New Podbean Features

Podbean has upgraded the Ads Marketplace (Ad Monetization) with a cleaner interface and a more streamlined experience for managing podcast advertising revenue.

When you join the Ads Marketplace, programmatic ads are now enabled as the available ad option. The updated Transactions section provides clearer records of ad revenue and payouts, making it easier to follow your monetization activity. We’ve also resolved several reported issues related to channel administrator permissions and content safety messages.

Learn more about monetizing your podcast through the Ads Marketplace.

Podbean has launched a new Ambient Relaxation landing page, making it easier to discover curated audio for sleep, meditation, focus, and relaxation.

You can explore different types of ambient content based on how you want to unwind, concentrate, or rest. The new page also provides a clearer introduction to Ambient Relaxation and an easier way to continue listening in the Podbean app.

Explore Ambient Relaxation on Podbean.

Podbean has introduced a new AI Credits page, giving you a simpler way to monitor and manage your Podbean AI usage.

You can now see your remaining AI Credits, usage history, and credit additions in one place. This update provides greater visibility into how you use Podbean’s AI podcast tools and helps you manage your available credits more effectively.

Learn more about tracking your Podbean AI Credits.

Podbean has reorganized Advanced Options in the Company Dashboard and added channel-level controls for AI Podcast Creator.

Security, app, content, and AI integration settings are now grouped into four dedicated tabs, making it easier to find related controls and manage organization-wide preferences. You can also enable or disable AI Podcast Creator for individual channels, giving your organization more control over where AI podcast creation is available.

Learn more about managing advanced options:

• Manage login sessions for administrator accounts
• Get an API client ID and secret
• Activate AI features for podcast channels
• Enable or disable comments for channels

Podbean has refreshed the Manage Account page with a cleaner interface, clearer organization, and more intuitive navigation.

You can now view and update your account information, review billing details and payment settings, and manage add-on features from one central location. The redesigned experience makes it easier to move between settings, find important account details, and stay on top of your subscription and account preferences.

Learn more about managing your Podbean account.

Podbean has introduced a new AI Credits usage rule for creating podcast scripts with Podbean AI Podcast Creator.

When you use AI to write or rewrite a script from an idea, uploaded file, blog URL, or text, credits are calculated from the final generated script length at a rate of one AI Credit per 1,000 characters, rounded to the nearest whole credit. If you choose an option that does not require AI writing or rewriting, no AI Credits are used.

This gives you a more transparent and predictable way to understand AI Credits usage before creating your podcast.

For more information, please see our FAQ, Podbean AI Credits.

Podbean now supports Apple Podcasts HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) distribution for video podcasts.

You can distribute eligible video episodes to Apple Podcasts while continuing to manage your publishing workflow through Podbean. HLS automatically adapts video quality to each viewer’s internet connection, helping your audience enjoy smoother, more reliable playback in the Apple Podcasts app.

Podbean has added a new Language option to Voice Settings in AI Podcast Creator.

You can now select and preview the languages and accents supported by your chosen voice directly within Voice Settings. Bringing these controls together makes it easier to find the right voice style and create AI-generated podcasts that better match your content and intended audience.

Learn more about the AI Podcast Creator. 

Podbean has introduced Switch Identities, giving you one central place to move between your Podbean accounts and companies.

Available from the top-right menu across the podcast dashboard, Company Dashboard, and AI Podcast Creator, the new switcher helps you change identities without navigating to a separate control. This creates a more consistent experience across Podbean and makes it easier to manage multiple accounts or organizations.

Podbean has upgraded Create Ad with AI, giving you more creative control when producing audio ads for campaigns in the Ads Marketplace.

You can now generate more varied and personalized ad content and add background music that fits your campaign’s message and tone. These improvements make it easier to create polished audio ads and launch campaigns without producing every element from scratch.

Learn more about creating podcast ads with AI.

Podbean now displays longer podcast descriptions in a compact format with a Show more option on podcast websites.

Visitors can quickly understand what your show is about while keeping the page focused on listening and browsing episodes. When they want more context, they can expand the description to read it in full, so all of your show information remains available without overwhelming the page.

Podbean has upgraded Smart Slot and expanded it to both Ads Marketplace and PodAds users.

You can choose whether Smart Slot automatically places ad slots at the pre-roll, mid-roll, post-roll, or any combination of these positions. This gives you more control over where ads can run while reducing the time required to place slots manually across your episodes.

We’ve also upgraded Smart Slot Pick (SSP). Smart Slot Pick identifies natural pauses in episode audio and suggests suitable positions for mid-roll ads.

Learn more about setting ad time slots for your podcast.

Podbean now supports automatic podcast sharing to LinkedIn Company Pages, expanding the existing integration with LinkedIn personal profiles.

You can automatically share new podcast content through your company or organization’s LinkedIn presence without creating a separate post. This creates a more efficient social media workflow and helps your episodes reach brand followers beyond your personal network.

Learn more about sharing your podcast on LinkedIn.

Podbean has expanded CSS Editor access to Unlimited Audio plan users, making the feature available across all paid hosting plans.

You can use custom CSS to personalize the appearance of your podcast website and create a design that better reflects your show’s branding. This expanded access gives more creators control over their website’s visual presentation without requiring a higher-tier plan.

Podbean now supports dual SAML signing certificates for Single Sign-On (SSO).

You can upload a new certificate before the existing one expires and keep both certificates active during the transition. This allows your organization to rotate certificates without interrupting authentication, reducing the risk of login downtime while supporting smoother security and key-management practices.

Certificates can be managed directly from the Company Dashboard, giving administrators a simpler way to maintain secure and continuous SSO access.

Podbean now introduces the Podbean AI Podcast Creator, a new tool that helps you turn an idea into a custom podcast.

Starting with your topic, you can use AI to develop the content and create podcast-ready audio without managing every stage of production yourself. Whether you’re exploring a niche subject, sharing a story, or testing a new podcast concept, AI Podcast Creator makes it easier to move from your initial idea to a finished episode—and continue publishing and managing your podcast with Podbean.

Discover what you can create with Podbean AI Podcast Creator.

Podbean has moved the option for turning off subscription auto-renewal from My Account to the Cancel Account flow.

This update brings related subscription actions into one consistent workflow, making it clearer where you can review your options and manage renewal preferences.

Learn more about turning off your Podbean subscription auto-renewal.

Podbean has introduced a unified AI Credits system and reorganized Podbean AI into two dedicated tools: AI Audio Optimization and AI Content Assistant.

Your AI Credits can now be used across supported Podbean AI services, giving you a simpler way to manage AI-powered podcast production. You can choose the tool that fits your current needs—whether you want to improve your episode’s audio quality or generate supporting content such as titles, show notes, transcripts, and chapter markers.

This clearer structure gives you more flexibility and control over how you use AI throughout your podcast workflow.

Learn more about Podbean AI Credits and the available AI tools.

Podbean now lets you display the “Listen On” section and Custom Sections on individual episode pages.

You can choose which sections appear, creating a more consistent design across your podcast website and episode pages. Adding “Listen On” links gives listeners more ways to open your show on their preferred podcast platforms, while Custom Sections help extend your branding, featured information, and calls to action across more pages.

Learn more about customizing your podcast website.

Podbean has introduced Ambient Relaxation in iOS and Android apps.

You can explore soothing sounds and combine them to create personalized mixes for sleep, meditation, focus, or relaxation. Ambient Relaxation gives you an easy way to shape the listening experience around your environment, mood, and daily routine—all within the Podbean app.

Explore Ambient Relaxation or learn more about how it works.

Podbean has added a Season Filter to the Episode List, making it easier to find and manage episodes across multiple seasons.

You can filter your library by a specific season or combine the Season Filter with keywords and episode status for more targeted results. This gives you a faster way to locate the episodes you need and keeps larger, multi-season podcast libraries easier to navigate.

Podbean has added This Month and Last Month filters to Episode Engagement Data, alongside the existing All Time view.

You can now focus on recent listener activity or compare it with an episode’s longer-term engagement.

These new views make it easier to spot changing audience interests, see which episodes are attracting attention, and use timely engagement insights to guide your content and promotion decisions.

Podbean now allows you to post comments on Episode Share Pages and episode pages for podcasts hosted outside Podbean.

Listeners have more opportunities to join conversations and share feedback, regardless of where a podcast is hosted or how its episode page is accessed. A more consistent commenting experience across the web helps creators hear from a broader audience and build stronger communities around their content.

Podbean has expanded Email Preference settings to Network plan and above users.

You can now choose which types of Podbean emails you receive directly from your account settings. This gives business and organization users more control over their communications, helping you keep notifications relevant to your role and reduce unnecessary emails.

Podbean now supports rich text formatting for podcast descriptions, giving you more control over how your show information appears.

You can use formatting to organize your description, highlight important details, and make longer sections easier to read. A clearer, more polished description helps visitors quickly understand what your podcast is about and find the information that matters to them on your Podbean podcast website.

Podbean now lets you configure a different social share link for each podcast channel in a multi-channel account.

You can connect each show to its own social destination without changing the links used by other channels under the same account. This gives teams and podcast networks more control over how individual shows are promoted and helps keep each channel’s social presence aligned with its distinct audience and branding.

Podbean has introduced the Engagement Summary Report, giving you a consolidated view of audience engagement across multiple podcast episodes.

You can review and export multi-episode engagement data in one report instead of checking each episode separately. This broader view makes it easier to compare episode performance, identify audience engagement trends, and prepare data for internal reporting or future content planning.

Podbean has updated the Statistics Overview and Episode Trends pages to make podcast performance data clearer and easier to explore.

A new tooltip clarifies that the Downloads metric includes both file downloads and online streams. You can also view your five top-performing episodes for a selected period directly from the Overview page and continue to more detailed episode trends when needed.

The updated Trends page places episode and date views in side-by-side tabs, making it easier to switch between perspectives, compare performance, and identify which content is resonating with your audience.

Podbean now lets you purchase additional Text-to-Speech (TTS) credits whenever you need more than the credits included with your plan.

With extra credits available on demand, you can turn longer scripts into audio, create more podcast episodes, and keep producing without waiting for your credits to renew. This gives you greater flexibility to scale your text-to-speech workflow based on the length and volume of your content.

Podbean now allows listeners to leave comments directly on individual episodes on your podcast website.

Episode comments give your audience a simple way to share feedback, discuss your content, and connect with you without leaving your website.

You can use these conversations to better understand your listeners, strengthen relationships around your show, and build a more engaged podcast community.

Learn more about managing comments on your podcast website.

Podbean has updated Blog to Podcast with character-based monthly usage limits, replacing the previous credits-based system.

Usage is now measured by the actual length of the text converted into audio, giving you a clearer and more accurate way to track your monthly allowance. This avoids minimum credit charges for shorter content and helps you make better use of the feature based on what you create.

Learn more about Blog to Podcast:

• How to Turn Your Blog into a Podcast
• Create Audio with Podbean AI Voice Generator
• Blog to Podcast FAQs

Podbean has added an episode information view to the embeddable podcast player, allowing listeners to see the episode title, publication date, and description directly in the player.

By selecting the new information icon, your audience can learn more about an episode without leaving the page or interrupting playback. This gives listeners useful context while they listen and creates a more complete podcast experience wherever you embed your episodes.

Podbean now lets business users display featured playlists on their organization podcast page.

You can highlight playlists created in the Podbean Pro app, giving your audience a simpler way to discover selected episodes and explore more of your organization’s content. Featured playlists also help you organize listening around topics, campaigns, or audience interests while creating a page that better reflects your brand and messaging.

Learn more about featured playlists:

• Create a playlist in the Podbean Pro app
• Customize your organization podcast page

Podbean AI now generates chapter markers for video podcast episodes, helping you organize longer videos into clear, navigable sections.

Viewers can move directly to the topics that interest them instead of searching through the entire episode. Automatically generated chapters create a more structured viewing experience while saving you the time and effort of adding each chapter marker manually.

Podbean has introduced a redesigned podcast statistics interface with a modern layout, clearer data visualizations, and more meaningful performance metrics.

You can now explore audience and performance data more easily across company, podcast, and episode-level analytics. Whether you manage one show or an entire podcast network, the updated experience helps you identify trends, understand how your content is performing, and turn those insights into better-informed content and growth decisions.

Learn more about:

• Company statistics for networks and organizations
• Podcast statistics
• Episode statistics

Podbean has updated the Downloads by Time of Day chart to show average downloads for each weekday and hour within your selected date range.

Using averages reduces the influence of uneven weekday counts—for example, when a month contains more Mondays than Tuesdays. This gives you a more consistent view of when your audience typically listens, making it easier to identify recurring activity patterns and choose informed times for publishing or promoting episodes.

Podbean has introduced the Episode Endnote plugin, allowing you to automatically add predefined text to the end of every episode description.

You can apply the same endnote to both published and future episodes, making it easy to keep recurring information consistent across your show. Whether you want to include important details, announcements, links, or calls to action, the plugin saves you from updating each episode individually and keeps your descriptions current from one central place.

Learn more about adding episode endnotes.

Podbean now supports one-click submission to Apple Podcasts, allowing you to submit your show without creating a separate Apple account.

This simpler podcast distribution workflow removes extra account setup and reduces the steps required to list your show on Apple Podcasts. You can reach Apple Podcasts listeners sooner while managing the submission directly through Podbean.

Learn more about submitting your podcast to Apple Podcasts.

Podbean AI now generates multiple title options for each episode, giving you more ways to find a title that fits your content.

You can compare different ideas, choose the option that best reflects your episode, or use the suggestions as inspiration for your own title. This makes it easier to move past the first draft and create a clear, engaging title that helps listeners understand what your episode is about.

Learn more about customizing content generated by Podbean AI.

Podbean has expanded Video to Podcast to support videos from both YouTube playlists and video RSS feeds.

You can turn existing video content into audio podcast episodes and automatically sync new videos from your selected source.

This gives your audience another way to enjoy your content while commuting, exercising, or whenever watching a screen is not convenient. It also helps you repurpose your video library and reach listeners across podcast platforms without recreating every episode from scratch.

Explore Podbean Video to Podcast or learn more about how it works.

Podbean AI now supports speaker diarization, automatically identifying different speakers in your episode transcripts with labels such as “Speaker 1.”

You can edit these labels and replace them with each speaker’s name, making conversations easier to follow in interviews, panel discussions, and multi-host episodes. Clear speaker identification creates more readable and useful transcripts, helping your audience understand who is speaking throughout the episode.

Learn more about speaker diarization with Podbean AI.

Podbean has introduced Blog to Podcast, allowing you to convert written blog content into audio podcast episodes using AI-generated voices.

You can repurpose existing articles for listeners who prefer audio and automatically bring new blog content into your podcast workflow through syncing.

This helps you extend the value of your written content, make it easier to consume while people are on the go, and reach audiences across podcast platforms without recording every episode yourself.

Explore Podbean Blog to Podcast.

Podbean now allows you to display a Cookies Notice on your Company Podcast Page.

You can choose whether to show or hide the notice, giving your organization more control over how cookie information is presented to visitors. This makes it easier to communicate your use of cookies transparently and align the page with your organization’s privacy practices.

Podbean now offers AI Settings, giving you more control over how Podbean AI supports your podcast workflow.

You can customize AI-generated episode descriptions and adjust audio optimization options to better match your show’s content and style. These settings help you produce more consistent results across episodes, reduce the time spent revising AI output, and keep your podcast’s presentation closer to the voice and sound you want.

Podbean now lets Business Account Owners and Admins add Podcast Analysts as a team member role to help manage or analyze podcasts.

You can assign analysts at the company level to view data across all current and future channels, or limit access to specific podcast channels. This flexibility lets team members focus on the analytics relevant to their work while helping account owners and administrators manage data access across larger podcast teams and networks.

Learn more about Podbean team member roles.

Podbean’s YouTube to Podcast feature  can help you turn existing YouTube videos into podcast episodes, making it easier to repurpose video content for podcast audiences.

You can repurpose video content for listeners who prefer audio and distribute it through podcast platforms without recording each episode again. This gives your content more ways to be discovered and lets your audience listen while commuting, exercising, or whenever watching a video is not convenient.

Explore Podbean YouTube to Podcast.

Podbean now brings AI-powered episode optimization to the Podbean mobile app.

You can enhance recordings with AI audio optimization and generate episode titles, show notes, transcripts, and chapter markers directly from your mobile podcast workflow. This makes it easier to move from recording to a polished, publication-ready episode—even when you’re creating away from your computer.

Learn more about using Podbean AI on the Android app or iOS app.

Podbean AI brings AI-powered audio optimization and content creation tools into your podcast workflow.

You can improve episode sound with noise reduction, intelligent leveling, filler-word and silence removal, filtering, and AutoEQ. Podbean AI can also generate episode titles, show notes, enhanced transcripts, and chapter markers—helping you spend less time on repetitive production tasks and move from raw audio to a polished, publication-ready episode more efficiently.

Explore Podbean AI podcast tools.

Podbean has launched Podbean Academy, a dedicated learning hub with practical podcasting courses, guides, and educational resources.

Whether you’re starting your first podcast or building your skills as an experienced creator, you can find guidance for planning, recording, publishing, promoting, and growing your show. Podbean Academy brings these resources together in one place, making it easier to learn at your own pace and apply new strategies throughout your podcasting journey.

Explore Podbean Academy.

Podbean now integrates with Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, allowing you to publish Apple Premium Episodes directly from your Podbean dashboard.

You can create and manage subscriber-only episodes within your existing podcast publishing workflow instead of handling the content separately across multiple platforms.

This gives you a simpler way to offer exclusive content to Apple Podcasts subscribers, build deeper relationships with your paying audience, and add subscription revenue to your podcast monetization strategy.

Learn more about setting up Apple Podcasts Subscriptions with Podbean.

Podbean now provides a QR code for your podcast, giving listeners a quick way to open and explore your show from their phones.

You can add the QR code to websites, social posts, event displays, print materials, and other podcast promotions. Listeners can scan it to go directly to your podcast, making it easier to connect offline and online promotion with your show and helping more people discover your content.

Create a QR code for your podcast.

Podbean now allows you to add chapter markers and timestamps to audio podcast episodes.

Chapters divide longer episodes into clear sections, helping listeners understand the episode structure and navigate directly to the topics that interest them.

They also make interviews, tutorials, news programs, and other multi-topic episodes easier to explore—giving your audience more control over how they listen.

Learn more about adding chapter markers to audio podcast episodes.

Podbean has moved the Podcast Type option from Feed Settings to General Settings and simplified how episode order is managed.

Your selected podcast type—episodic or serial—now determines how episodes are ordered on your podcast website and RSS feed. This creates a clearer, more consistent way to manage how listeners discover and follow your content.

Podbean now allows you to add and customize a Cookies Notice on your podcast website.

You can use the notice to explain how cookies are used and provide visitors with clearer information about your website’s privacy practices. This gives you more control over your privacy messaging and helps you communicate cookie usage transparently to your audience.

Podbean has introduced a redesigned organization podcast landing page with new branding, display, and browsing options.

You can add a custom header background, offer light and dark viewing modes, and display your podcast channels in a list or grid layout.

These options help you create a page that better reflects your organization’s brand while making it easier for employees, members, or other listeners to browse and discover your podcasts.

Learn more about customizing your organization podcast landing page.

Podbean has introduced FrontRow 3.0, a podcast website theme designed to place your show and episodes at the center of the browsing experience.

You can customize the top navigation and footer, add sections for additional information, links, and calls to action, and display full podcast and episode descriptions on the homepage.

FrontRow 3.0 also includes a responsive player that continues playing as listeners explore your site, helping them discover more content without interrupting the episode.

Podbean has expanded the Organizational Dashboard analytics for Network, Business, and Enterprise accounts.

You can now gain a broader view of performance across your organization’s podcast channels rather than reviewing each show in isolation. The enhanced analytics make it easier for teams to compare channel performance, identify audience and content trends, and use organization-wide data to guide reporting and podcast strategy.

Learn more about Podbean analytics for networks and organizations.

Podbean removes podcasters’ email addresses from public podcast RSS feeds.

This update reduces the exposure of your contact information to automated data collection and helps limit unwanted email and spam. Your podcast feed can continue supporting distribution to podcast directories without publicly displaying your email address.

Learn more about email privacy in Podbean RSS feeds.

Podbean supports up to 600 episodes in the embeddable multiplayer, doubling the previous limit of 300.

You can showcase more of your podcast catalog in a single player on your website or other external pages.

This gives listeners more episodes to browse and play without leaving the page, while making the multiplayer more useful for long-running shows and podcasts with large archives.

Podbean has added new Just-in-Time (JIT) provisioning controls for managing access to private podcasts.

You can set an inactivity period after which inactive members are automatically removed, freeing their seats for other listeners.

The private member list now also shows each member’s last activity time, giving administrators clearer visibility into account usage and making it easier to manage private podcast access at scale.

Podbean introduces a redesigned Business and Enterprise Dashboard with a more streamlined experience and new tools for managing organizational podcasts.

The updated dashboard brings your organization’s podcast channels, team settings, private members, analytics, and account controls into a clearer workspace. This makes it easier for administrators to oversee podcast activity, coordinate access, and manage multiple shows and listeners as their organization grows.

Explore Podbean’s business account guides.

Podbean expanded geographic listener analytics to include regional data for Sweden and Germany.

You can now see where listeners are located within these countries instead of relying only on country-level totals. This added detail helps you identify regional audience patterns and make more informed decisions about content, promotion, and audience outreach.

Podbean now allows you to add a custom episode link when publishing or editing an episode.

You can direct listeners to a related webpage, article, video, resource, or campaign that adds context beyond the episode description. 

Podbean now allows you to export the media URLs of your published podcast episodes.

You can retrieve episode-level media links in a convenient export instead of collecting them individually. This makes it easier to organize your podcast files, maintain content records, share media information with your team, or use episode URLs in other workflows and tools.

Learn more about exporting episode media URLs.

Podbean launched a Recommended Vendors page featuring selected podcasting products and services.

You can explore tools and providers that support different parts of your podcast workflow, with special offers available to Podbean customers. This gives you a convenient place to discover additional resources for creating, managing, and growing your podcast.

Explore recommended vendors for podcasters.

Podbean introduces Group Recording in the Podbean app, allowing you to record remote podcast conversations with co-hosts and guests.

Each session produces multitrack recordings saved through the cloud and participants’ individual devices. Separate tracks give you more control when editing each speaker and help preserve clearer audio, making it easier to create polished interviews and group discussions from different locations.

Learn more about Group Recording in the Podbean app:

• Group Recording for iOS
• Group Recording for Android

Podbean lets you change the language displayed on your dashboard and submit your podcast to the Podchaser directory with one click.

You can manage your podcast in your preferred available language and distribute your show to Podchaser with fewer steps. These updates make the Podbean dashboard more accessible while helping new listeners discover your podcast across another podcast directory.

Learn more about major podcast directories.

Podbean now lets you add or remove season numbers and tags across multiple podcast episodes at once.

You can update selected episodes in a single batch instead of editing them individually. This saves time when organizing a large episode library, correcting season information, or keeping tags consistent across your podcast.

Learn more about batch episode management:

• Batch Manage on iOS
• Batch Manage on Android

Podbean's podcast transcription and closed captioning available to free account users.

You can add written transcripts and synchronized captions to your episodes, making your content easier to follow for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, prefer reading along, or listen in environments where audio is not convenient.

Learn more about podcast transcripts and closed captioning.

Podbean has added Ad Management to the podcast dashboard, allowing you to promote your show by advertising on other podcasts.

You can create audio ad campaigns that introduce your podcast to listeners of other shows, helping you reach relevant audiences beyond your existing channels. Managing these campaigns through Podbean gives you a direct way to increase awareness, attract new listeners, and support your podcast’s growth.