TuneIn
A veteran radio and podcast app that leans heavily on live radio streaming, with podcasts as a secondary but supported feature.
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TuneIn built its name streaming live AM/FM radio stations from around the world before podcasts existed as a category, and it has since added podcast support without fundamentally changing its radio first identity.
Submitting your show here is low cost distribution, worthwhile because it's free and the app still has meaningful daily active users, many of whom come for sports or news radio and might stumble onto podcast content too.
Don't expect it to drive discovery the way Spotify's algorithm might, TuneIn's users are mostly there with radio listening habits, and podcasts are a secondary feature layered on top.
A fine addition to a distribution checklist, not a platform worth spending marketing effort on specifically.
Sources for this review
- Official product website · Checked 2026-08-27
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