Question 1

Audience Size and Listener Demographics

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How Podscan Estimates Podcast Audience Size: Understanding Our Data & Methodology

In the fast-growing podcast industry, understanding a show's reach and audience size has become crucial for marketers, advertisers, and content creators. While exact listener counts remain closely guarded by hosting platforms, Podscan has developed a sophisticated estimation system that provides reliable audience size benchmarks.

Our Data-Driven Approach

At the heart of Podscan's audience estimation lies a comprehensive data collection and analysis system. We continuously gather information from numerous public and private sources across the podcast ecosystem. Our algorithms analyze chart rankings from major platforms like Apple Podcasts and Spotify, tracking how shows perform over time and across different regions.

We don't stop at simple rankings, though. Our system dives deeper by examining subscriber counts, social media following, review volumes, and engagement metrics. We also factor in show-specific characteristics like category popularity, publishing consistency, and episode frequency – elements that significantly impact audience retention and growth.

The Science Behind the Numbers

Podscan employs advanced machine learning models trained on vast amounts of industry data to generate our estimates. These models have been refined through extensive testing and validation against known audience sizes when available. By processing multiple data points simultaneously, our system

Question 2

Adding a Verification Token to Your Podcast's RSS Feed

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| The quickest way to get verified is to place the Podscan verification token in the description of your latest podcast episode. (You can remove the token once the podcast is claimed.)

To add a verification token to your podcast's RSS feed so that Podscan can verify ownership, you'll need to log into your podcast hosting platform and find the section of the settings where your RSS feed is administered.

Since this is quite different from service to service, here are several help desk links for the most popular hosts. || If your provider isn't listed, reach out to their customer service. They might even be able to add the token to your RSS feed. ||| If your podcast provider does not allow you to add a verification token, you can temporarily put it into the show description or the description of a previous episode. Podscan will pick up the token anywhere in the feed. ||| Alternatively, if the platform allows you to set an owner email, you can use that field to supply the token.

RSS.com: [https://help.rss.com/en/support/solutions/articles/44002405274-how-to-enable-the-email-address-in-the-rss-feed](- RSS.com: https://help.rss.com/en/support/solutions/articles/44002405274-how-to-enable-the-email-address-in-the-rss-feed)
Libsyn: https://five.libsynsupport.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404659308827-About-Your-Podcast-Settings
Transistor: [https://support.transistor.fm/en/article/how-to

Question 3

Mastering Search Across Millions of Episodes

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Podscan lets you search through millions of podcast episodes. That's like having a super-powered search engine just for podcasts. Let's learn how to find exactly what you need.

Main search interface

Two Ways to Search

Think of these as different zoom levels on a map:

Episode Search - Find specific conversations
Podcast Search - Find entire shows

Search type toggle buttons

Smart Filters

Podcast and episode search have several filters you can set: sorting, active fields, ignore/include, and categories.

Episode Search

Sorting can be done by Best Match, Newest, and Oldest.

Episode sorting Active fields can be selected on the right, in the "Search in:" section. You can restrict search to the title of the episode, its description, the transcript, or the name of the podcast that episode belongs to.

Episode search active fields

You can restrict which podcasts and which categories your search should happen in.

Episode inlude/exclude Available categories will change as you search:

![Episode categories](https://storage.crisp.

Question 4

Using the Firehose Webhook

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Think of the Firehose Webhook as a direct pipeline sending new podcast data straight to your systems. It'sa near-realtime push API that sends newly transcribed episodes the moment our system makes them available.

Podscan Firehose API is a powerful tool for developers who want to access and integrate Podscan's large database of podcast data into their own applications or services. The API provides real-time access to the continually updated stream of podcast episodes and metadata, allowing developers to keep their applications up-to-date with the latest podcast content.

It's designed to be easy to use and flexible, accommodating a wide range of use cases and applications.

Whether you're building a podcast discovery app, a podcast analytics service, or any other podcast-related application, the Podscan Firehose API can provide the data you need.

What Is The Firehose?

Imagine a news wire service, but for podcasts. The Firehose:

Sends you episodes the moment they're published
Includes full transcripts
Delivers detailed information about each show
Works 24/7 without you checking anything

The Podscan Firehose API operates as a webhook-based push API. This means that it allows every team on Podscan to route data from every new episode to their servers, usually within minutes after it's published.

This system ensures that the data you receive is always the most current, allowing your application or service to stay up-to-date with the latest podcast episodes and info

Question 5

Using Timestamped Transcripts in Podscan

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Podscan's transcript system helps you analyze podcast content efficiently. Every word links to its exact moment in the audio, making research and monitoring simple.

Transcript with Search

The Basics

Open any episode to see its transcript. Toggle timestamps on or off with the switch at the top. Each timestamp (like 00:16:47.230 ) shows exactly when words were spoken.

The search bar lets you find any word or phrase instantly. Results highlight as you type. Click any timestamp to jump to that moment in the audio.

Working with Mentions

Found something important? Here's what you can do:

Click to hear the audio of the mention - Add notes for your team

Add Notes

Save to a collection (using the collection

Add to Collection

Improving Accuracy

Notice an error? Request a retranscription or submit specific corrections. The system learns from these improvements.

Retranscription will re-transcribe the whole show (or transcribe it it for the first time if it hasn't been transcribed yet).
Reanalysis will re-run speaker detection, summarization, and keyword extraction.
Suggest correction will

Question 6

Requesting Retranscription and Making Corrections

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Sometimes transcripts need fixes. Podscan makes it easy to improve transcript accuracy through retranscription requests and direct corrections.

Data Fidelity menu showing "Request Retranscription" and "Suggest correction" options

When to Request Retranscription

Request a full retranscription when:

Many words are incorrect
Speaker labels are wrong
Timestamps are misaligned
Audio quality caused issues

Just click "Request Retranscription" in the Data Fidelity menu. The system will process your request immediately. Due to the asynchronous nature of the ranscription queue, some episodes —particularly ones of relatively small podcasts— might take up to 24 hours.

Retranscribing a podcast will always use the highest possible quality.

Retranscription status indicator

Requesting Reanalysis

Sometimes, the extracted hosts, guests, and summary data might be a bit off — or not present at all. You can request reanalysis from the three-dot dropdown menu. We will immediately queue up another extraction run on our servers, and it'll be done within the hour. If it doesn't go through in 24 days, please reach out to us.

Request Reanalysis

Making Specific Corrections

For small fixes, use the correction to

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