Got it recorded and edited? Go public! Choose a few platforms and test where your audience

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An important step in creating a podcast is choosing categories (not only) in Apple Podcasts . Simply choose the one that best fits the topic of your podcast. While you can choose up to three categories in Apple Podcasts, the first one is important . Make sure the first category is well-chosen.

Adding a subcategory will improve your podcast's visibility. For example, if your podcast is about politics, it's better to be at the top of the subcategory: News > Politics than somewhere near the bottom of the general News category.

Sharing platforms
is . Don't forget to upload episodes to your website or blog .

There are many platforms where content can be published, let's take a look at some of them:

iTunes – one of the first to adopt podcasts as a common audio format, the application is free, podcasts can be easily downloaded and listened to offline.

Spotify – available for Android and iOS, free version contains ads, brazil phone number list paid version is ad-free. Podcasts can be downloaded and listened to offline.

PodBean – a platform designed for podcasts, when uploaded they will also appear on Spotify.

SoundCloud – free app; PRO version does not limit storage size. Listeners and content creators can communicate with each other, for example through comments.

Anchor.fm – a platform designed primarily for podcast creators who are looking for an effective and simple solution and those who are just starting out with podcasts. It is characterized by a user-friendly environment, free hosting , offering statistics on listeners, and distribution of podcasts to various platforms with one click – be it Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, etc. However, when it comes to Apple Podcasts specifically, Czech users have different experiences; sometimes the podcast was uploaded the next day, but sometimes it took a week to upload .