{"id":12558,"date":"2022-08-18T15:18:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/18\/apples-new-podcast-charts-show-amazon-at-the-top\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T15:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:18:09","slug":"apples-new-podcast-charts-show-amazon-at-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/18\/apples-new-podcast-charts-show-amazon-at-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s new podcast charts show Amazon at the top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/18\/23311290\/apple-top-subscription-podcast-charts-amazon-wondery-smartless\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/18\/23311290\/apple-top-subscription-podcast-charts-amazon-wondery-smartless<\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<div readability=\"75.844059405941\">\n<p id=\"LAOyMI\">Apple Podcasts is introducing a pair of <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/browse\/top-charts\">new top 100 charts<\/a> today that track subscription podcasts and subscription podcast channels. And as of day one, Amazon is at the top.<\/p>\n<p id=\"EmDC9H\">Amazon\u2019s stable of shows dominates the new charts. <em>Morbid<\/em>, <em>SmartLess<\/em>, and <em>Something Was Wrong<\/em>, which release early for subscribers of Amazon-owned Wondery Plus, nab the top three spots among subscriber shows in the US. The type of limited-time exclusivity arrangement, which is looser than the platform-exclusive arrangement that Spotify has with shows like <em>The Joe Rogan Experience<\/em> and <em>Call Her Daddy<\/em>, appears to be working in driving subscriptions, even if it\u2019s away from Amazon\u2019s platforms. <\/p>\n<p id=\"ho1mTq\">Wondery Plus, meanwhile, is the top subscription channel overall in the US, Canada, and the UK. In the US, the Sword and Scale +PLUS Light (elegant!), The Binge, Luminary, and Pushkin Plus take the next four spots.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-right\">\n<aside id=\"ylmkcY\"><q>The charts don\u2019t directly show the top moneymakers<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"5o8oTX\">These new charts should give those paywalled shows and channels, which may not make it onto the main rankings, a little more visibility. I personally love it because it lets me keep an eye on which shows people are willing to spend money on.<\/p>\n<p id=\"phmcnx\">Caveats abound, of course. Like the main Apple Podcasts charts, these new ones use a unique and somewhat opaque definition of \u201ctop.\u201d That\u2019s to say: these are not a direct measure of which shows and channels have the most subscribers or are making the most money \u2014 though those elements are factored in. Like Apple\u2019s other podcast charts, these new charts base their rankings on a mix of listener engagement, follows, and completion rate. They also weigh total subscribers and engagement with subscription content, Apple spokesperson Zach Kahn tells <em>Hot Pod<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"oNU0tC\">TL;DR: making a ton of money isn\u2019t enough to hit the top of the list \u2014 people still have to be tuning in. Though if you\u2019re making all that cash\u2026 chances are you\u2019ve got some big fans anyway.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"WQ2XGO\">\n<div class=\"c-newsletter_signup_box \" id=\"newsletter-signup-short-form\" data-newsletter-slug=\"podcasts\" readability=\"6.2733050847458\">\n<div class=\"c-newsletter_signup_box__main\" readability=\"30.470338983051\">\n<p>      <span class=\"c-newsletter_signup_box__icon\"><br \/>\n        <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 54.47 53.1\"><line fill=\"#ffffff\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" stroke-width=\"5px\" stroke=\"#000000\" x1=\"1.77\" y1=\"49.98\" x2=\"27.93\" y2=\"23.82\"><\/line><line fill=\"#ffffff\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" stroke-width=\"5px\" stroke=\"#000000\" x1=\"33.82\" y1=\"17.93\" x2=\"49.43\" y2=\"2.32\"><\/line><line fill=\"#ffffff\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" stroke-width=\"5px\" stroke=\"#ff7f00\" x1=\"10.32\" y1=\"41.43\" x2=\"21.32\" y2=\"30.43\"><\/line><line fill=\"#ffffff\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" stroke-width=\"5px\" stroke=\"#000000\" x1=\"2.42\" y1=\"21.87\" x2=\"22.31\" y2=\"1.76\"><\/line><line fill=\"#ffffff\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" stroke-width=\"5px\" stroke=\"#000000\" x1=\"27.97\" y1=\"51.33\" x2=\"41.2\" y2=\"38.1\"><\/line><line fill=\"#ffffff\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" stroke-width=\"5px\" stroke=\"#ff7f00\" x1=\"46.47\" y1=\"32.83\" x2=\"52.7\" y2=\"26.6\"><\/line><\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"c-newsletter_signup_box__title\">\n      <span class=\"sr-only\"><br \/>\n        Sign up for the<\/p>\n<p>          newsletter<\/p>\n<p>      <\/span><br \/>\n      Hot Pod<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p class=\"c-newsletter_signup_box__blurb\">Every Tuesday receive analysis, insights, and commentary on the growing audio industry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/18\/23311290\/apple-top-subscription-podcast-charts-amazon-wondery-smartless\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/18\/23311290\/apple-top-subscription-podcast-charts-amazon-wondery-smartless<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Apple Podcasts is introducing a pair of new top 100 charts today that track subscription podcasts and subscription podcast channels. And as of day one, Amazon is at the top. Amazon\u2019s stable of shows dominates the new charts. Morbid, SmartLess, and Something Was Wrong, which release early for subscribers of Amazon-owned Wondery Plus, nab [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,8],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-12558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple","category-technology","tag-apple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple\u2019s new podcast charts show Amazon at the top - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/18\/apples-new-podcast-charts-show-amazon-at-the-top\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apple\u2019s new podcast charts show Amazon at the top - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: Apple Podcasts is introducing a pair of new top 100 charts today that track subscription podcasts and subscription podcast channels. 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