How to Subscribe to Private RSS Feeds on Google Podcasts

Dec. 4, 2020

It is no mystery that the content consumption habits of customers have exponentially grown due to the coronavirus pandemic. While video streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are getting aninflux of new subscribers, the podcasting industry is getting a fair slice of the cake too. Reacting to this growth, Google’s podcast app ‘Google Podcasts’ has beenexpanding its feature setandavailabilityover the past few months.

Google Podcasts’latest additionin this effort is theability to let users subscribe to podcasts via RSS feeds. Interestingly, the feature works across Google Podcasts on Android, iOS, andthe web. Today, we will be taking a look at how you can subscribe to RSS feeds on Google Podcasts.

Subscribe to Private RSS feeds on Google Podcasts

In this article, we have shown the steps for subscribing to private RSS feeds on Google Podcasts both for the web and mobile apps. Feel free to use the table of content below to move to the section you want.

1. Visit Google Podcast’sofficial websiteand sign in with your Google account. If you’ve already signed in to your Google account in the browser, you will automatically get signed in to Google Podcasts with your Google account.

2.Click on the hamburger menu(horizontal three lines button) present in the top-left corner of the page to expand Google Podcasts menu options.

5. And that’s it. Soon after clicking the Subscribe button, you’ll notice that you got subscribed to the podcast. The service will automatically redirect you to the show’s page. You can repeat these steps to subscribe to more awesome podcast shows.

If you prefer using GooglePodcasts on Androidand iPhone, you can follow the steps below to subscribe to RSS feeds. The steps are the same for both versions of the app, so we are mainly showing screenshots from the Android app. I have also added a screenshot for the iOS app to make things clear.

On the iPhone, the steps are the same, only the placement of the “Add RSS feed” option is different, as shown in the picture below.

3. In the pop-up box that appears now,paste the podcast’s URL and click on the Subscribe button. You will now automatically get subscribed and taken to the podcast show’s dedicated page or listing.

So, that’s how you subscribe to RSS feeds on Google Podcasts. If you’re an iPhone user, you can follow the procedure detailed for the Android version since both apps share the same set of features. This neat addition should help both creators to share their podcasts and listeners to easily access them. While you’re at it, do not forget to drop yourpodcast recommendationsin the comments.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.