All the Ways It’s Even Easier To Discover Your Next Favorite Podcast on Spotify
Spotify is all about bringing you closer to the voices and stories you love. That means that finding your next favorite podcast should feel as effortless and personal as getting a top recommendation from a friend. And it’s why we’re also helping creators share their unique shows with people around the world.
Building on that vision, we’ve started rolling out new mobile features that make it even easier to find, follow, and fall in love with the latest podcasts, audio, and video. This is a win for creators, too, as it gives them new ways to reach even more audiences around the globe.
Unlock your next podcast find on Home
One of our top-requested features from podcast listeners is the ability to find new podcasts they’ll love. That’s why we’re bringing discovery front and center on Home for users who love podcasts. Just below your shortcuts, you’ll start seeing recommendations for podcasts and video podcasts ready to be played or saved, making exploring new shows and episodes easier and more immersive. And for some recommendations, we might even add a quick note on why we think it’s a good fit for you, to help make bold picks feel more accessible.
It’s all designed to help you strike the perfect balance between what you already love and what you’ll love next while giving creators more chances to connect with listeners like you. We’ve already begun rolling out these updates globally, and early feedback shows that more users are engaging, saving, and liking, telling us that they’re discovering new podcasts they enjoy.
Stay on top of the shows you love
Ever find yourself searching different parts of Spotify to find the latest episodes from the podcasts you follow? We know this has proved to be challenging. So we’ve made it simpler: We’re bringing all of your favorite podcast episodes from the shows you follow into one place within the Podcasts Following feed. With this new update, you can effortlessly stay plugged in and up-to-date with the creators you love most.
This feature gives you a dedicated place to catch all the latest releases from the podcasts you follow—all in one easy-to-access feed within your main Podcast feed on Home. We’ll continue to explore new ways to make this space even better. So whether you’re tuning in for entertainment, inspiration, or discovery, there’s always something fresh and relevant waiting for you.
More ways to dive deeper and engage
Spotify is the platform with your favorite music, podcasts, and (where available) audiobooks all in one place. Have you ever watched a podcast and wanted to save that song they just mentioned or that book the host recommended? Or maybe you were listening to your favorite author talk about the music or books that inspired them, and wanted to save those for later. Now we’re making it easier to explore across formats, too.
Rolling out globally in the coming weeks, the new “In this episode” section lets creators link directly to other content they mention in their podcasts that’s also on Spotify—from other podcasts and songs to audiobooks, playlists, and more—all in one place on the episode page. It’s perfect for fans who want to dive deeper and for creators working across formats.
But wait, there’s more. We’re enhancing our comments experience with threads based on your feedback. Creators can now deepen conversations with users with threaded replies and easily express themselves with emoji reactions. They’ll continue to be able to control the experience through their Spotify for Creators account, where they can select their preferred settings on which comments appear or opt out of their shows or specific episodes from the experience.
Every update is designed to bring fans and creators closer together through discovery, conversation, music, podcasts, and audiobooks that resonate. We’re excited to keep building features that help you find, follow, and fall in love with the shows, while giving creators more ways to grow and connect with their communities.
