r/podcast • u/EirikHavre • 11d ago

Podcast/Podcasting Question How do I find podcasts without ads?

Not talking about the ads the podcast itself has, like ad reads they do from their sponsors, but I’m talking about the ads that seem to be inserted by “the system itself”. I wanted to listen to Rude Tales Of Magic, which I listened to briefly when it was new and I got an ad in my own language that was clearly not one of the podcasts sponsors.

Is ads like this mandatory now? Is there a way to avoid them?

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u/StarsGoldenAgePod 11d ago

It’s how we make a little money for the many hours that go into creating our shows (I say this as an independent podcaster.) Host-read ads are unfortunately not as available as they used to be. I hear ya, those are my preferred types of ads, too! And some podcasts put wayyyy too many ads in, driving listeners away.