In addition to that:
"Jump back in" and "recently listened" are basically the same list of albums. I have tried to understand the logic behind them, but it makes no sense to me, and could very well be just one section.
I listen two some very much non mainstream media. I do have two or three sections of "please listen to random German Rap, or maybe Taylor Swift, everyone likes that". If they base everything on data, they really should know that this won't make me listen to what they propose, so why do they do that?
>I've heard frequent complaints about spotify pushing podcasts but I've never once had spotify show me a podcast above the fold that I haven't myself followed.
That you have followed or listened to a podcast in Spotify is what makes you different here.
I have never listened to a podcast on Spotify, despite being a user since the invite-only days, yet the UI recommends podcasts at the same frequency as you've described.
I imagine many of the other people here do not want podcasts to appear anywhere in the Spotify UI.
I accidentally listened to a podcast in Spotify once. That podcast has been on my homepage ever since. There is no way for me to get rid of it.
I've heard frequent complaints about spotify pushing podcasts but I've never once had spotify show me a podcast above the fold that I haven't myself followed. Only if I scroll really further than I've ever scrolled before could I find it.
Spotify shows me:
"Made for xnorswap: ": 5 "daily mixes" which have always been a bit rubbish because they're not really mixes, they seem to pick a song I like then they're that song's radio. The "Discover Weekly" mix is decent, the daily ones are not.
"Jump back in:" Continue listening to various playlists or albums.
"Recently Played": Similar, but for things I finished the first time.
"Your Shows": Podcasts I've actually subscribed to.
"More like bdrmm": Picks an artist I've recently listened to and suggests similar.
Only then we finally get to suggestions for things I haven't actually engaged with:
"Audiobooks for you": recommended audiobooks.
"Editor's Picks:" Suggested playlists
"Episodes for you": Episodes of podcasts to which I've subscribed.
"New Episodes": More episodes of podcasts to which I've subscribed.
"Shows you might like": Finally the recommended podcasts, about 5 pages down, and similar to podcasts I've listened to. Still no sign of Joe Rogan.
"Popular with listeners of Battleground": More recommended podcasts, again similar to a podcast I do listen to. Still no sign of Joe Rogan.
"Popular with listeners of Oh God What Now": More recommendations based on a podcast I rarely listen to.
"popular with listeners of TRiP": More similar podcasts.
"Popular with listeners of Scott Hanselmann": ditto.
"Spotify Original Podcasts": Finally, deep below anywhere I've scrolled outside of an exercise to look for it, I finally get linked to the Joe Rogan podcast, under a section where they link a bunch of Spotify podcasts.
Is Spotify UK totally different? Or has spotify put me in a "Likes music" category that has all the music recommendations above all the podcast recommendations?
Because I didn't even know Spotify Original Podcasts were a category until I scrolled 10 pages down to look for it.