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Many podcast hosts provide an embeddable podcast player than you can use on your website.

These act similar to how you see people embed YouTube videos.

You probably wouldn’t decide which podcast hosting company to use based solely on their embed player, but I thought it would interesting to compare them.

There are also stand-alone podcast web players you can use no matter which host you use.

Learn how to start a WordPress blog so you can embed these players!

We’ll take a look at what features are included, what is customizable (if possible), and how they look.

I’ll try to embed an actual player on this page if possible – hopefully that doesn’t make it too slow to load.

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The main purpose of a podcast host is to have a place to upload and store your podcast episodes.

They also provide an RSS feed that you’ll submit to Apple Podcasts and other podcast directories so people can listen and subscribe.

We’re going to compare a few of the more well-known companies (and if you’re considering SoundCloud, just stop now, it’s not good for podcasting) in the space today among a variety of features: ease of use, price, stats, storage, and more.

I’ve used all these services (and tested many more) and talked to people at each company.

If you want to save some time comparing Libsyn, Blubrry, and Buzzsprout and are planning to start a podcast, I would choose Buzzsprout in 2025.

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