Get your podcast into the Apple Podcasts 'chart'
11/08/22 • 10 min
How you can make sure your podcast is a regular fixture in the Apple Podcasts 'chart'!
To take advantage of the offer mentioned in this episode, click here.
If you find yourself pulling your hair out trying to get into the Apple Podcasts 'chart' just like your competition are, then this is the episode for you!
In case you've been living in the dungeon beneath Joe Rogan's house for the past decade, this is the Apple Podcasts 'chart' explained in one sentence.
The Apple Podcasts 'chart' is a visual representation of some specific actions taken while accessing an RSS feed within the Apple Podcasts ecosystem.
The whole 'chart' and how it's compiled has forever been shrouded in secrecy.
Until recently.
Apple Podcasts themselves revealed exactly what the purpose of the chart is when it comes to public view. Sorta.
"Apple Podcasts Charts reflect the most popular shows and episodes available in a given market and are designed to help people discover what to listen to next. They do not reflect all-time listening records and are not a measure of the largest podcasts by listenership."
Here's the link to read that for yourself.
https://podcasters.apple.com/support/3146-apple-podcasts-charts
So, just how do you get into this elusive 'chart' of all podcast excellence?
I wouldn't believe everything you read about it elsewhere.
I wouldn't even believe Apple Podcasts themselves without question.
In case you want to get a bit more of an insight into that, and why I feel Apple Podcasts whole 'chart' system is problematic, you can watch this video here.
But for the purposes of this episode, I'm going to stick to the topic in hand.
How you can get your podcast into the Apple Podcasts 'chart'
What you'll hear:
- How you can get into the chart - you DON'T need a strategist (0m47s)
- How Steven Bartlett stay on top of the Apple Podcasts 'chart' (1m15s)
- The 'chart formula' (02m39s)
- The caveat (04m17s)
- What DO you do to grow your podcast? (06m29s)
The Podmaster is a Podknows Podcasting production.
Learn more about Podknows and how we help podcasters to reach their goals, by clicking here.
(c)2022 Podknows Podcasting
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How you can make sure your podcast is a regular fixture in the Apple Podcasts 'chart'!
To take advantage of the offer mentioned in this episode, click here.
If you find yourself pulling your hair out trying to get into the Apple Podcasts 'chart' just like your competition are, then this is the episode for you!
In case you've been living in the dungeon beneath Joe Rogan's house for the past decade, this is the Apple Podcasts 'chart' explained in one sentence.
The Apple Podcasts 'chart' is a visual representation of some specific actions taken while accessing an RSS feed within the Apple Podcasts ecosystem.
The whole 'chart' and how it's compiled has forever been shrouded in secrecy.
Until recently.
Apple Podcasts themselves revealed exactly what the purpose of the chart is when it comes to public view. Sorta.
"Apple Podcasts Charts reflect the most popular shows and episodes available in a given market and are designed to help people discover what to listen to next. They do not reflect all-time listening records and are not a measure of the largest podcasts by listenership."
Here's the link to read that for yourself.
https://podcasters.apple.com/support/3146-apple-podcasts-charts
So, just how do you get into this elusive 'chart' of all podcast excellence?
I wouldn't believe everything you read about it elsewhere.
I wouldn't even believe Apple Podcasts themselves without question.
In case you want to get a bit more of an insight into that, and why I feel Apple Podcasts whole 'chart' system is problematic, you can watch this video here.
But for the purposes of this episode, I'm going to stick to the topic in hand.
How you can get your podcast into the Apple Podcasts 'chart'
What you'll hear:
- How you can get into the chart - you DON'T need a strategist (0m47s)
- How Steven Bartlett stay on top of the Apple Podcasts 'chart' (1m15s)
- The 'chart formula' (02m39s)
- The caveat (04m17s)
- What DO you do to grow your podcast? (06m29s)
The Podmaster is a Podknows Podcasting production.
Learn more about Podknows and how we help podcasters to reach their goals, by clicking here.
(c)2022 Podknows Podcasting
Mentioned in this episode:
7 Days Podmastery course
Sign up for the Podmastery 7 Day Makeover
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy
Previous Episode
Use Joe Rogan's secrets on your podcast
How you can leverage Joe Rogan superpowers, ask better questions and enjoy better audiences on your podcast!
To get hold of the super useful tool mentioned in this episode, click here.
If you ask, how can I enjoy more success with my podcast, Marcus Sheridan is here to answer you!
The recording and editing of podcast episodes is the easy part.
The harder part is getting people to actually want to listen to what you've got.
And generally speaking, people don't want to.
After all, what are you bringing to the world that hasn't already been brought to it by the *4 million other podcasts that came before you.
And that's why us podcasters need some outside the box ideas on how to draw attention to our podcasts. Why? Because the one's we're using now obviously aren't working.
If they were, you wouldn't be so excited about the idea of hearing a marketing expert sharing ideas and tips for how to get people to want to listen to your bloody podcast, wouldya?!
In this episode of The Podmaster podcast with 'The Podmaster' Neal Veglio, you'll hear from Marcus Sheridan, author of the game-changing marketing book "They Ask, You Answer" (available here on Audible) and all round marketing guru.
Marcus has lit up stages around the world with his disruptive style of teaching around marketing.
He's coming to the UK in November alongside Brad Sugars on the Raise Your Hand, Raise Your Profits tour.
Make sure you set aside a little time so you can take some notes and proactively take steps to next-level your podcast!
What you'll hear:
- What makes Joe Rogan so successful in podcasting, and why you need to leave emotion out of it when you try to duplicate it (3m47s)
- What holds back ALL other indie podcasters (8m15s)
- How you can get more attention for your own podcast (10m57s)
- How to ask better questions - an exercise you can do (17m39s)
- The Podmaster's practical tip - making all your audio sound the same volume (24m36s)
*the number according to the Podcast Index - The Podmaster suggests the real number of competing podcasts 'out there' is closer to 0.4 million.
The Podmaster is a Podknows Podcasting production.
Learn more about Podknows and how we help podcasters to reach their goals, by clicking here.
(c)2022 - 2023 Podknows Podcasting
Mentioned in this episode:
7 Days Podmastery course
Sign up for the Podmastery 7 Day Makeover
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy
Next Episode
Podcast rankings fraud exposed!
Exposing the fraud around podcast rankings!
The podcast rankings you see being humble bragged about on social media are a LIE! I'm here to expose it.
I’ve been in the podcasting industry for 22 years this coming April and I've lost count of the number of times I’ve heard people talking about podcast rankings. While podcast rankings can be a great metric to measure your success, there’s a lot of misinformation out there about them. In this episode, I’m going to unmask the fraud of podcast rankings and tell you how to treat them.
What you'll hear in this episode all about podcast rankings:
- What podcast rankings are (0m42s)
- What determines podcast rankings? (1m50s)
- The truth about podcast rankings and consultants claiming to be 'top 1%' (03m10s)
- The benefits of getting good podcast rankings (04m20s)
- The truth about podcast rankings and how they affect success (05m21s)
- The actual listener numbers and where they place you in podcast rankings (07m40s)
- Excluding everything below top 250 - their numbers will shock you (09m04s)
- How to boost your podcast rankings (10m40s)
- This week's 'quick tip' - speeding up production workflow (12m00s)
- In conclusion - podcast rankings: useful or not? (13m20s)
Previous episode taking more of a deep dive into the ridiculousness of the Apple Podcasts 'chart' -> https://www.podmastery.co/2
Prefer to 'read' the episode on my 'Blogcast'? -> https://podknowspodcasting.co.uk/podcast-rankings-fraud/
The Podmaster is a Podknows Podcasting production.
Learn more about Podknows and how we help podcasters to reach their goals, by clicking here.
(c)2022-2023 Podknows Podcasting
Mentioned in this episode:
7 Days Podmastery course
Sign up for the Podmastery 7 Day Makeover
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy
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