Fri. Mar 29th, 2024
Pete Curley and Garret Heaton, cofounders of Swoot

A new app for podcast listening is available since this week. The new app is called Swoot and the app turns podcast listening into a social experience. The motto is: “Podcasts with friends :)”

Swoot stands out from other podcast apps with its social networking elements and recommendation feature, which allows users to suggest podcasts to friends.

“We are incredibly excited to introduce Swoot to the world,” said Curley, co-founder of Swoot. “Podcasts are possibly the most important medium of our time, but existing podcast apps are a lonely and lacking experience. We built Swoot so people can connect with their friends, discover shows together, and never miss awesome podcasts again. Our mission is to give podcasts the home they deserve.”

“We’ve already seen a few episodes go viral across the entire network, showing the power of social networking for podcasts and enabling the best content to reach a huge audience,” CURLEY added. “This is unthinkable with today’s podcast ecosystem.”

I don’t know if Swoot can solve the podcast discovery problem, or if it can even encourage people to leave their default podcast player, but it’s an interesting concept. I know a few friends who would love a service like this if only to evangelize for the shows they find on their own. Most other attempts at solving discovery are seemingly aimed at creating better recommendation engines, based off your own listening habits, and this is clearly a very different approach. With Spotify investing millions in the space, and venture capitalists putting their money behind multiple podcast startups, the market is still developing and maybe there’s hope for small startups.

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