🆚 Apple Podcasts vs. Audible

Apple Podcasts is a podcast distribution and streaming platform from Apple that allows users to discover, follow, and listen to shows across Apple devices.

It provides creators with RSS-based distribution and directory listing, supports paid subscriptions and channels through Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, offers episode transcripts and offline listening, and synchronizes playback across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and CarPlay.

Audible is an Amazon-owned online service for audiobooks, podcasts, and original spoken-word content.

It offers a large library of audiobooks, offline downloading, cross-device syncing, a credit-based subscription model, and exclusive Audible Originals available in over 50 languages.

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

• 🥈 Second most popular in Taiwan in the Audio Streaming category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Audio Streaming category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in the United Kingdom in the Audio Streaming category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Australia in the Audio Streaming category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Canada in the Audio Streaming category.

• 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Audiobooks category.
• 🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Audiobooks category.
• 🔥 11st most popular in the United States in the Audio Streaming category.
• 🔥 15th most popular in Germany in the Audio Streaming category.

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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