Spotify is rolling out new features for podcasts on mobile. Here’s what’s new:

Spotify introduces a new podcast metric called Plays, showing how many times an episode has been listened to or watched.

Spotify paid out $100 million to podcasters in Q1 2025.

Patreon launched a new podcast network program, bringing select shows from Sony Music and Wondery to its platform.

Spotify has introduced the Creator Milestone Awards to recognize top podcasters.

Spotify, which introduced Comments on podcasts in July, is now rolling out new settings and controls to help creators better manage their comment sections.

Amazon Music has launched a new Topics feature for podcasts. This AI-powered feature displays topic tags relevant to a podcast episode beneath the episode description. When users click on a tag, it shows a list of episodes that discuss the same topic.

Spotify launched Comments for podcasts, allowing listeners to leave comments on episodes. Creators can like and respond to comments, enable or disable them, and approve which ones are displayed.

YouTube has rolled out the ability for creators to upload podcasts using an RSS feed.

Acast has announced a new feature for its self-serve podcasting advertising platform called the Availability Calendar.

By the end of this year, YouTube will support RSS feeds for podcasts on YouTube Music.

TikTok has started sending in-app messages to podcast creators with instructions on how to upload their podcasts to TikTok via an RSS feed.