YouTube has big plans for podcasts after losing Joe Rogan in $200m Spotify deal Spotify\/Joe Rogan\/YouTubeYouTube reportedly has big plans for its podcast side of the website, especially after losing Joe Rogan\u2019s full-length shows to Spotify. In September 2020, Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast \u2013 The Joe Rogan Experience \u2013 said goodbye to a whole host of platforms as it become exclusive to Spotify in a reported $200 million deal. One of those, of course, being YouTube. Before Rogan\u2019s mega-deal with Spotify, the UFC commentator\u2019s podcast would get most of it\u2019s views from YouTube, especially as fans could sit and watch the epic conversations between himself and his guests. While some clips from the show still make it onto YouTube, you do have to go through Spotify for the full-length video version of the show. Plenty of other podcasts have followed Rogan\u2019s steps with a video side of things, and YouTube has big plans aimed at keeping them under their umbrella. YouTube has massive plans for podcasts According to a report from Business Insider, which cites YouTube sources, Rogan\u2019s bumper deal with Spotify was signed at such a lofty figure due to his success on YouTube. Additionally, the report noted that will YouTube has begun rolling out some tools for the podcast side of their website \u2013 including a landing page \u2013 there are still more to come as they look to grow in the podcasting space off the back of Rogan\u2019s departure. As per PodNews\u2019 previous report, YouTube is apparently implementing RSS Feeds for podcasts, as well as metrics tracking for uploaders. Though, some of these are currently only available to those in the United States. PodNews also reported that podcasters will be able to feature audio adverts \u2013 both sold by Google and themselves, provided they are large enough to do so \u2013 which would be another significant boost. There\u2019s unlikely to be a YouTube podcast that dethrones Rogan or any of the other Spotify exclusives anytime soon, but the podcasting battle will roll on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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