But no, I didn’t see that obvious pattern when I checked reviews for other top podcast apps in the App Store. I wondered if maybe this was a common confusion with podcast apps, where listeners think they’re reviewing a podcast instead of the app itself.
“Being a future young millionaire listening to Anthony Oneal keeps me on track during all the ups and downs of life.” Far from the superficial emotional appeals to envy and self congratulating faux empathy that so dominate popular culture.” “Nice to listen to thoughtful and factual podcast. “Mobley has Depth and Insight,” writes xbacksideslider.“Amazing show! Hilarious and well researched,” writes SammyAls, adding, “The dynamic is amazing, and the content is SO needed! Love this.”.Here are a few more of the “Most Recent” reviews of the Apple Podcasts app: I kid you not - this is the top review for Apple Podcasts on the App Store: Apple deems this the “Most Helpful” review of its Podcasts app. There are new, positive reviews, but they aren’t reviews of the Apple Podcasts app at all - they’re reviews of podcasts themselves.Īll the new positive reviews appear to be talking about specific podcasts, instead of the app: /HCo7WCcmH3- Kosta Eleftheriou November 17, 2021
If you think there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation for this, you might be right - it could definitely be that people who bother to submit reviews tend to be angry, and a lot of people who love Apple Podcasts and never bothered to look it up in the App Store (remember, it’s preinstalled!) are finally balancing things out.īut do those people actually love Apple Podcasts? Because if you really look at the reviews, it seems like some funny business is going on. AppFigures estimates 6,292 five-star ratings were submitted on November 17th alone. 1 App Store search result for “podcast.” It looks far more desirable to a new user than it might have before. The app has made it to 4.7 stars overall as of this writing and is firmly the No. How did “Apple Podcasts” suddenly go from 1.8 to 4.6 stars? Is Apple manipulating their own app ratings now? /5kJKYd54VP- Kosta Eleftheriou November 17, 2021