A podcast is an effective way of communicating with people. Podcasts are created for empowering people with knowledge on several areas. It is the next big thing and all set to rule the global market by 2020. Currently, the U.S is holding the crown position in Podcast market. Sources revealed that by 2020, the worth of podcast industry would be around $20 billion.
In India also, podcasts are currently on its growing phase. People here now are slowly accepting this amazing concept of building communication. Despite being on its early stage, the audience base in India is constantly looking for entertaining, knowledgeable and diversified content. Due to the current digitalization and huge population, podcasts can certainly become the biggest thing in India.
Sources revealed that India is holding the second position regarding the number of internet users. In the last five years, smartphone users are also increasing rapidly within India. The entire scenario is replicating the probable growth of Indian audience towards podcasts. Due to the busy life schedule, the audience loves to enjoy the podcasts on the go. Smartphones have become an integral part of people in India.
In this article, we have listed some sources, where Indian audience can enjoy their favourite podcasts whenever they want through smartphones.
Pocket Casts is considered as one of the most well-known podcast application. No matter you are using an iPhone or Android, this app can be installed in both. Pocket Casts is offering a range of good features along with the user-friendly interface, which helped them in gaining popularity among the other podcast sources. Just after opening the app, you will see several useful tabs like Top-rated, Trending, categories respectively. By clicking the Top-rated tab you can find the most liked podcasts. Similarly, you will find recent or trending topics in the trending section. Besides that, the category tab is developed for you to choose your favourite podcast. You can choose any category like sports, arts, business, comedy respectively. Pocket Casts has also introduced a search Filter function. Due to this, you can easily search your favourite podcast by applying filters like, release date, episode number, playing state. The best thing is Pocket Casts gives you the authority to download your favourite podcasts anytime. Besides that, you can also utilize the auto-downloading option for downloading the latest podcasts. Following this, Pocket Casts comes with cross-platform synchronization, which keeps your playing list intact. However, you need to pay INR 99 for installing this app in Android devices.
Unlike Pocket Casts, you do not have to pay a penny for installing CastBox. With a rating of 4.7 and over 6 million downloads, CastBox has become a must-have application. Those stats are showing its huge popularity among the people. CastBox offers over one million channels and 70 languages to choose from. You can now enjoy your Podcast in Hindi, Telegu whichever language you like. You will be able to enjoy all the basic facilities, which are supposed to be there in a Podcast app. Easy-to-use UI feature has been introduced as well in order to enhance the overall accessibility of the app. It also gives you the authority to download your favourite podcast. Features such as sleep timer and volume boost are also incorporated. Besides that, while listening to your favourite podcast, you can communicate with the other listeners through the comment section. The cloud sync support facility has introduced so that you can smoothly continue your favourite podcasts while switching devices. For all the podcast lovers, this app is a must-have app. If you want to be a podcaster, you can simply upload your recorded audio. The best part is it is absolutely free. You can also enjoy more facilities by upgrading the app.
Google has entered the world of the podcast in 2018 and introduced Google Podcasts. If you are a Podcast lover and using an Android device, then you cannot miss this app powered by Google. You will get all the basic facilities, which is completely worthy as you do not need to spend your money during the subscription. Though, you won’t get all the facilities like the above-listed podcast apps. The simple user-friendly interface of Google podcasts makes it popular among the audiences. It takes minimal space on your phone, which is again a big plus of this app. The size of this app is below 300kb. You will see several tabs after opening this app such as download, subscription update of your podcasts and categories respectively. Following this, Google Podcasts gives you the authority to control the playback speed through the standard buttons. Besides those above-mentioned features, some facilities are not included in Google podcasts such as automatic download, OMPL file export and import. Lack of those facilities might affect its position among the other podcast apps. However, Google is constantly developing their existing features, which might help them in acquire a superior position among the other apps.
If you are thinking about starting your podcast listening journey, then Player Fm app can be your ultimate destination. The easy-to-go interface of this app is quite appealing, where you can select your favourite podcasts among the enlisted categories. Besides that, you can anytime modify your list of the podcast as well. The auto-downloading facility has also been provided, which you can enable or disable anytime you want. You can apply the filter option while searching for your favourite podcast. It also gives you the option of Play Later, by which you can mark your podcast and listen to it later. You can download this app without spending money.
If you are looking for local Indian podcasts only, then IVM podcasts is the place for you. They recently launched their app for android devices. Now you can enjoy your favorite local podcast on your phone. Despite of being its earlier stage, IVM podcast has managed to produce quality content for their audience. You can simply sign up with Facebook or Google and you are all set to go. The interface of this app is also very appealing and you will face no such complexity while using. There’s a search bar, where you can put the keyword while searching for your favorite podcast. Besides that, you can also create your list of podcasts and IVM gives you the authority to download also. If you are fond of local Indian content, then this app is a must try.
Besides music streaming, Spotify can bring you to the world of podcasts. You can download the basic version of this app at free of cost for your Android device. They are recently focusing on their podcast category and the growth they are receiving is overwhelming. However, the collection of the podcast is not that huge as compared to the other apps but you can certainly give it a try. Spotify also offers a user-friendly interface, which is quite attractive for the audiences. You can easily search for your favourite podcasts anytime. Despite not having all the features, Spotify managed to gain a position among the other podcast apps due to its easy-going basic functions. You will be able to access more facilities by upgrading to the premium package. In India, people are now turning their heads towards podcasts. Those above-listed sources can be very beneficial for you in case you are looking for some good podcasts.