Competition

What this page is for

Knowing who you're competing with turns vague ambition into a specific, beatable target. Competition shows you shows similar to yours, the search terms you both rank for, and how their audience size compares to yours.

Reach it from Explore → Competition in the top nav.

Finding competitors

PodAnalyst suggests potential competitors based on similarity to your show — overlapping topics, audience, and search presence. For each suggestion you'll see an Overview, the Shared Keywords you both rank for, and a Ratings Count as a rough proxy for audience size.

Ratings count is the fairest comparison available, because it comes from the same source for both shows. Two shows with wildly different listener numbers will still have comparable review volumes if their audiences are similar in kind.

Reading a competitor

• Shared Keywords is the most actionable column. These are the searches where you're directly up against each other. If a rival outranks you on a term you care about, that's a concrete thing to work on.
• Ratings Count tells you the scale gap. If a competitor has ten times your reviews, they're not a realistic keyword target — look for more specific terms instead.
• Release schedule shows how often they publish. If they release twice a week and you release monthly, they'll out-rank you on freshness for their topics. That's useful to know before you blame your content.

Tracking a competitor

Click Track on any card to follow that show. Tracked competitors show up in more detail across PodAnalyst — notably in your keyword views, where you can see where they rank relative to you.

Using this well

• Pick shows your size, not the biggest show in your genre. You can learn more from a peer than from a giant.
• Mine their keywords. A term where a comparable show ranks well is proof the term is winnable. Track it and go after it. See Keywords.
• Don't copy their schedule. Release frequency is a strategic choice with a real cost. Knowing theirs is context, not a target.
• Watch for gaps. Look for the searches they don't rank for. Often a more specific niche is sitting right there.

Getting there from here

• Go after a shared keyword — Keywords
• See where a rival ranks for a term you're tracking — Keyword detail
• Ask Iris how your show compares to a specific competitor — see Ask Iris