Some podcasters raised concerns this week over a new Spotify feature that will publicly display how many plays each podcast ...

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Spotify is rolling out a Plays feature for podcast, which shows number of listener count directly from the podcast episode ...

Spotify has long dominated the music streaming industry, providing a vast collection of music to curious listeners while also ...

The audio platform has branched out to video and has given its podcasters a raise as the war for creator talent heats up. By Jessica Testa Spotify has paid more than $100 million to podcast ...

Spotify has launched a new publicly visible metric called Plays, showing how often podcast episodes are actively listened to ...

The plays will appear next to a podcast episode throughout the app, including the home page, episode page, and show page. It’s also available for creators on Spotify for Creators and Megaphone.

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