YouTube launches an exclusive page for podcasts

According to the report of 9to5Google the dedicated podcast page youtube.com/podcasts was released sometime last month and is now linked, at least for some users, on the page Explore from YouTube along with other top destinations like Games, Sports, Learning, Fashion and others. However, it did not appear in the side navigation bar of the website.

YouTube told various technology outlets that the URL is not available globally at this time.

“YouTube Podcast Landing Page helps users explore new and popular episodes, shows, podcasters, and recommend podcast content.”

“It is currently only available in the US,” explained YouTube spokesman Paul Pennington.

There have been a number of signs in the past that YouTube was taking podcasts more seriously, particularly after Spotify launched its video podcast support .

Last year, YouTube hired a podcast executive, Kai Chuk, to lead its efforts in the space and has been offering cash to popular podcasters to film their shows, according to reports.

In March, a site called podnews leaked an 84-page presentation detailing YouTube’s podcast roadmap. In the document, YouTube revealed that it had plans to test the feature by ingesting sources. RSS . He also mentioned a new one but the link didn’t work at the time.

The addition of a top-level landing page for podcasts is a pretty significant move for the company.

As different YouTube verticals have grown in importance and popularity, YouTube would highlight these categories by giving them their own homepages on their site and presenting them as a link in their main navigation. In particular, did this with YouTube Gaming in 2015 and with YouTube Fashion (now Fashion & Beauty) in 2019 .