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Podcast hosting

Podcast hosting stores a show's audio and serves its RSS feed, handling the bandwidth of thousands of apps polling and downloading — distinct from the directories where listeners find shows.

Apple and Spotify list shows; the host actually delivers them. Hosts differentiate on analytics, DAI, websites and, increasingly, transcript support.

Related terms

RSS feed (podcasting)A podcast RSS feed is the XML file that defines a show — its metadata and an entry per episode with the audio … Dynamic ad insertion (DAI)Dynamic ad insertion assembles the ads in a podcast episode at download time, so different listeners hear diff…

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What is Podcast hosting?

Podcast hosting stores a show's audio and serves its RSS feed, handling the bandwidth of thousands of apps polling and downloading — distinct from the directories where listeners find shows.

Why does Podcast hosting matter?

Apple and Spotify list shows; the host actually delivers them. Hosts differentiate on analytics, DAI, websites and, increasingly, transcript support.

What terms are related to Podcast hosting?

Closely related concepts: RSS feed (podcasting), Dynamic ad insertion (DAI) — each has its own entry in this glossary.

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