What If Your Podcast Downloads Were Public? Spotify Plays: Explained

🌟Try Riverside Today: https://riverside.fm/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Why+Spotify’s+New+Play+Count+Has+Podcasters+Worried Spotify is now showing public play counts on all podcast episodes, and not everyone is happy about it. Here’s what the change means for creators—big and small—and why some are calling it a bad move for discoverability. 📰 Articles Mentioned Spotify Plays Announcement https://creators.spotify.com/resources/news/plays-on-spotify How Spotify Counts Metrics https://support.spotify.com/us/creators/article/how-we-count-engagement-metrics/ Creators on Spotify Plays https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/spotify-plays-feature-smaller-podcasters-worried-rcna205651 📺 Videos Mentioned https://youtu.be/0WRCSkH0wDM?si=nKe_cJq0pScup4mT https://youtu.be/vG--lzASbAo?si=m6UUkqAKYE6AbKYF Chapters ➡ 00:00 Introduction 00:28 What is Spotify “Plays"? 02:00 What Shows Publicly? 03:02 The Issue with “Plays" 04:06 Numbers Are Everywhere 05:52 How to Be Everywhere Download our Riverside app for iPad and iPhone: 👉 https://apps.apple.com/app/id1554443872 Download Riverside app for Android: 👉 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=riverside.fm --- Keep up to date: Subscribe to on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaG… Follow us on Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/riversidedotfm Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rive… Like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/riversidedotfm Read our blog - https://www.riverside.fm/blog --- Try Riverside Today: https://riverside.fm/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Why+Spotify’s+New+Play+Count+Has+Podcasters+Worried ⭐⭐⭐ About Riverside.fm ⭐⭐⭐ Riverside.fm is the leading remote recording platform that makes professional podcast and video creation achievable by anyone, anywhere. The platform has easy-to-use tools to help you record, edit, and promote your show. Podcasters and companies, including Guy Raz, Gary Vaynerchuk, Marvel, Spotify, and The New York Times, already use Riverside to record studio-quality interviews from anywhere, with no loss in recording quality.