Podmaniac
Help
Plain answers about hosting your podcast on Podmaniac. Email hello@podmaniac.com if your question is not here.
Getting started
Getting started: from a new account to your first episodeThe whole path in one page: account, plan, podcast, first episode, and where listeners find it.
Moving your podcast to Podmaniac from another hostBring every episode across with its original IDs so your subscribers follow you, and your download history with it.
Submitting your podcast to Apple Podcasts and other appsWhere listeners find podcasts, what each app needs, and how long it takes.
Your plan and billing
Plans and allowancesWhat each plan includes, the upload allowances, how many people and podcasts, and what is unlimited.
Your free trial, payment and invoicesHow the 14 day trial works, what the card is charged and when, and where to find invoices.
Changing or cancelling your planUpgrades happen at once, downgrades at the end of the paid period, and cancelling keeps your podcast serving until then.
What happens after a subscription endsThirty days of grace, offline on day 30, files deleted on day 90, and how to come back.
Removing a podcastRemoval is immediate and cannot be undone. Here is what it does and what to do first.
Publishing
Features
Sponsor messages: placing your own sponsor audio in your episodesRecord a message for a sponsor you found yourself and have it placed in every download, at the start, the middle or the end.
AI transcripts and AI show notesTranscripts for every episode, show notes written from them, the free hours on each plan, and what they cost beyond that.
Publishing episodes to YouTube automaticallyConnect a channel once; every episode you publish becomes a video on it.
Subscriber only episodes and private feedsExclusive episodes for the people you choose, delivered through a personal feed that works in any podcast app.
How we count downloadsServer side counting that follows the IAB Podcast Measurement Technical Guidelines v2.3, and what that means for your numbers.
Team members and rolesInvite co hosts and sponsors to your show with the access they need.
Using your own domain for the show websitePut the website on podcast.yourdomain.com with one DNS record. The feed address never changes.
Guides
How to move a podcast to a new host without losing subscribersThe order of steps that keeps every listener, whatever hosts are involved: redirect, IDs, directories, history.
Why podcast download numbers differ between hostsWhat a download actually is, the IAB v2.3 rules most hosts follow, and how to read your numbers honestly.
How to get your podcast on Apple Podcasts and SpotifyWhat each directory needs, how long approval takes, the common reasons for rejection, and what happens after.
How transcripts help a podcast get foundSearch engines and podcast apps cannot hear audio. A transcript turns every episode into text they can read.
What podcast hosting costs, and what to compareThe real price of hosting a podcast: the plan, the limits behind it, the extras that get added, and the costs of leaving.
Help and contact