I've heard frequent complaints about spotify pushing podcasts but I've never once had spotify show me a podcast above the fold that I haven't myself followed. Only if I scroll really further than I've ever scrolled before could I find it.
Spotify shows me:
"Made for xnorswap: ": 5 "daily mixes" which have always been a bit rubbish because they're not really mixes, they seem to pick a song I like then they're that song's radio. The "Discover Weekly" mix is decent, the daily ones are not.
"Jump back in:" Continue listening to various playlists or albums.
"Recently Played": Similar, but for things I finished the first time.
"Your Shows": Podcasts I've actually subscribed to.
"More like bdrmm": Picks an artist I've recently listened to and suggests similar.
Only then we finally get to suggestions for things I haven't actually engaged with:
"Audiobooks for you": recommended audiobooks.
"Editor's Picks:" Suggested playlists
"Episodes for you": Episodes of podcasts to which I've subscribed.
"New Episodes": More episodes of podcasts to which I've subscribed.
"Shows you might like": Finally the recommended podcasts, about 5 pages down, and similar to podcasts I've listened to. Still no sign of Joe Rogan.
"Popular with listeners of Battleground": More recommended podcasts, again similar to a podcast I do listen to. Still no sign of Joe Rogan.
"Popular with listeners of Oh God What Now": More recommendations based on a podcast I rarely listen to.
"popular with listeners of TRiP": More similar podcasts.
"Popular with listeners of Scott Hanselmann": ditto.
"Spotify Original Podcasts": Finally, deep below anywhere I've scrolled outside of an exercise to look for it, I finally get linked to the Joe Rogan podcast, under a section where they link a bunch of Spotify podcasts.
Is Spotify UK totally different? Or has spotify put me in a "Likes music" category that has all the music recommendations above all the podcast recommendations?
Because I didn't even know Spotify Original Podcasts were a category until I scrolled 10 pages down to look for it.