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• YouTube released its annual end of year trending lists. The Global Culture & Trends Report 2025 contains top ten lists of creators, topics and songs across a number countries and regions; and - for the US only - a list of top podcasts, calculated by total watch time. The Joe Rogan Experience is #1; Kill Tony is at #2; and Good Mythical Morning - a video-only show - is at #3. The full list is at the bottom of their press release.
  • The company is also rolling out YouTube Recap, a personalised look back across your activity across all of YouTube for the first time. It also links to YouTube Music’s Recap too, which is currently rolling out.
• AI tools for podcasting offer an exciting opportunity - but also a legal minefield. Writing for Podnews, Gordon P Firemark reminds us what to look for when we use AI. (As one example - if you make a logo using AI, you can’t copyright it.)
• With a hundred days until the event, Podcasthon has revealed that it already has more than 1,000 registrations from more than 40 different countries. The event in March asks you to dedicate one of your episodes to a charity of your choice, and has support from companies like Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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• First look: Acast has announced a dramatically enhanced YouTube program in the UK, allowing advertisers to access some of the largest YouTube podcasts. As part of the deal, Acast also signed an inventory partnership with Little Dot Studios, which has eleven billion monthly views on the platform. Little Dot Studios will work with Acast on its new YouTube offering, allowing Acast UK creators to unlock significant new revenue streams, and to grow their video podcasts.
• First look: Details of The Podcast Show 2026, in London, have been announced. The show will include additional stages and more networking opportunities, including what the event calls “the ultimate networking party”. Day passes are now on sale. Jason Carter, the Festival Director, tells Podnews: “Next May promises to be our biggest yet. We are delighted to hear from so many in the industry that the event has now become one of the most important shows on the global podcasting calendar.”
  • Reflecting the high number of international visitors, the event will also include an international stage, curated by Podimo.
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• Edison Research released the top 25 podcasts in the UK for Q3/25. Wondery’s RedHanded makes it to the top 25 for the first time. Goalhanger have four shows in the list; the BBC have five. Acast and Megaphone both host six shows.

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• Congratulations to Start Here, the daily news podcast from ABC News, which published its 2,000th episode this morning. The podcast was launched in March 2018, and is hosted by Brad Mielke, who’ll be a guest on the Podnews Weekly Review this week.
• YouTube’s algorithm appears to have changed in September: it now heavily favours recency, according to Mario Joos on LinkedIn - who shares a way you can isolate the data for yourself. (You could argue that this algorithm change is a benefit to podcasting - where ‘recency’ is the algorithm in many apps.)
• Hindenburg has launched an advent calendar with “a daily treat for storytellers”.

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• The winners of the APAs from AudioUK were announced in London. The organisers of Sheffield’s Crossed Wires Festival, which took place in early July, were presented with the AudioUK Award. We’ve a full list of the winners.
• 404 Media says that Apple Podcasts is being used for a sophisticated hack. The article suggests simply visiting a website can trigger Apple Podcasts to open and go to a podcast episode without user intervention. Apple has not responded to them for comment. GadgetHacks suggests the hack works by putting unsafe links into episode descriptions, and hoping you’ll click on them.
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• In the UK, media regulator Ofcom has published its eighth annual report on the BBC. The regulator notes that the BBC has remained trusted by the majority of those in the UK, with 70% of regular BBC television viewers rating it highly for accuracy, and 68% for trust. However, it notes that BBC podcasts don’t appear in the Edison Research top ten for listeners aged 15-34.
  • Ofcom also released its latest data for equity, diversity and inclusion in broadcasting. Disabled people are “woefully” underrepresented in the industry, the regulator says. (We’d love equivalent data for the podcast industry.)

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• Thank you to the folks at Sounds Profitable and The Podglomerate, who will be hosting a free webinar on strategic podcast awards budgeting on Dec 11. The webinar will talk about the benefits of awards, including enhanced visibility, increased credibility, and expanded monetization opportunities - and why you ought to budget for entering them.
• Be grateful for iOS 26.2, a free upgrade hitting your iPhone in December (Dec 9-16 ish) which adds automatic chapters for every podcast in Apple Podcasts (which you can opt-out of by making your own) - and timed links to other podcasts you mention on your show. The latest version of the beta was released last week.
• Thank the Podcast Movement team, who are paying for speakers next year. The event is looking for ten-minute talks for Podcast Movement Evolutions at SXSW. All speakers will get a $500 honorarium in addition to entry into the event. You’ve until the end of this year to get your pitches in.

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