Ask HN: Where do podcast apps source their data from?

Posted by jrhey on Saturday March 16, 2024 @05:19PM
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Re:Ask HN: Where do podcast apps source their data from? by TillE on Saturday March 16, 2024 @06:52PM (#39730181)

iTunes is still the canonical place to post a podcast and get it picked up by nearly every app.

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Au...

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Re:Ask HN: Where do podcast apps source their data from? by stop50 on Saturday March 16, 2024 @06:14PM (#39729955)

Apple podcasts, fyyd, podcast index, ...

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Re:Ask HN: Where do podcast apps source their data from? by hammock on Saturday March 16, 2024 @05:30PM (#39729645)

The podcast hosting companies (iheart, Libsyn etc)

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Re:Ask HN: Where do podcast apps source their data from? by smoldesu on Saturday March 16, 2024 @05:26PM (#39729620)

RSS

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Re:Ask HN: Where do podcast apps source their data from? by jamescridland on Monday March 18, 2024 @05:55AM (#39742002)

You can either use the iTunes API, or you can use the Podcast Index, which is free and open for anyone. podcastindex.org also has a number of APIs to help build a tool.

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