Spotify makes it easy to find and listen to podcasts on the app, but do you know how to rate podcasts in Spotify? For years, Spotify was purely a service for streaming music. Users could listen for free (or pay for Premium) and have access to millions of songs on virtually any device. From rock to classical and pop to small indie hits, pretty much every type of music is on Spotify.

While music is still a core pillar of the Spotify experience, Spotify’s since expanded into the podcast niche as well. Spotify started testing podcasts in 2017 and has continued to make podcasts a bigger and bigger focus. Today, Spotify serves podcasts from NPR, Ramble, iHeartMedia, and even has its own original podcasts available exclusively on the app. Podcasts are integrated seamlessly right alongside music, and even better, are free for everyone to listen to.

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Podcasts on Spotify aren’t a secret these days, but there is one thing that remains unclear: How do people rate podcasts on Spotify? While the functionality didn’t exist for many years, that changed in December 2021. Starting on December 16, Spotify began rolling out a podcast rating system for users to rate and review their favorite podcasts. The best part? It’s extremely easy to use. After listening to a podcast for 30 seconds or more, users get the option to rate the show between 1 and 5 stars. Just head to the podcast’s main page on Spotify, tap the star icon, and choose how many stars you want to rate it. There’s currently no option to type a full written review, with Spotify opting exclusively for the 5-star system.

Why You Should Rate Podcasts On Spotify

Rating podcasts on Spotify is about as easy as it gets, but here’s another question: Why should someone even bother with this in the first place? As Spotify explains, the ratings “give listeners an opportunity to support their favorite podcast shows and enable a two-way feedback loop between creator and listener.” Once a podcast has received at least ten ratings, the average score is displayed publicly on its Spotify page. Anyone using Spotify can then see the average rating for a particular show, along with how many ratings that score is based on.

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In theory, podcast ratings are helpful for listeners and creators alike. From the listener’s perspective, having a clear rating can make it easy to filter out quality podcasts from not-so-great ones. Creators get a tangible score to see how their show resonates with the folks listening to it. And that’s all there really is to it! Listen to a podcast on Spotify, give it a rating, and you’re done.

Source: Spotify

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