Podcast Generator 20th anniversary banner. It reads: "April 5, 2006 to April 5, 2026. Podcast Generator, 20 Years. The open-source engine that quietly powered a generation of podcasters".

This week, 20 years ago, I was a student in Italy and built an open source tool that let anyone publish a podcast. I maintained it for over a decade as a passion project. It became the foundation for @rss.com. For the 20th anniversary, the full story: podcastgenerator.net 💜 #podcasting #history

Starting soon: How to Read Your Podcast Analytics (RSS.com, Apple & Spotify Explained) (virtual) (free)

AI Disclosure in Podcasting: The Challenge, The Debate, and What Comes Next | Podcast Episode on RSS.com The term "AI slop" is gaining traction in podcasting. Mass-produced, AI-generated shows are flooding directories at industrial scale, with no disclosure to listeners. But AI in podcasting is not all b...

thank you. And to give credit where it is due: Spreaker introduced this a few months ago. The difference is that we made a bit more noise around it and also added the disclosure directly in the RSS feed:
help.spreaker.com/en/articles/...

New podcast episode on this topic: rss.com/podcasts/pod...

Looks like podcast hosting company RSS.com has recently added podcast:alternativeEnclosure support, including for HLS video.

I like the way they introduce it here

changelog.rss.com/v26-2-1-331741

Screenshot of the RSS.com episode editor showing the “Alternate Enclosure” section. A Media URL field contains an HLS .m3u8 link from Mux. The Media Type dropdown is open with options including Video HLS, Video MP4, Audio AAC, Audio MP3, Audio MPEG, and Audio OPUS, with Video HLS selected. A title field reads “La mètrica Monguió,” and Cancel and Save changes buttons appear on the right.

@johnspurlock.com Well spotted 😁 Last week we soft launched alternate enclosure support (no hosting… yet).
The show you found is one of our international award-winning podcasts experimenting with HLS video and OPUS via alternate enclosure in their RSS feed: validator.livewire.io?validate=htt...

In 2025, RSS.com podcasters published 44 years of audio (+19% from the 37 years in 2024). RSS.com also hit record episode-share highs, ranking #7 globally.

Last year was incredible for @rss.com
In 2025, our podcasters published 44 years of audio (up 19% Vs 2024), and we hit record episode-share highs, reaching #7 globally.
We also shipped a truly free plan, programmatic ads, IAB analytics, New P2.0 Location support, our API, and more!
Cheers 2026 🚀✨

A purple, space-themed illustration showing a gloved hand holding a golden key, reaching into a cosmic scene with floating planets, tools, and abstract shapes. The image represents unlocking access, integrations, and new possibilities through the RSS.com public API.

For developers (and “vibe coders” playing with AI): RSS.com public API is live 🤖
We are already working with great podcasting tools for direct publishing. Can't wait to see the automated workflows and tools people build with this!

changelog.rss.com/v25-12-1-328...

RSS.com Launches Free Podcast Hosting Plan RSS.com just launched a free podcast hosting plan, and I wanted to share what it includes because I think it solves one of the biggest objections I hear from aspiring podcasters: "It's too expensive t...

RSS.com Launches Free Podcast Hosting Plan

thepodcastsetup.com/rss-com-laun...

Line chart showing RSS.com’s share of new podcast episodes from September 2021 to September 2025. The share grows from around 1% in 2021 to nearly 3% in 2025, reaching an all time high. Source: Livewire.io

All time high for RSS.com at #7 🎉

We contacted our ad provider and found out that YouTube quietly changed the user agent it uses to download episodes via RSS which made it unrecognizable. They told us the issue should be now fixed. If you enable PAID again, no ads should be baked into your YouTube videos through RSS ingestion.

Mystery solved: if YouTube ingests your RSS feed while PAID is active, it works like any other player and ads may be stitched in. We will look for ways to disable PAID for YouTube requests. Otherwise, using our YouTube integration ensures videos are generated from the original audio without ads.

Due diligence is always good. I assume you see video ads, correct? We built PAID and our YouTube feature in-house so I am very familiar with the codebase: when we generate a video from audio, we always use the original audio file. See also this official YouTube FAQ support.google.com/youtube/answ...

Screenshot of an RSS feed styled with an XSL file hosted by Buzzsprout, viewed in Firefox. The podcast and episode descriptions display raw HTML tags because Firefox does not support disable-output-escaping in XSL, so HTML is shown as text.

‪@lukewarlow.dev‬ I looked into our XSL and Firefox does not support disable-output-escaping, so tags in CDATA descriptions are shown as text. Found some old threads confirming it. There are workarounds, but I could not find a clean XSL-only fix. Everyone else seem to have the same issue in FF.

I like XSLT. What was the issue? It does not affect RSS feeds, but it improves how they look. Also, XSLT surprisingly allows for some logic. We will push a new version of ours soon to optimize the preview by showing only the last 25 episodes (to reduce bandwidth usage cause we embed images).

We love RSS.com ❤️ But hey, we might be a little biased 😂 Our story is deeply rooted in the early years of podcasting: check it out: rss.com/blog/the-his...
But let our customers do the talking... See their reviews here:
🔹 Trustpilot: www.trustpilot.com/review/rss.com
🔹 G2: www.g2.com/products/rss...

I am not sure “Vodcasting” is the most effective term, but having a clear distinction between audio and video formats would certainly benefit the industry. To me, podcasting is inherently audio.

Save Time and Supercharge Your Podcast Learn how to streamline your podcast production and create a more polished, engaging show with enhanced audio and transcripts.

Podcast learning event alert with Adobe Podcast and @rss.com

Learn about it and register free: rss.com/blog/adobe-r...

Top Podcast Hosting Companies by Episode Share (January 2025) Ranked list of podcast hosts, based on number of new episodes published

New data! My ranking of top podcast hosting companies based on the 1.5 million new episodes in January 2025

- new all time high shares for @rss.com and Simplecast
- corrected Nov/Dec numbers for #3 Buzzsprout

livewire.io/podcast-host...

Photo of a podcast setup featuring the Shure MV7 microphone, RØDECaster Duo mixer, Audio-Technica M50x headphones, and Yamaha HS3 studio monitors, all arranged neatly on a desk, ready for recording.

Upgraded my gear and put together a small podcast setup! New Year’s proposition: podcast more 🎙️✨

The image shows RSS.com digital gift cards available for 3, 5, 8, or 12 months, designed to help your loved ones start their own podcast and share their voice with the world.

🎙️🎁 Looking for an original gift this holiday season? Know someone who dreams of starting a podcast but hasn’t taken the leap yet? Give the gift of storytelling! Help them share their voice with the world and step out of their comfort zone with an RSS Podcasting Gift Card: rss.com/gift