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SimpleCast Overview

What is SimpleCast?

Simplecast is the leading podcast management and analytics platform, powering podcasts from some of the world’s most well-known creators and brands — Dax Shepard, Facebook, Politico, Shopify, TechCrunch, Harvard, Twitter, Fast Company, just to name a few — delivering nearly a billion audio streams each year. Our management, hosting and Audience analytics studio enables creators of all sizes to distribute their podcasts anywhere people listen. The Simplecast toolset makes it effortless for podcasters to grow, understand, and better connect with their audiences.

SimpleCast Details
Languages Supported
English, Spanish
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Product Description

SimpleCast is a podcast hosting solution enablingpodcasters to publish and distribute audio on the internet.


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Year Founded
2015
HQ Location
New York
Twitter
@Simplecast
4,148 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
5 employees on LinkedIn®

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Recent SimpleCast Reviews

Lohitha B.
LB
Lohitha B.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Podcasting at its best"
-pretty good email support. -the subscription is divided into three sections, making the users choose wisely. -they even contain a separate subsc...
Guille S.
GS
Guille S.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Good analytics"
I like that you get to see the analytics of each episode in different dashboards, even a worldwide map!
Nicolas H.
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Nicolas H.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Simple Podcast Platform"
In addition to facilitating the production of promotional videos for podcasts, the user interface is intuitive and uncomplicated, the initial setup...
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SimpleCast Media

SimpleCast Demo - Audience Overview + Analytics
Head to your Dashboard for a quick overview of how your show is performing, plus your latests drafts.
SimpleCast Demo - Top Episodes + Listening Methods
See which of your episodes are performing the best, and how your audience is listening.
SimpleCast Demo - Unique Listeners by Episode
Track which episodes grow your audience by seeing which ones bring in the most Unique Listeners
SimpleCast Demo - Location Data
See where your listeners are, down to the city and metro area.
SimpleCast Demo - Adding New Episodes
Get a live preview of your episode notes as you fill them in.
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Nicolas H.
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What do you like best about SimpleCast?

In addition to facilitating the production of promotional videos for podcasts, the user interface is intuitive and uncomplicated, the initial setup procedure is brisk and needs very little time, and it is a delight to post podcasts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimpleCast?

It is strongly suggested that you update your membership to access more features.

At first glance, the dashboard's operations could seem perplexing.

It would be beneficial if there were built-in art that was of a higher quality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SimpleCast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Straightforward distribution from there to podcast distributors such as Spotify, amongst others. Working with Simplecast increases your ability to create simple casts with easy distribution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lohitha B.
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What do you like best about SimpleCast?

-pretty good email support.

-the subscription is divided into three sections, making the users choose wisely.

-they even contain a separate subscription for networking and business users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimpleCast?

-some subscriptions are not worth the features they offer.

- many features are similar in each subscription, making the user think twice about opting for a higher subscription. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SimpleCast solving and how is that benefiting you?

-it made my podcasting life simple.

-Compared to other podcast hostings, SimpleCast has the best email support.

-It offers a certain referring amount for the user when referred. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Guille S.
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What do you like best about SimpleCast?

I like that you get to see the analytics of each episode in different dashboards, even a worldwide map! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimpleCast?

Sometimes episodes take like 30 mins to upload, I've used other podcast players that take from 5 to 10 mins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SimpleCast solving and how is that benefiting you?

No more wonky analytics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SimpleCast?

The page is super easy to navigate and it distributes our podcast to every platform from one stop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimpleCast?

I have not run into any issues with simplecast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SimpleCast solving and how is that benefiting you?

One of our clients has a podcast and we use simplecast to distribute one episode to every podcast platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SimpleCast?

SimpleCast is a simple, straightforward option to get your Podcast published and available to your audience. They offer RSS feeds, solid analytics, and they allow you to easily ensure that your audience never misses an episode. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimpleCast?

It would be great if there were more options for customizing your site with Themes. There currently is a default theme with a few options for changing colors and light versus dark. That being said, being able to modify the look of your page in a greater way could help you to differentiate your Podcast even more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SimpleCast:

If you're looking to get something up and running quickly, SimpleCast is a great option. You won't find many things in the way of customization just yet, but the team at SimpleCast has made some changes throughout our time using them and it looks like they continue to push things forward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SimpleCast solving and how is that benefiting you?

When we kicked off our Podcast, we didn't have many resources or much "know-how" when it came to distribution. Simplecast allowed us to get things up and running without needing to invest more outside of recording our episodes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
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What do you like best about SimpleCast?

Simple platform, easy to get up and running, easy to publish podcasts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimpleCast?

Podcast site goes down all the time without any notice or explanation. They can't seem to keep their custom domain feature working. I went with Simplecast primarily for the custom domain and custom site function - and it does not work reliably. Deal breaker - I'm now looking for a replacement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SimpleCast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Simple way to publish a podcast. I've realized the benefit of that, except the site doesn't work reliably. That's a deal breaker for me. I've used them for over a year, they've had time to keep their web site serving up and fix reliability issues and haven't done it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hernán B.
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Partner & Executive Design Director | Structural & Graphic Packaging Design expert
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What do you like best about SimpleCast?

Their embeddable players are some of the nicest (and smoothest) I've seen and used. You also get detailed stat analysis for anyone who uses it. I also use their Recast app that helps you to create short video clips to promote your podcast on social media. Recast is a public social sharing feature that you or anyone else create short clips of your episodes to share. It’s intuitive and easy to use and I love that this is built-in – no need for third-party apps to create video soundbites.

When you’re just getting started, it’s a big plus to have a nicely designed website that doesn’t require a lot of tweaking. They have light and dark themes, or you can customize the color to match your branding, as well as choose different layout options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimpleCast?

To get advanced stats you have to upgrade your plan. Some aspects of the dashboard can be confusing at first, A built-in transcription service would be welcomed. Other hosting services let you host as many different podcasts as you want for one price, while you’ll have to pay for each show on Simplecast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SimpleCast:

When publishing new episodes, little touches like showing the last published episode title and episode number make a big difference. You can schedule episodes to go live at any date and time in the future as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SimpleCast solving and how is that benefiting you?

I host my design podcast on SimpleCast because I like the look & feel of their embedded player. The interface is well designed and I find the Audience Overview offers at-a-glance analytics I need to understand my show’s performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SimpleCast?

The software hand holds you through most of the steps for publishing an episode. The initial set up for a new podcast may take a little more investment in focus and time, but that is always true when you do something new Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimpleCast?

The different graphic sizes used on the recast and the cover art. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SimpleCast solving and how is that benefiting you?

One-stop shop for hosting my podcast. Easy distribution from there to spotify, apple, google and other podcast distributors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in International Affairs
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What do you like best about SimpleCast?

We use SimpleCast to upload our radio show and it's very simply to use! We use it every day since we produce content every day; very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimpleCast?

It can be buggy at times, but overall, it is very reliable. I wish there were a few more features that the application had, but it honestly meets all of the things that we need it to do for our operation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SimpleCast:

You should use it because it has saved us tons of time and has allowed us to streamline our podcast system we have at the office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SimpleCast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Distributing our radio show. Prior to using it we had no way of getting out podcasts out there, but SimpleCast has allowed us to reach a far greater audience than before. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ryan W.
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MLB DFS Columnist
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What do you like best about SimpleCast?

Simplecast has been a great tool for us to host, distribute, and promote our weekly Football podcast. We are all big fans of it and will continue to be customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimpleCast?

I wish that as a part of the recast tool it would include the option for subtitle in the video. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SimpleCast:

It's a great tool. I recommend using the recast tool to help promote your show in a multi-media way on social media. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SimpleCast solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have a weekly podcast and we need a host and a way to get our show out to our listeners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.