Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
Podcasts on YouTube, are not podcasts. Why is that important to you as a podcaster or someone who wants to start one? And what if you’re neither of those but have a YouTube channel and want more views? Let’s talk about all of it!
0:12 What Are Podcasts On YouTube? Playlists
0:23 Podcasts on YouTube Are Different, how?
0:55 Use YouTube Podcasts to Get Your Podcast Into YouTube Music
1:00 Where Won't Your YouTube Podcast Show Up?
1:29 YouTube Does Not Provide an RSS Feed
1:55 Which Video to Put Into A YouTube Podcast Playlist
2:40 Why You Need a Podcast RSS Feed
Podcasts on YouTube are a type of playlist. These playlists are like actual podcasts, in that they fit a format that we’ve come to recognize as a podcast…
For youtube’s purposes, a podcast is a format, a style of content that typically looks like what you think of when you hear someone has a podcast. An episodic show that follows a central theme. For example, you have a podcast about scary movies and each episode of that podcast talks about a different scary movie. Or you have a podcast about finance and each episode is an interview with someone who has something to share about finance. But in youtube’s case, this podcast, only exists on YouTube and the YouTube music app, which if you didn’t know that part, is probably the biggest reason why you would use youtube’s podcast feature. More on that in a minute.
Where you won’t find your podcast is in Apple Podcasts, or Spotify or anywhere else you typically get your podcasts. This is because a podcast in the true definition of the word, has an RSS feed which is how it also exists in most podcast apps. But YouTube does not provide you with an RSS feed, because it’s not an actual podcast from a technical standpoint, the underlying tech of what makes a podcast a podcast.
This is important to understand because perhaps the most powerful thing about having your own podcast, is the unbreakable connection to your audience. In this case, if YouTube wants to take away your podcast, aka, cut you off from you audience, just like for your channel, they can at any moment.
With a true podcast, this doesn’t happen. Apple bans you from their store, your audience, those who have subscribed to your show already, keep their connection. Then you can tell them what happened and how to fix it.
So understanding what you’re getting when you create a podcast on YouTube is important when it comes to understanding your ownership of it.
🎥 🖥 📱🎤 see all my audio/video gear at rayortega.com 👏
SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/rayortega
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/podcasthelper
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#podcasting #podcastersofyoutube #podcaster #youtuber
Podcasts on YouTube, are not podcasts. Why is that important to you as a podcaster or someone who wants to start one? And what if you’re neither of those but have a YouTube channel and want more views? Let’s talk about all of it!
0:12 What Are Podcasts On YouTube? Playlists
0:23 Podcasts on YouTube Are Different, how?
0:55 Use YouTube Podcasts to Get Your Podcast Into YouTube Music
1:00 Where Won't Your YouTube Podcast Show Up?
1:29 YouTube Does Not Provide an RSS Feed
1:55 Which Video to Put Into A YouTube Podcast Playlist
2:40 Why You Need a Podcast RSS Feed
Podcasts on YouTube are a type of playlist. These playlists are like actual podcasts, in that they fit a format that we’ve come to recognize as a podcast…
For youtube’s purposes, a podcast is a format, a style of content that typically looks like what you think of when you hear someone has a podcast. An episodic show that follows a central theme. For example, you have a podcast about scary movies and each episode of that podcast talks about a different scary movie. Or you have a podcast about finance and each episode is an interview with someone who has something to share about finance. But in youtube’s case, this podcast, only exists on YouTube and the YouTube music app, which if you didn’t know that part, is probably the biggest reason why you would use youtube’s podcast feature. More on that in a minute.
Where you won’t find your podcast is in Apple Podcasts, or Spotify or anywhere else you typically get your podcasts. This is because a podcast in the true definition of the word, has an RSS feed which is how it also exists in most podcast apps. But YouTube does not provide you with an RSS feed, because it’s not an actual podcast from a technical standpoint, the underlying tech of what makes a podcast a podcast.
This is important to understand because perhaps the most powerful thing about having your own podcast, is the unbreakable connection to your audience. In this case, if YouTube wants to take away your podcast, aka, cut you off from you audience, just like for your channel, they can at any moment.
With a true podcast, this doesn’t happen. Apple bans you from their store, your audience, those who have subscribed to your show already, keep their connection. Then you can tell them what happened and how to fix it.
So understanding what you’re getting when you create a podcast on YouTube is important when it comes to understanding your ownership of it.
🎥 🖥 📱🎤 see all my audio/video gear at rayortega.com 👏
SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/rayortega
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/podcasthelper
Bluesky: https://rayortega.bsky.social/
#podcasting #podcastersofyoutube #podcaster #youtuber
