Listen Notes
Worth submitting to. Free and low-effort to submit, and it is a genuine independent discovery surface distinct from Apple/Spotify — worth adding to the same submission pass as those two.
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Who actually reads it
People searching for podcast episodes by topic or keyword rather than browsing by show — Listen Notes is built around full-text episode search, a different use case from a listening app's directory.
What a strong listing looks like
A submitted RSS feed with clean episode titles and descriptions, since full-text search over episode content is the product's core mechanic — a feed with vague or missing episode metadata is effectively invisible in its own search results.
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Frequently asked questions
Is it free?
Submission and search are free; Listen Notes also sells API access to its podcast database separately.
Is my podcast already listed?
Often yes, since Listen Notes crawls public podcast directories and RSS feeds broadly — check before assuming you need to submit from scratch.
Is there a write API?
Listen Notes sells a paid data API for querying its podcast database; that is separate from — and not required for — submitting a new feed via the free form.