategy and what they have to do

Read More »

May 25, 2021: Podcasting Updates, Podcasting News From Libsyn

Gathering all the updates, information, conversations and news that we publish on our Libsyn social feeds! Coming to you live, every Tuesday Wowza CANVA!!! And boy oh boy do we have a webinar for YOUUUUUUU https://bit.ly/L5UpdateWebinar The meet-up last week was 🤯 400 + folks signed up How many did

Read More »

May 18, 2021: Podcasting Updates, Podcasting News From Libsyn

Gathering all the updates, information, conversations and news that we publish on our Libsyn social feeds! Coming to you live, every Tuesday 🎤 The Feed: Episode 193 is out → https://thefeed.libsyn.com/site/193-alexa-play-the-podcast OMG Audacity was acquired, Clarifying more about the Apple Podcasts summary tag, How to get promoted on Amazon Music,

Read More »

May 11, 2021: Podcasting Updates, Podcasting News From Libsyn

Gathering all the updates, information, conversations and news that we publish on our Libsyn social feeds! Coming to you live, every Tuesday 👥 Libsyn has a Clubhouse club: Join the LibsynPod → https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/libsynpod Apple Podcasts and iOS 14.5 😨 → How iOS 14.5 broke Apple’s Podcasts app [ux2] https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/03/how-ios–145-broke-apples-podcasts-app →

Read More »

May 04, 2021: Podcasting Updates, Podcasting News From Libsyn

  Join us live every Tuesday! Join us on LIVE! Gathering all the updates, information, conversations and news that we publish on our Libsyn social feeds! Coming to you live, every Tuesday 🎤 The Feed: Episode 192 → https://thefeed.libsyn.com/site/192-where-has-podcasting-been The Apple Event, Apple Podcasts subscriptions, Apple Podcasts Connect troubles, Spotify

Read More »

Libsyn Acquires Podcast Monetization Platform Glow

Glow.fm and Libsyn Libsyn announced this morning the acquisition of Glow.fm (Glow), the podcast monetization platform that enables podcasters to build membership programs and generate listener-supported revenue. Glow offers several ways to provide premium content, but some of the most popular options are below. Sell monthly podcast membership subscriptions Offer one-time

Read More »

Product Release Libsyn 5 Beta 1.0

Today is the day 🎊 Libsyn 5 is here. The day for what? Check out below for some high level answers to your possible questions! What is it? The first beta release for Libsyn 5 is a culmination of feedback, testing, and development across several alpha iterations all leading to

Read More »
podcast-episode-length-blog

The Perfect Length for a Podcast Episode

Here are some of the top questions that we hear from podcasters… “How long should my episode be?” “What is the approximate length of an episode?” “Is having a shorter or longer episode help me gain an audience?” No matter what way the question is asked, we’ve always told our

Read More »

Libsyn Launch Partnership with “Listen” Tab of Samsung Free

Podcast Audience Growth Opportunities with Samsung Libsyn’s launch partnership with Samsung will bring podcasts under the “Listen” tab within the Samsung Free application. Every new launch partnership creates an opportunity for audience growth for Libsyn customers and reaches new audiences. Samsung is another exciting addition to our growing list of

Read More »

What did Rob Greenlee Say?

The podcasting industry thrives on the brainstorming, free-flowing concerns, bright ideas, and intense discussion of brilliant people. For the most part, podcasters, those who work in podcasting, and the brands that support them are good people. Libsyn values participation in discussions in public and private thought-leader groups paving the way

Read More »

Libsyn End Of Year Review 2020

Woohoo, what a year! Looking back at the work that we did this year, for both podcasting and Libsyn has been inspirational and emotional. As much as it feels like this year’s look back might be best skipped due to the nature of 2020, at the same time, the commitment

Read More »

Reminder About Support Hours

Some things will be staying the same during the holidays as past years! We are out of the office on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas, and New Years Day. Please be patient if our ticket response times are longer than usual. Members of our admin team will be on-call to handle

Read More »

Join us at Podcast Movement Virtual 2020

There is still time! Get your ticket! Podcast Movement Virtual started today. The opening ceremony is tonight! It is 10 DAYS of opportunities to learn and connect with other podcasters from all over the world. We are excited to be the sponsors of the Creator Stage and the Professional Podcaster

Read More »

Podfest Global Summit: Let’s Make History!

Help us make history at the Podfest Global Summit! The Podfest Global Summit is attempting the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for Largest Attendance for a Virtual Podcasting Conference in One Week and we are sponsoring the event! Not only is the virtual conference set to have the largest attendance but

Read More »
Added! Headliner Integration is here!

What’s New – Libsyn Platform 4.23

Updated! Crushing Bugs 🦟🐛🐜 This release includes some bug squashing and minor backend updates. Added! Headliner Integration is here! You asked (a lot), and we listened. Headliner integration is here! Headliner is an awesome web app that allows you to import your media into their system and generate nifty video

Read More »
Libsyn Year End Review 2019

Libsyn End Of Year Review 2019

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!! And to follow the trend, we are compiling all the goodness that was 2019 for the entire Libsyn ecosystem, from birthdays to new Hall of Famers to new Destinations to IABv2 Certification and everything in between! Are you ready for the ride? Here we go! Podcasting

Read More »

The Low Down on Stats and Your Spotify Destination

As we reported earlier this month over here, Libsyn and the team at Spotify worked together to update the system to allow for ‘Passthrough’. What this means is instead of Spotify taking a copy of your media file and serving it themselves, they instead serve the file directly from Libsyn

Read More »
Spotify Passthrough Stats

Upcoming Changes to Spotify Stats

Updates are coming to the connection between Libsyn and Spotify! Libsyn will be updated to connect to Spotify using a method known as ‘passthrough’. This method is similar to what most podcast directories use. It simply means that Spotify will serve content from Libsyn’s servers,* instead* of making copies and

Read More »

What’s New – Libsyn Platform 4.21

Updated! Crushing Bugs This release is almost entirely about crushing and squashing bugs. 🦟🐛🐞 Updated! TinyMCE We are updating our WYSIWYG to the latest version, TinyMCE5. Primarily, you use this editor when creating or editing show notes for your episodes. The functionality will not change. The ability to bold, italicize,

Read More »
Libsyn Publisher Hub 1.2.2.4 Wordpress

What’s New – Libsyn Publisher Hub 1.2.2.4

Updated – Adding Compatibility for WordPress 5.3 The team at WordPress have released version 5.3. This version of WordPress includes major updates to the UI, making sure Gutenberg and other pieces of the WordPress admin work smoothly. Additional information regarding 2019’s last major WordPress release can be found here. Libsyn

Read More »
Libsyn Podcast Movement 2019 Sessions

Libsyn’s Podcast Movement 2019 Session Schedule

We are super proud of all of our Libsyn Team’s participation at Podcast Movement. When it comes to podcasting information, whether it be tactics, strategy, analysis or industry punditry, we have you covered! Below you will find all of the Libsyn Team’s sessions during Podcast Movement 2019. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14

Read More »

Libsyn Meet-ups at Podcast Movement 2019 #PM19

The Libsyn Team will be at Podcast Movement! And not only will we be available for you to come chat with us about all things Libsyn and podcasting but we’ll be holding a couple of unofficial meet-ups 😬 We would love to meet you IRL! The meet-ups below both take

Read More »

What’s New – Libsyn Platform 4.19

**Updated! Destinations & Settings, Simplified With so many feed destinations that producers can now distribute content to, the number of places to enter your ‘rating’, ‘category’, ‘author’, and other such things got way too long and way too repetitive. Ugh! Time suck. With this update, we are simplifying those repeated

Read More »

What’s New – Libsyn Publisher Hub version 1.2.2.2

Libsyn Publisher Hub version 1.2.2.2 is a teeny weeny little update that helps some important things work together. Squashing bugs for improved compatibility between the Libsyn Publisher Hub, JetPack, and Gutenberg You don’t know about our Libsyn Publisher Hub aka the Libsyn WordPress Plug-in? Find out all about it here.

Read More »

Libsyn and GDPR

The interwebs as we speak, is still flooded with all things GDPR 😱 In case you happen to not know why all of a sudden you were getting floods of emails all asking you for permission here’s some info on GPDR. Here are some links and basic info that will

Read More »

Libsyn Supports Google’s Podcasting Strategy

  Updated: May 4, 2018. For some time now, Google has been enhancing the way they handle how podcasts display in search results using an Android device. There have been several new articles which are gaining a lot of coverage in the podcasting community and are bringing a new light

Read More »

Frequently Asked Questions About The Libsyn Stats Update

If you haven’t already heard, the Libsyn stats measurements and interface is undergoing a major update. There are some new features and updated metrics as well as a beautiful new mobile-friendly interface. Any time that we change anything to do with stats, we often start to get a ton of

Read More »

Libsyn Stats Overhaul: What You Need To Know

Big changes today, bigger changes coming in December! Woah. Is this a big announcement or what? You can hear the announcement plus discussion on episode 104 of The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast and in this Libsyn Company announcement. You can also get the announcement via this blog post here.

Read More »

Libsyn Now Accepts PayPal Payments

  You all have asked for it… …and we have put out a mini release to give you all access to it. Yup, Libsyn now supports PayPal. While we were at it, we made a few other nifty and small adjustments to billing. Let’s start with the larger bullet points.

Read More »

Changes Coming to the iTunes Submission Process

Howdy! This is Krystal from over at Libsyn support, and we wanted to let you in on some changes to the iTunes submission (plus some other interesting new features iTunes appears to be rolling out). Before we get started, it’s important to note these changes are still being updated by iTunes,

Read More »

How To Get Your Podcast Into Spotify!

Podcasters want to get their podcast into Spotify, badly. This question comes up A LOT. Everywhere. Via email. Via Social Media. Usually it’s in language such as this: “How do I upload my podcast into Spotify?” “I want my podcast in Spotify, how do I do that?” Well… Here’s the

Read More »

Libsyn Has A New Player!

  Libsyn Has A New Player! You heard that right! We totally have a new player! And it’s very pretty. And handsome. And nice. And chic. And just super cool! And OH-SO shareable! This update has been in the pipeline for a looooong time and it’s finally out! Thank you

Read More »

Bonus Episode: Spotify Partners With Libsyn And Podcasting

Download MP3 Quick Episode Summary: Our big announcement! Rob reads the one-sheet that Spotify sent to their partners – and we’re one of the partners! 2:39 What does this mean to you as a Libsyn user? You have a Spotify destination that’s how. A little back story on the relationship.

Read More »

Libsyn Storage is Changing!

If you are an existing Libsyn user you know how hard it was to understand Libsyn storage, let alone explain it to somebody! Our storage has always been based on a 30 days cycle based on when the file was uploaded. For example: If you upload a 45 mb file

Read More »

The Feed The Official Libsyn Podcast Episode Recap 2013

One of the most talked about endeavors for Libsyn finally came to fruition…. Our own podcast! I started working at Libsyn in 2007 and I remember having many discussions about launching our own podcast. I believe before that there were dabbles of some sort or other publishing Libsyn content. But

Read More »

R.I.P. Enhanced Podcasts in GarageBand and Updates to Podcasts App

GarageBand Update Let’s start off with the latest update to GarageBand released by Apple at yesterday’s Apple event. The biggest change those that have downloaded Mavericks and the newest version of GarageBand have noticed is that the podcast track has been removed. You can still record and continue to edit

Read More »

Follow Libsyn on Instagram!

We’ve been sharing some of our top posts, podcasting inspiration and behind the scenes looks from the Libsyn HQ on Instagram. We’ve just recently stepped into the platform and have found it to be incredibly fun, plus a much more intimate way to connect with you guys! How about you

Read More »

Podcast Consumption as easy as Angry Birds

Consuming Podcasts on mobile devices has come a long way since Libsyn started 8 ½ Years ago (Nov 2004). In the early days consuming a podcast on a mobile device took a lot of work by the end users. First listeners needed to download a special program like iPodderX – then

Read More »

The Power of Audio Podcasting

We know the power of audio Although we host audio and video podcasters, we do have a special place in our hearts for audio. There is something about an audio podcast that is quite special – and it seems that the good people at CrazyEgg are also sharing a bit

Read More »

Ooops. We Goofed.

Hello citizens of the libsyn world! Seems we messed up… In a few ways actually. At the end of last year we came across a bug within our system that had been indadvertedly giving Advanced Stats access to everyone, yes, even you lucky people that had signed up for packages that

Read More »

Congratulations to all the Podcast Award Winners

The Podcast Awards took place on the evening of January 8 during the New Media Expo 2013 in Las Vegas. The event was hosted by the amazing Leo Laporte and live streamed via Ustream. It was an amazing night celebrating podcasting and bringing together so many talented and committed content

Read More »

Libsyn Will Be At The New Media Expo 2013!

Guess what? We’re going to be going to the New Media Expo!!!! We can’t wait to meet those of you that are going 🙂 Here are the details: We will be at Booth 517. Make sure you connect with us via twitter- @libsyn Here’s a little bit about the New

Read More »

Libsyn Round-Up 2012

We cannot believe how fast this year has gone by! As we took the time to look back at what we’ve accomplished this year we realize how far we’ve come. This year we started on the path to take podcasting everywhere. The podcast audience is not only in one place.

Read More »

Find Libsyn At Booth 517 At The New Media Expo 2013

We are getting ready for the New Media Expo!!! Are you? If you’re a Libsyn Podcaster please make sure you come on by and see us at Booth 517! We’d love to take your picture and promote your podcast 🙂 We look forward to seeing you! Here’s more info about

Read More »

Holiday App Makeover With iCloud Support and More!

We are working hard to update your app to the latest version in the next month so you can give your audience the best for the holidays! Get excited, because these feature updates are sure to bring some holiday cheer! Check out some of the awesome features you’ll be getting

Read More »

Check Out Our Sessions at Podcamp Pittsburgh 7

The Podcamp Pittsburgh kick-off party starts in just a few hours – we are super excited to get to spend the weekend talking shop with some of our favorite customers and folks who are new to podcasting. Rob and Elsie from our team have put together some great presentations for

Read More »

Join Us for Podcamp Pittsburgh This Weekend

This Saturday and Sunday is the 7th Annual Podcamp Pittsburgh!  Libsyn is pleased to be a sponsor and have both Rob Walch and Elsie Escobar from our team present. What is Podcamp? Podcamp is a low-cost (usually free) conference type event, where folks who love podcasting and social media gather

Read More »

Podcasting Support on Windows 8?

Is it happening? Well, it can. It’s up to you. Speak up and let them now ASAP that you want to have built in podcast support on Windows 8. Do it for podcasting. Go here and leave a comment…NOW. C’mon podcasters, this is when it counts! Share the link on

Read More »

Podcaster Panic Fueled By Feedburner Broken Counting Code

It seems that the podcasting community has been all aflutter due to some weirdness going on with Feedburner that started this Friday September 21. The problem as stated on their blog: We have been encountering difficulties with our stats production pipeline for data representing Sept 19th and 20th, 2012. We

Read More »

Variety covering podcasts!

It’s always nice when an industry publication recognizes that podcasts are moving into mainstream. Whether or not that’s a good thing or not can be debated, but regardless it’s happening. What’s so great about this transition is that the voice of Marc Maron has maintained a great sense of groundedness

Read More »

Publish Your Podcast Episodes Straight To Blogger

Blogger OnPublish is Out! We’ve been asking for your feedback on Twitter and on our Facebook Page. We note everything you guys say…and you wanted Blogger support. So here it is! The process is the same as when you publish for WordPress, Twitter and Facebook through OnPublish, everything is done

Read More »

Publish Your Episodes Directly To WordPress!

WordPress OnPublish Is Out! We know a ton of you use WordPress for your podcast website. We wanted to make your publishing process a little bit easier by allowing you to cross-post directly to your self hosted WordPress site from within your libsyn dashboard! This is the first step in

Read More »

Can Facebook Help Podcasters Grow Our Audience?

Have you guys heard of what SocialCam has been able to do in a short period of time? According to Business Insider it looks like Facebook helped them explode to 75 million users in 15 months! In my humble opinion, I don’t think Facebook did it. I think Facebook helped

Read More »

Ready, Set, Boom! There it is Apple’s Standalone Podcast App

Did you see it yet? Holy bjeezus Apple just released it’s own new standalone app for Podcasts. Key Features: It’s FREE Subscribe, stream or download Browse and discover tweet, message and email podcasts with direct link The usual: Catalogue, Categories, Featured and Search Manages your subscriptions Streaming Radio What do

Read More »

Top Comedy Podcasts Host On Libsyn and LibsynPRO!

We browse around iTunes periodically, you know, checking things out… Scanning through the categories… Checking out the featured and new and notables…. And guess what we found… We are currently hosting 95% of the top Audio Comedy Podcasts! That’s the coolest thing ever! We are beyond honored to be able

Read More »

Libsyn OnPublish Now For Facebook Pages!

Remember the cool functionality to easily cross-post your favorite episodes over to twitter and Facebook via our sweet OnPublish feature? (If you have no idea what I’m talking about check it out here) New Facebook OnPublish Features One of the BIGGEST features that you requested was being able to cross-post

Read More »

Awesome New Podcaster Facebook Timeline Pages

What do you think of the new Timeline for Facebook Pages? Some podcasters have done a great job getting their timeline pages updated. We recently asked our podcasters via Twitter and Facebook to share their newly pimped out timeline pages with us and here is what we got! A little

Read More »
Scroll to Top