How and Where can I Manually Distribute my Podcast RSS feed?

Expanding your podcast's presence across multiple platforms offers several advantages:

Helps your niche audience discover your podcast.
Increases your overall discoverability and, consequently, your listenership.
Reduces your reliance on a single platform, providing stability in your listener base. So, even if a platform's algorithm changes, your listenership remains consistent.

In today's podcast landscape, there's a multitude of platforms to choose from, making it challenging to keep up with the process of sharing your podcast across all of them. Fortunately, Hubhopper Studio simplifies this process by enabling distributing your podcasts to platforms like Spotify, Amazon Music, JioSaavn, PocketCasts, and many more.

However, there are certain podcast platforms that either haven't been integrated into Hubhopper's distribution system or require creator verification. Here, we'll provide a list of such platforms and guide you through the manual distribution process for each of them.

Youtube & Youtube Music

Step 1: Before enabling YouTube distribution, ensure you have a YouTube channel set up. If you don’t have one yet, you can create it through YouTube Studio.

Step 2: Next, create a dedicated playlist for your podcast. Customize the playlist details to match your podcast’s branding and content

Step 3: Set Your Playlist as a Podcast for it to be made available on Youtube Music. Click the three-dot menu next to your playlist and select ‘Set as Podcast’ to designate it as an official podcast on YouTube.

Step 4: To complete the setup, verify your YouTube account using your phone number. This step is required to enable podcast distribution and access additional YouTube features.

Step 5: Connect your YouTube channel to your Hubhopper account via your manual distribution tab

Step 6: Go to the ‘Select Playlist’ section. From the dropdown menu, choose the playlist you want to associate with your podcast.

Once set up, all new video episodes will automatically be uploaded to your YouTube channel and made available on YouTube Music.

Castbox

Step 1: Create your account on Castbox Website.

Step 2: Click on the user icon on the top right and then click on the ‘Creator Studio’.

Step 3: Click on ‘Claim Ownership’ under the channel. Once you click it, a pop-up will come.

Step 4: Put your podcast RSS feed in the first column and the email ID mentioned in your podcast RSS feed link in the second column and hit the submit button.

Step 5: Castbox will send you a verification link on the email ID you put in. Open that email and click on the verification link.

Step 6: Once you click on the verification link, the terms and conditions page will open in a different tab. Read out the Terms and Conditions, click on the checkbox below, and click on ‘Confirm’ at the bottom.

Your podcast will instantly go live on Castbox and will be seen in your Studio Dashboard.

Gaana

Step 1: Create your account on Gaana for Pocasters Website.

Step 2: Add your Podcast RSS feed for ingestion

Step 3: Add your Signatory’s Name for agreement approval

Step 4: Select the respective language, podcast category & podcast tag

Step 5: Submit and your show will be made live within 7 days

Player FM

Step 1: Sign up on Player FM using your Gmail or Apple ID. You can also create an account using an email ID.

Step 2: After creating the account, click on the 'Subscription' button at the top. Next, click on the '+' icon on the right.

Step 3: In the new window, select the ‘Add a feed URL’ option.

Step 4: Paste your podcast RSS feed in the first column and then click on the 'Public' button in the next column.

Step 5: Lastly, hit the 'Import feed' button. Your Player FM URL will be ready within a few seconds.

Audible

Step 1 If you had previously distributed your show to Aamazon Music, your show will be available on Audible

Step 2: Visit their website to search for your podcast

Anghami

Step 1: Visit Anghami website for podcasters

Step 2: Click on 'publish your podcast' & Add your podcast RSS feed

Step 3: Verify your RSS feed email address

Step 4: Choose genre, country & language for your podcast and there you go!

iHeartRadio

Step 1: Access the iHeartRadio Podcast Submission Page Go to the iHeartRadio Podcasters page and click the red Submit Your Podcast button at the top.

Step 2: Log in or Create an iHeartRadio Account You’ll be prompted to log in or sign up. Complete this step to access your podcast dashboard. After logging in or creating an account, click Add Your Podcast.

Step 3: Enter Your RSS Feed Paste your podcast’s RSS feed URL from your host into the provided field. Check the box to confirm you're not a robot, then click Verify Podcast RSS.

Step 4: Review Show Details and Accept Terms Once verified, review your podcast details and ensure they’re accurate. Agree to the terms and conditions by checking the boxes. Finally, click Submit Podcast to complete the process.

SHEQONOMI

Here's how you can submit your podcast to Sheqonomi:

Step 1: Go to the Sheqonomi website and navigate to the 'Submit Feed' section.
Step 2: Scroll down to the bottom and complete the provided form.
Step 3: After submission, you'll receive a confirmation email.

Podchaser

Step 1: Visit Podchaser website. Click on Sign Up (top right corner).

Step 2: Submit your podcast’s RSS feed.

Step 3: Verify ownership via email or by adding a unique code to your podcast’s website.

Podcast Addict

Step 1: Ensure your podcast is already listed on major platforms (e.g., Apple Podcasts, Spotify) via your RSS feed.
Step 2: Podcast Addict pulls content automatically from these platforms or direct submission via this link
Step 3: Share your podcast’s direct link with listeners to help them find it on Podcast Addict.

Youtube & Youtube Music

Castbox

Gaana

Player FM

Audible

Anghami

iHeartRadio

SHEQONOMI

Podchaser

Podcast Addict

Castro

Overcast

Podtail

Antenna Pod

Podcast Republic

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