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Sponsored by Riverside. Your podcast deserves more than audio. Riverside [https://podnews.net/class-click/2977/2025-08-07] captures studio‑quality video and audio, cleans tracks with AI, and auto‑generates shareable clips, so episodes are published before your first coffee. * Exclusive: Ahead of today’s UK Podcast Consumer 2025 webinar [https://podnews.net/press-release/podcast-consumer-2025-uk] (at 2pm London time today; 9am Eastern - still time to register), Edison Research have revealed the power of UK podcasting. The biggest ten shows in the UK reach a staggering 2.3mn Americans every week. * Two of those shows are from Goalhanger: founder Jack Davenport is on the keynote stage at Podcast Movement [https://2025.podcastmovement.com?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-08-07] to share his company’s tips for growth. * One show is from Wondery, which announced 110 layoffs [https://podnews.net/update/amazon-cuts-wondery] earlier this week. * How fast is video podcasting growing? Audioboom has doubled its video revenue in the first half of 2025 [https://podnews.net/press-release/audioboom-video], it says, and suggests that more than 60% of its creators are producing video podcasts. Over 13% of its business is now video revenue, the company says. * We’ve updated our list of Apple Podcasts “Best Of” shows [https://podnews.net/article/apple-best-so-far-aug-2025] to include the “best of” lists in Arab nations, which are also listed in the Apple Podcasts app. Sorry to the team from Debt Heads [https://podnews.net/podcast/iatdy] who noticed we’d missed them out. We’ve also corrected the star ratings that appear for some shows. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website [https://podnews.net/update/biggest-uk-shows]: and get our free daily newsletter. Classifieds - your job or ad here [https://podnews.net/classifieds/] * Business owner with a struggling podcast? [https://podnews.net/class-click/2855/2025-08-07] — Most podcasts don’t fail from lack of effort. They fail from bad strategy. Let's fix that with a free 30-min session. No hidden fees. No commitments. Just free advice. * Podcast Host? 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Sponsored by Riverside. Your podcast deserves more than audio. Riverside [https://podnews.net/class-click/2977/2025-08-06] captures studio‑quality video and audio, cleans tracks with AI, and auto‑generates shareable clips, so episodes are published before your first coffee. * Apple Podcasts released its list of “Best So Far” shows - which “recognizes some of the best podcast shows and seasons since the beginning of the year.” The lists are localised for some countries - so Podnews today carries a list of all the countries we could find with a “best-of” list [https://podnews.net/article/apple-best-so-far-aug-2025]. It shows the focus of Apple - listeners in mainland Europe, most of Latin America and much of Asia don’t get a list, while Brazil is the only country we can find that lists non-English language podcasts in its Best So Far. * GuestMatch.Pro has launched in beta [https://guestmatch.pro?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-08-06] - from Blubrry, it’s designed to connect content creators, specialists, and agencies for interview opportunities. For the first 90 days, it’s 100% free for everyone (and will remain free for Blubrry customers). You’ll find our Editor there already! * Spotify is to cease support for comments for podcasts in Nigeria. [https://podnews.net/uploads/spotify-nigeria-comments-ceasing.webp] We’ve asked Spotify for comment: it may be related to proposed laws in Nigeria for social media platforms. [https://thenationonlineng.net/bill-to-regulate-social-media-scales-second-reading-in-senate/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-08-06] > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website [https://podnews.net/update/apple-best-so-far-countries]: and get our free daily newsletter. Classifieds - your job or ad here [https://podnews.net/classifieds/] * Getting less than 1,000 downloads per episode? [https://podnews.net/class-click/1244/2025-08-06] — Download your FREE Podcast Growth Scorecard! This tool helps you focus your podcast marketing so that you can spend your time on the marketing activities that have the most impact on podcast growth. * Podcast Host? Score $500 for Growing your Audience [https://podnews.net/class-click/2958/2025-08-06] — PodSnacks uses AI to summarize your episodes, shares them via email updates, and includes Spotify and Apple links. Got 1k+ contacts? 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