HUBHOPPER, one of the ultimate success stories in the global podcast space, offers end-to-end podcasting solutions for both creators and listeners. The platform ensures a quick, easy and assured way to create, edit, host, analyze, and distribute podcasts for creators. The app allows making podcast playlists easy to navigate, setting up sleep timer and listening to at different play-speeds, including 0.5x, 1x, 2x, and more. Whether it’s creating, hosting, distributing or discovering new podcasts, everything is free of cost. The spokesperson at HUBHOPPER stated, “Creators rely on us for their creative expression and reaching out to listeners. We make it seamless for them with a host of fine-tuned products and services, including an in-built recording and editing software, a free data analytical dashboard, an audiogram tool, a website and an app. A new podcast can be directly created on the platform or imported from any other platform in a few easy steps. For distribution, we count on the top streaming platforms, such as TuneIn, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Gaana, Ola Play, Castbox, Spotify, Amazon Alexa, Wynk Music, Samsung Daily, Paytm and Saregama.”
With listenership scaling new heights, Spotify is exploding in popularity. eMarketer forecasts, over 28.2 million Americans would be visiting Spotify once monthly for podcasts, and over 28.0 million would access podcasts via Apple Podcasts. Spotify has been around for over a decade, but its India debuted was just two years back. Presently, it’s the most sought-after music and podcast streaming platform in India, featuring a wide range of content in multiple languages. From devotional, fitness, horror, crime to comedy, science and news, all genres are covered. Given the humongous listenership, gaining a loyal audience on Spotify is a reality for creators.
The spokesperson further stated, “How to create podcast in Spotify? Well, the creator has two ways to accomplish it. One, he/she can directly submit it on Spotify, which can be cumbersome. Firstly, the user needs to create an RSS Feed Link and then comply with Spotify requirements about Data format and Data Elements. This includes having ready a title, covering art, and other details of a minimum of one episode ready. The platform only entertains audio files less than 200 MB, i.e. around 83 minutes @320 Kbps, and supports ISO/IEC 11172-3 MPEG-1 Part 3 (MP3) audio files. Also, special characters and certain HTML tags are not allowed.”
Next, the user has to login into a Spotify account, accept terms and conditions, punch in RSS Feed Link, confirm the podcast’s ownership and, finally, enter, review and submit podcast details. An easier way to submit podcast on Spotify is via HUBHOPPER Studio. The creators need to publish their podcast live, and the platform would then direct them to a window that features different distribution platforms. Upon selecting “Spotify” and clicking on “Publish,” the HUBHOPPER Studio will direct the RSS feed to Spotify for review. Once approved, it appears on Spotify.
About HUBHOPPER:
Gautam Raj Anand's vision, HUBHOPPER is the leading podcasting platform in India for the past 6 years. The platform offers various tools, a website and an app to facilitate the creation and consumption of podcast content across genres. With a repository of 5000 plus podcasts, the HUBHOPPER app is the only stop needed to access famous podcasts in India.