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Spotify vs Apple vs YouTube: Best Podcast Platform to Grow in 2025

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Platform Wars: Spotify versus Apple versus YouTube—it's like Russian mass UFC fights with multiple platforms all running in.
Deep dive into streaming platform competition for podcast dominance—Spotify's strategic acquisitions and ecosystem expansion versus Apple's stagnation and YouTube's unexpected emergence as primary consumption channel. Covers platform evolution 2017-present, monetization infrastructure, and where podcasters should focus.

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A practical look at Spotify, Apple, and YouTube as the main podcast distribution fight.

The episode keeps Spotify, Apple, and YouTube at the center of podcast distribution, with reach and user habit doing most of the work. YouTube's growing importance gets a clear look, and Spotify for Creators and Apple both come across as part of the same messy reality: creators…

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