What are the current best practices for optimizing podcast RSS feed metadata to improve discoverability in third-party podcast apps?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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What are the current best practices for optimizing podcast RSS feed metadata to improve discoverability in third-party podcast apps?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 Apple Podcasts RSS feed requirements metadata title author description categories episode artwork recommendationsGoogle ↗
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2026 podcast RSS metadata best practices discoverability Apple Podcasts Spotify third-party apps title description categories episode metadata artwork GUIDGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
2026 Apple Podcasts RSS feed requirements metadata title author description categories episode artwork recommendations Google ↗
2026 podcast RSS metadata best practices discoverability Apple Podcasts Spotify third-party apps title description categories episode metadata artwork GUID Google ↗
- A Podcaster’s Guide to RSS · help.apple.com
- Best Practices for Podcast Discoverability – PRX · help.prx.org
- Podcast specification doc · support.spotify.com
- Episode Transcripts · support.pocketcasts.com
- Podcasting 2.0 Tags · benecaster.com
- Create an episode · podcasters.apple.com
- GitHub - Podcast-Standards-Project/PSP-1-Podcast-RSS-Specification: Our current standard for podcast RSS feeds. · github.com
- Podcast de facto Standard · podcast-standard.org
- How to write episode descriptions, according to Spotify writers · creators.spotify.com
- Podcast RSS feed requirements · podcasters.apple.com
- Chapters on Apple Podcasts · podcasters.apple.com
- Chapter type support across apps : RSS.com Knowledge Base · help.rss.com
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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2026 Apple Podcasts RSS feed requirements metadata title author description categories episode artwork recommendations OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
2026 podcast RSS metadata best practices discoverability Apple Podcasts Spotify third-party apps title description categories episode metadata artwork GUID OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |