Getting started

Connecting your data

Invite PodAnalyst to your Apple Podcasts Connect, Spotify for Creators, and YouTube Studio accounts so your analytics start flowing.

How it works

PodAnalyst never asks for your Apple, Spotify, or Google password. Instead, you invite our data account as a read-only team member on each platform. We use that access to read your analytics, and nothing else. You can remove us at any time from the same settings pages.

The account to invite is:

data@podanalyst.com

Connect Apple Podcasts

  1. Sign in to Apple Podcasts Connect.
  2. Go to Account, then People.
  3. Click Invite and enter data@podanalyst.com.
  4. Give them the Analyst role.
  5. Select the show you want tracked, then send the invite.

Connect Spotify for Creators

  1. Sign in to Spotify for Creators.
  2. Go to Settings, then Manage Team.
  3. Click Invite.
  4. Use the name PodAnalyst, the email data@podanalyst.com, and the role Analytics Reader.
  5. Send the invite.

Connect YouTube

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. Go to Settings, then Permissions.
  3. Click Invite and enter data@podanalyst.com.
  4. Give them the Viewer role.
  5. Send the invite.

Pro feature

YouTube analytics are available on Pro and Network. On the Community plan, connect Apple and Spotify — YouTube can be added whenever you upgrade. See Plans and billing.

Do every platform you can.

Connecting only one gives you part of the picture — the Dashboard will show each platform side by side, and the platform filter is only useful once more than one is in.

Waiting for your first data

The platforms report on their own schedule, so it can take a couple of hours before numbers appear. You'll see a Complete Your Setup reminder banner in the app while we wait.

A few things that are normal in the first day:

  • Some metrics appear before others. Followers and plays usually land first; listening hours take longer.
  • Very recent episodes may show blank cells. There's simply nothing reported for them yet.
  • Chart positions and keyword ranks refresh on a slower cycle than your listener counts.

If nothing has appeared after 24 hours, check that the invites were accepted on every platform, then email support@podanalyst.com.

Adding another podcast

On the free plan you can track one podcast. To add more, see Your podcasts — each show you add needs its own Apple, Spotify, and YouTube invites.