I&#x27;ve started a podcast in the last three months that has grown to 25K listens&#x2F;month. Our listeners come thru owned social media channels, so I don&#x27;t need anything more from Apple other than a publishing platform and listening app. Amd there are alternatives if Apple fucks that up - such as SoundCloud.<p>We publish on iTunes through Libsyn as well as SoundCloud. Libsyn and SoundCloud provide analytics. It&#x27;s not a paid podcast, but Patreon seems like one way to achieve that.<p>As a content creator I can&#x27;t control what the platforms do. My best strategy is to diversify.