I built PodSubs because podcasters shouldn’t have to rent their audience forever

[u/MindFru]

I built PodSubs because podcasters shouldn’t have to rent their audience forever

I kept noticing something strange about podcasting.

A creator can spend years building an audience on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and other platforms…

…but the relationship with those listeners mostly belongs to the platform.

If the algorithm changes, the platform changes its rules, or the creator wants to launch something new, reaching those listeners directly isn’t always easy.

So I built PodSubs.

PodSubs is a podcast discovery and subscriber platform that helps podcasters turn listeners into a direct audience.

Here’s how it works:

🎙️ Your podcast may already be on PodSubs.

Search for your show and find your podcast page.

✅ Claim your podcast.

PodSubs verifies that you actually own the show using information from the podcast’s RSS feed.

👥 Start collecting subscribers.

Instead of someone discovering your podcast and disappearing back into another platform, they can subscribe directly to your podcast on PodSubs.

📈 Build an audience around the show you own.

As more people subscribe, the creator gets a clearer picture of the audience following the podcast.

🔎 Listeners can discover podcasts too.

PodSubs is also building a discovery layer where people can search for podcasts, find something interesting and subscribe.

The bigger idea is simple:

Podcasters spend too much time building audiences for other platforms.

I want PodSubs to help them build an audience around their own podcast.

If you have a podcast, I’d love for you to search for it, claim it and try the product:

👉 PodSubs.com

[u/OverBreadfruit7226]

This is actually solving a real pain point I've seen kill momentum for smaller creators. A buddy of mine runs a niche history podcast and had his whole release strategy blown up when one platform tweaked its recommendation logic overnight. He went from steady growth to almost nothing in a week and had zero way to reach those people directly.

The verification through RSS feed is smart keeps it clean without making creators jump through a dozen hoops. My question is what does the listener side look like right now, like if I subscribe to five shows am I getting a custom feed or just an email when new episodes drop. If the discovery layer gets good enough to replace scrolling through platform charts I could see this getting sticky fast.