🆚 Apple Podcasts vs. Libsyn

Type

Audio streaming service
Audio streaming service

About

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.

Libsyn is a podcast hosting platform that provides creators with tools to publish, distribute, and monetize audio and video podcasts across major listening platforms.

It supports distribution to more than 20 destinations including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube, offers IAB-certified analytics with geographic and performance data, and provides customizable embedded players.

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Headquarters

Cupertino, California, United States
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
Free version ❌
Basic
(3 hrs of uploads per month)
$7/month
Plus
(6 hrs of uploads per month)
$15/month
Advanced
(10 hrs of uploads per month)
$20/month

Categories

Audio Streaming › Rank #3
Audio Streaming › Rank #8

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Apple Podcasts audio streaming service is 6 times more popular than Libsyn.
Total websites

Market share

Audio Streaming

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Apple Podcasts is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Libsyn is more popular in Greenland and Jersey.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada
France
Spain
Netherlands
Japan
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Apple Podcasts is more popular than Libsyn in all market segments.
Blogs/Wiki
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Education/Reference
Health
Sports
Internet Services
General News
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
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Name
Rank
#1,368
#2,316
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See also

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