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Podcastingauthority.com covers the craft, business, and technical landscape of podcasting — from microphone selection to RSS feed mechanics to monetization models. The contact page exists for questions, corrections, and collaboration inquiries that go beyond what the reference content already answers. Before reaching out, it's worth checking whether the FAQ or the how-to-get-help section already has what's needed — those pages handle a significant share of the questions that come through.

Service area covered

The scope here is national (United States), with reference content oriented toward English-language podcasting and the platforms, regulations, and industry standards that apply in that context. That said, podcasting infrastructure — RSS distribution, provider network submission, hosting platforms — is largely borderless, and much of the content on topics like podcast hosting platforms, podcast directories submission, and podcast copyright and music licensing applies to podcasters operating outside the US as well.

What falls within scope for contact inquiries:

1. Factual corrections — if a specific figure, platform name, or technical detail on any page is outdated or inaccurate, that's genuinely useful to flag
2. Content gaps — topics the site doesn't yet cover that would serve podcasters at any stage, from first episode to established show
3. Editorial and licensing inquiries — questions about republishing reference content or citing material from the site
4. Partnership and collaboration proposals — podcast networks, platforms, or industry organizations with a substantive connection to the subject matter

What falls outside scope: individual podcast coaching, episode feedback, listener support for third-party shows, or technical troubleshooting for platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Buzzsprout. Those companies maintain their own support channels — Spotify's creator support, for instance, is accessible through Spotify for Podcasters.

What to include in your message

A message that includes 3 specific pieces of information gets a response faster than one that doesn't: the page URL in question (if applicable), a clear description of the issue or request, and any relevant context — a competing source, a broken link, a platform policy change, whatever prompted the inquiry.

For factual corrections, the most useful format is:
- The specific claim as it appears on the page
- The correct information, ideally with a named public source (an official platform page, a published industry report, a government document)
- The URL of the page containing the error

For content gap suggestions, a sentence or two describing what the topic is and why it would fit the site's scope is enough. Vague requests for "more content about podcasting" aren't actionable. A specific request — say, a dedicated page on podcast co-host dynamics or a deeper treatment of video podcasting — is.

For partnership inquiries, include the name of the organization, a plain-English description of what's being proposed, and any relevant traffic or audience data. Cold outreach without context gets deprioritized.

Response expectations

Response times vary by inquiry type. Factual corrections tied to verifiable public sources are reviewed within 5 business days. General content inquiries and gap suggestions are batched and reviewed on a rolling basis — not every suggestion results in new content, but all of them inform the editorial roadmap.

Partnership and collaboration proposals receive a response within 10 business days if they fall within scope. Proposals that don't align with the site's reference-first editorial model — anything that reads more like a sponsored placement than a genuine content collaboration — are declined without extended back-and-forth.

One honest note on volume: the site covers more than 50 distinct topic areas across the full podcasting lifecycle, which generates a correspondingly broad range of inbound questions. Messages that are specific, well-framed, and clearly within scope move faster through the queue than ones that require interpretation.

Additional contact options

The primary contact method is the form on this page. There is no public phone line or live chat. For time-sensitive corrections — a broken external link, a platform that's shut down, a regulatory change that affects content accuracy — flagging the specific page URL in the subject line moves the message to the top of the corrections queue.

Readers looking for community-based answers rather than editorial responses are better served by independent podcasting communities. Podcast Movement (podcastmovement.com) maintains active community spaces and hosts one of the largest annual industry conferences in the US. The Podcasting 2.0 project (podcastindex.org) is a useful resource for questions touching on open podcast standards and RSS namespace extensions.

For questions specifically about platform mechanics — how Apple Podcasts handles category submission, how Spotify's algorithmic recommendations work, how a particular hosting provider calculates download counts — the authoritative answer will always come from the platform's own published documentation, not from third-party reference sites. Those platform documentation pages are linked throughout the relevant sections of this site, including the podcast directories submission and podcast analytics and metrics pages.

References

• podcastindex.org