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Unlike other podcast charts, the YouTube chart is ranked by watch-time. * YouTube “generally” defines a podcast as a playlist designated as a “podcast” by the creator in the upload process. * Bumper has discovered that the available data goes back to Mar 18, 2025 [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danmisener_youtube-announced-podcast-charts-today-and-activity-7328958388908818432-IGmI?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-05-16]. Joe Rogan has been #1 every week. * It’s a US chart only. The company is “expanding podcast charts to additional regions.” * YouTube has also, quietly, updated the YouTube Podcasts homepage in the US to be editorially curated [https://www.youtube.com/podcasts?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-05-16]. It highlights podcasts as square podcast artwork, and editorially curates them into different rails (“Award-winning”, “Music minded”, “In conversation with”, “Gaming and sport”, etc). Viewers in other countries get the older, algorithmic page that contains 16:9 video thumbnails, including many things that aren’t really podcasts. Compare these two screenshots - YouTube Podcasts in the US [https://podnews.net/uploads/yt-podcasts-us-250516.jpg], and YouTube Podcasts in Australia [https://podnews.net/uploads/yt-podcasts-au-250516.jpg]. This change appears to only be in place in the US. * One of the concerns for our industry highlighted in the Podnews Report Card [https://podnews.net/article/report-card-2025-results] this year was the YouTube podcasts homepage, with comments that the company “needs to invest in editorial curation to be taken more seriously”. * Spotify announced a change in the way they will display play-counts for podcasts. "To help celebrate growth, plays will be presented as incremental milestones instead of precise figures, beginning once an episode hits 50K plays. Creators will still see their precise numbers in their private dashboards." 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Tony Pastor, the company’s co-founder, told us that the award “proves there’s still a huge appetite for long-form, intelligent content delivered in an entertaining way.” * Online radio streamer AccuRadio is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection [https://podnews.net/press-release/accuradio-chapter-11] after failing to reach agreement with music royalty company SoundExchange. After almost twenty-five years, AccuRadio has paid over $13.5mn in royalties to Sound Exchange.. * The popular audio show Twenty Thousand Hertz is coming to YouTube [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dallastaylor_ive-been-keeping-a-massive-secret-about-activity-7328486711435448320-NEc9/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-05-15]. Dallas Taylor writes: “This is not a video version of the podcast. It is its own thing fully designed for YouTube. The podcast will remain beautifully crafted and story-driven. 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Sponsored by RedCircle. Trusted by FIJI Water, NerdWallet, and Bandai Namco to run their podcast ads. Are you next? Get a free campaign plan. [https://podnews.net/class-click/2888/2025-05-13] * The Webby Awards ceremony took place last night in New York. [https://podnews.net/press-release/webby-awards-2025-ceremony] Webby Award for Podcast of the Year went to hosts of The MeidasTouch Podcast (above), for “groundbreaking contributions to digital political commentary and cultural advocacy.” We link to all the winners. * iHeartMedia released its Q1/25 earnings. [https://investors.iheartmedia.com/news/news-details/2025/iHeartMedia-Inc--Reports-Results-for-2025-First-Quarter/default.aspx?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-05-13] Podcast revenue was $116mn, up 28% year-on-year - representing 14.3% of the company’s total revenue (this time last year, that was 11.3%). The company still has debt of $4.6bn. It plans $150mn of cost savings this year: 10% of those savings will come from the digital audio group (but 65% from the legacy broadcast division). In analysis, Chris Peterson says podcasting is driving the company [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/originalchrispeterson_iheartmedia-just-dropped-their-q1-25-earnings-activity-7327810486622646272-7h-Q/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2025-05-13]. * Buzzsprout has integrated its paid subscription tool with Apple Podcasts Subscriptions [https://podnews.net/press-release/buzzsprout-premium-podcasting], making it easier to produce premium or ad-free episodes. > > > Read more of today’s podcast industry news stories on the Podnews website [https://podnews.net/update/webby-awards-25-wins]: and get our free daily newsletter. Classifieds - your job or ad here [https://podnews.net/classifieds/] * Looking for a sign? Clarity? Inspiration? 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