8 Podcast Blogs for Podcasters, Advertisers, PR Firms, and Listeners

We all love podcasts, so we want to know everything we can about the medium. In addition to listening to podcasts about podcasting, we’re constantly reading blogs to stay informed. Here are our favorite podcast blogs for podcasters, listeners, public relations firms, and advertisers.

Table of Contents:

• Podcast Blogs for Podcasters
• Podcast Blogs for Advertisers and PR Professionals
• Podcast Blogs for Listeners
• Best Overall Podcast Blog

Podcast Blogs for Podcasters

1) The Podcast Host

The Podcast Host has hundreds of in depth blogs for podcasters at every level. Their posts are well organized between “starting out, “leveling-up”, and “getting serious”. If you are looking for even more information they even have an academy with courses and live coaching.

Articles to Read

• Minimum Effective Podcast Editing: The MEE Podcasting Method™
• The Field Recording Challenge: What Did We Learn?
• Best Affiliate Programs for New Podcasters (& How to Use Them!)

2) Podnews

Podnews is a blog and a newsletter. You can explore their website to learn more about podcast news, history, and more. Their newsletter is popular among podcasters and other industry professionals as a way to keep up to date with the ever expanding world of podcasting.

Articles to Read

• How long should a podcast be?
• Mythbusting: are downloads from ‘AppleCoreMedia’ mostly Apple Podcasts?
• Was Robin Williams the first podcaster?

3) Podcast Insights

Podcast Insights features in-depth guides on how to start and grow your podcast, including what software and equipment you need. They also have a 10-day email course if you’d like additional insights.

Articles to Read

• Best Desktop Computers For Music Production (& Podcasting)
• How (And Why) To Register A Domain Name For Your Podcast
• Best WordPress Plugins For Podcasters & Bloggers

Podcast Blogs for Advertisers and PR Professionals

4) Sounds Profitable

Sounds Profitable focuses entirely on the business of podcasting. They are constantly investigating how advertisers can more effectively utilize podcasting, and provide fascinating insights from their studies of the podcast ecosystem.

Articles to Read

• After These Messages
• Is It Time to Rethink Promo Codes?
• Programmatic Advertising for Buyers

5) Acast

Acast is the world’s leading independent podcast company that provides podcast hosting and monetization for podcasters. They have worked with hundreds of podcast advertisers to advertise on thousands of podcasts. Their blog synthesizes their wisdom into fascinating articles for podcast advertisers, including case studies from several of their clients.

Articles to Read

• Why Podcast Advertising Remains Unshakable
• Acast release first ever research on podcast listening habits in Asia
• Are You Listening? How Acast has quantified the ‘attention economy’ for podcasting

Podcast Blogs for Listeners

6) Discover Pods

Discover Pods’ mission is to help podcast fans find new shows. For years, they’ve listened to and reviewed podcasts, writing round-up articles to guide readers to their next favorite podcast.

Articles to Read

• 15 Audio Drama Podcasts to Get You Hooked on Fiction
• The Parapod: The Haunted House Investigation That Lied
• The Podcasts That Got Me Through My Breakup

7) Podcast Review

Podcast Review writes best-of articles for podcasts of all genres, as well as in-depth reviews of individual podcasts. Their smart and thoughtful style of podcast writing is a refreshing voice 

Articles to Read

• The 9 Best Travel Podcasts
• Psychobabble: A Podcast Built on Positivity and Absurdity
• 7 Essential Podcasts Hosted by Black Women

Best Overall Podcast Blog

8) Podchaser

Was there any doubt that we wouldn’t choose ourselves? We may be biased, but Podchaser has years of articles for podcast advertisers, public relations professionals, creators, listeners alike. We want everyone to get the most out of podcasts, so we are always writing about it!

Articles for Advertisers and Public Relation Firms

• 24 Best Productivity Tools for Podcast Advertisers
• Is Podcast Advertising Effective?
• The Ultimate Guide to Podcast Media Buying

Articles for Podcasters

• How to Write Better Podcast Show Notes [with Example]
• How to Create an at Home Podcast Studio
• Podcast Music Licensing: What You Should Know

Articles for Listeners

• How to Listen to Podcasts
• How to Rate and Review a Podcast
• 17 Podcast Awards to Keep an Eye on This Year

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