2 chapters across the catalog
Dave Jones suggests using PodPing to broadcast URLs for publicly downloadable CSV files containing podcast stats. Adam Curry points out that making the data publicly downloadable would prevent them from charging for it, highlighting the conflict between open-source ideals and the need to fund the ecosystem.
A new Podcast Index API endpoint has been launched to allow podcast apps to upload anonymized follower count data via CSV files. This data, consisting of feed URLs and subscriber totals, will be used to improve search rankings and train AI models to distinguish between popular "good" feeds and "slop." Apps like TrueFans are already moving to implement this specification to provide the index with first-party popularity signals.
