Podbean Features
Discover all the features you can use to publish, promote
and monetize your podcast.
Podcast Publishing
You’ll love how easy it is to get your podcast up and running. Podbean
gives you all the tools you need for managing your podcast.
Easy Publishing
Get started without the learning curve. The intuitive interface makes publishing a podcast as simple as a few clicks.
Unlimited Hosting
No limits on downloads, episodes or recording time. Flat-rate, affordable plans for worry-free podcasting.
Professional Podcast Website
Podbean includes a free podcast website with your account. Choose from a variety of professional themes that you can customize to fit your needs.
Own Domain Integration
Use your own branded domain for your podcast website.
Scheduled Publishing
Convenient publishing on your timetable. Upload your audio and schedule episodes to post at designated times.
Mobile Podcast Publishing
Publish podcast episodes right from your phone.
Distribution & Promotion
You want to get your voice heard. Podbean helps with tools to get your podcast
in front of potential listeners and help you grow your audience.
All Destination Podcast Distribution
Easily get your podcast on all the places people listen, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and podcast apps.
Embeddable Players
Professional-looking, customizable players to embed your podcast on your websites and blogs. Single-episode and multitrack players in different sizes, shapes, and colors.
Social Media Auto Sharing
Amazon Alexa
As soon as you publish a new episode, it will be available on Alexa devices via the Podbean Alexa skill.
Podbean App
Your new episodes are instantly available in the Podbean apps for iOS and Android.
Email Integration
Collect email addresses and automatically share your new episodes to your subscribers via Podbean’s Mailchimp integration.
Podcast Statistics
Podbean’s comprehensive statistics give you all the insights you need to
track how your podcast performs.
Downloads and Trends
Podbean not only provides you download numbers for each episode but also shows you the trends to better understand how your podcast is performing with your audience.
Top 10 Episodes
Podbean automatically summarizes all your downloads data and presents you the top 10 episodes for various date ranges. Easily identify which episodes get the most listeners and spot patterns to grow your audience.
Listener Geographies
See where your listeners come from on the map. View where your podcast is popular and your listener distribution so you can include relevant information, target sponsors and more.
User Agents
The user agents chart tells you which devices and apps your audience uses to get your podcast. Knowing the top apps, you can check your podcast there and explore opportunities to engage with listeners or further grow your audience.
Downloads by Time of Day
Wondering what days and times are best to release new episodes? Downloads by time of day shows you which days of the week and at what times your podcast gets the most listens. Make sure episodes are out in time to take advantage of peak listening.
User Retention
Podbean provides unique user retention data to let you know how attractive your podcast content is to your listeners. The graph shows the percentage of listeners retained over the recent weeks.
Monetization
Make money from your podcast. Choose the monetization methods that best fit your podcast.
Podbean provides everything you need.
Podcast Advertising
List your podcast in the Podbean advertising marketplace for free to get matched with potential advertisers. Use the PodAds SaaS for sophisticated ads management with dynamic insertion capability. Run ads like a pro and maximize revenue.
Premium
Create and sell as much premium content as you want. No costs for storage or downloads. Take advantage of “in the moment” purchasing power: listeners can purchase content in a couple clicks when they’re listening in the Podbean app.
Patron
A seamless way for fans to support your podcast with recurring, monthly donations. Create a patron page in minutes, easily set different levels of donations/rewards. Podbean lets you publish patrons-only content just like you would any podcast episode.
Live Streaming
Expand your podcast with audio live shows. Engage your audience in new ways.
Listener Engagement
With Podbean live stream, your listeners can send you instant messages and call in to your live shows. You can interact with your fans on a whole new level.
Remote Co-host/Guest Call In
Invite remote co-hosts or guests to call in from anywhere in the world using live stream in the free Podbean app.
Revenue Opportunities
You can sell virtual tickets for your live stream and receive virtual gifts from your listeners. Virtual gifts can be converted to US dollars and cashed out.
Podbean Podcast App
The popular Podbean app, with over a million active users, provides tools and opportunities
to take your podcast further.
Podcast Recorder
Record, edit and publish podcast episodes right from your phone. Powerful app recording features include background music, sound effects and post-production tools.
Audience Engagement
Podbean’s community tools help you engage with your audience and make connections in the app. Leave and respond to comments, see followers and follow others.
Secure Delivery of Premium/Patron Content
The Podbean app seamlessly and securely delivers your premium or patrons-only content to the right users. Easy access for your paid listeners or donors.
