Amazon Music has launched a new Topics feature for podcasts. This AI-powered feature displays topic tags relevant to a podcast episode beneath the episode description. When users click on a tag, it shows a list of episodes that discuss the same topic.

Acast has announced a new feature for its self-serve podcasting advertising platform called the Availability Calendar.

By the end of this year, YouTube will support RSS feeds for podcasts on YouTube Music.

TikTok has started sending in-app messages to podcast creators with instructions on how to upload their podcasts to TikTok via an RSS feed.

Spotify has launched a new podcast dedicated portal called Spotify for Podcasters that allows podcast creators that will give them access to valuable analytics such as episode performance, daily stats on listener demographics, location, engagement, and much more.

Continuing its mission of “democratizing creation for podcasters of all experience levels,” Anchor rolls out Smart Background Music to provide podcasters with "100 beautiful, podcast-ready background tracks" that can be used for free with no commercial restrictions.