Moving From Google Podcasts?

  • staff-cara · Staff ·

    Are you looking for a new home for your podcasts after Google announced it will be sunsetting Google Podcasts in 2024?

    If yes, you’ve come to the right place!

    Google Podcasts currently does not have an “Export” feature within the app, so moving your subscriptions over needs to be done manually.

    If you’re using a Google Account with Google Podcasts, here are the steps you can follow to get started with Pocket Casts:

    1. Go to Google Takeout.
    2. Create an export of your Google Account data with “Google Podcasts” selected. You can leave everything else unselected. Google will then work on the export and email you once they are done. According to Google, the process can take a long time—possibly hours or days—to complete.
    3. Check you Gmail inbox for an email with the subject “Your Google data is ready to download.”
    4. On the Google Takeout email, click “Download your files.” Follow the prompts to download the exported ZIP file.
    5. Open the Zip file, and extract the Subscriptions.opml file from Google Podcasts > Subscriptions.
    6. Import the Subscriptions.opml file into Pocket Casts:
      • On the web and desktop apps: click your Profile on the upper-right corner > Settings > Import & Export > Import Podcasts and select your Subscriptions.opml file
      • On the Android app: go to Profile > Settings (gear icon) > Import & Export OPML > Import Subscriptions > Select File and select your Subscriptions.opml file
      • On the iOS app: go to Profile > Settings (gear icon) > Import Podcasts and follow the instructions under “Import from other apps”
    7. Your Google Podcasts subscriptions should now be in Pocket Casts.

    If you use Google Podcasts without a Google Account, you can follow these steps:

    1. Open Pocket Casts. While you can use our mobile apps without an account, we highly recommend that you sign up for one. This is completely free and allows you to benefit from Pocket Casts Sync.
    2. Find your podcasts by going to “Discover” and using the search bar. You can then click “Subscribe” on podcast pages.
    3. If you cannot find certain podcasts, which would likely be the case for any paid/private podcasts you might have, you can paste their RSS feeds directly into the search bar or submit them at https://pocketcasts.com/submit/.

    And if you need further assistance with finding your feet in Pocket Casts, we’ll be right here!

    Most of the features that make Pocket Casts so powerful are free, but you can further enhance your listening experience with Pocket Casts Plus. As a Plus user, you’ll have access to our desktop and web apps, custom folders, 20GB of cloud storage for your audio files, playback on Apple Watch and Wear OS, and unique themes and icons. You can enjoy a one-month free trial of Pocket Casts Plus by signing up here.*

    * The free trial is available to those who have not tried Pocket Casts Plus previously.

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