Google Podcasts is going to shut down on April 2 after the global rollout of podcasts in YouTube Music. The announcement was made in September 2023 but a date of the shift was announced more recently.
“Looking forward to 2024, we’ll be increasing our investment in the podcast experience on YouTube Music — making it a better overall destination for fans and podcasters alike with YouTube-only capabilities across community, discovery and audio/visual switching.Later in 2024, as part of this process, we’ll be discontinuing Google Podcasts,” YouTube said at that time in a blog post.
If you are an avid user of Google Podcasts, it’s time you shift your data to YouTube Music or other apps. Notably, this is a US-only feature.
“Looking forward to 2024, we’ll be increasing our investment in the podcast experience on YouTube Music — making it a better overall destination for fans and podcasters alike with YouTube-only capabilities across community, discovery and audio/visual switching.Later in 2024, as part of this process, we’ll be discontinuing Google Podcasts,” YouTube said at that time in a blog post.
If you are an avid user of Google Podcasts, it’s time you shift your data to YouTube Music or other apps. Notably, this is a US-only feature.
How to move subscriptions to YouTube Music:
- Visit the Google Podcasts app
- Select Export subscriptions at the top of the screen.
- Select Export under ‘Export to YouTube Music’
- Select Transfer on the YouTube Music app
- Select Continue
- Select Go to Library to view your subscriptions once the transfer is complete
It may take a few minutes for your subscriptions to transfer, so hang tight!
Not all podcasts will be available in YouTube Music and you may see a “Content is unavailable” message next to it if that’s the case
You also have the option to move your subscriptions to another podcast app by downloading via an OPML file or Google Takeout.
Listeners in the United States will be able to use Google Podcasts through March 2024, and will be able to migrate their subscriptions through July 2024.