At Made on YouTube 2025, the Google video site announced a slew of new AI features that Creators will soon be able to use. Here’s what’s new for YouTube Music and Podcasts.
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With 1 billion monthly podcast users, YouTube now offers a Weekly Top Podcast Shows chart in the US.
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Earlier this year, YouTube became the “most frequently used service for listening to podcasts in the U.S.” and it’s now seeing “1 billion monthly active viewers of podcast content.”
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In addition to announcing sound search and AI-generated conversation radio today, YouTube Music is rolling out “Mark as played” for podcasts.
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YouTube is improving the podcasting experience outside of its Music app with a dedicated “Your podcasts” page.
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Outside the US, Google Podcasts is shutting down on June 23 and the international export options are now live.
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YouTube today released an interview with Chief Product Officer Johanna Voolich about the “Future of Podcasts” on the platform and in YouTube Music.
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YouTube Music is making two quality of life improvements to podcasts with more sort filters and the ever popular radio (music tuner).
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Following the US depreciation in April, Google Podcasts is shutting down for international users this June.
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Google Podcasts was deprecated in the US last week and the intended replacement is not good enough. YouTube Music’s Podcasts team today said it is “working on a lot more improvements.”
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Despite last week’s US shutdown, the Google Podcasts app is still sending out notifications for new episodes.
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Google Podcasts launched in 2018 and has now shut down in the US as YouTube Music becomes the company’s main podcasting solution.
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As Google Podcasts fades away, YouTube Music is bolstering its podcasts offering as a new update prepares to add a “Trim Silence” option.
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YouTube Music introduced “Create a radio” last year and is now giving it a more permanent home.
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The best part of Google Podcasts was its simplicity. Google built a service that was fairly basic in terms of layout/navigation and functionality, but the app didn’t feel barebones. It had everything a podcasting client needed and those that wanted something more advanced could easily switch to another application thanks to the openness and portability of RSS.
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YouTube is now letting audio-first podcasts upload episodes via RSS feed instead of making them manually create a video.
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Google Podcasts will stop working in the US this April, and the migration tool to YouTube Music or other podcasting apps is now live.
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Google today shared a more precise timeline of when Google Podcasts will stop working in 2024, while export options for YouTube Music and other apps are rolling out soon.
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With Google Podcasts shutting down in 2024, YouTube Music is getting the ability to add podcasts via RSS feed. This is now rolling out for the first users.
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Following the news that Google Podcasts is shutting down next year, YouTube Music now has the ability to auto-download podcasts.
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YouTube Music will be Google’s one podcasting app and service going forward, with Google Podcasts set to go away in 2024.
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YouTube Music just launched support for podcasts earlier this year, and that’s going to only get better in the months to come as RSS support is apparently coming to the app.
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After launching in late April for US users, YouTube Music is starting to roll out international support for podcasts.
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YouTube’s big podcasts push has most certainly arrived, with podcasts now in the YouTube Music app. But it seems the platform isn’t done, with YouTube currently testing uploading podcasts via RSS, but only with select shows.
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