Pocket Casts Introduces Playlists Feature to Help Users Organize Podcast Episodes

Pocket Casts Rolls Out New Playlists Feature

Pocket Casts, one of the most popular podcast listening apps, has introduced a playlists feature that gives users a new way to organize and sequence podcast episodes across different shows.

What the Feature Does

The new playlists functionality allows users to curate custom collections of podcast episodes, making it easier to navigate the millions of episodes available across various podcasts. According to Engadget, Pocket Casts is positioning this as "a new way for listeners to" manage their podcast consumption.

Users can now create playlists that include episodes from multiple podcasts, giving them more control over their listening experience beyond traditional subscribe-and-listen approaches.

Why This Matters for Podcast Listeners

With millions of podcast episodes published across countless shows, discovering and organizing content has become increasingly challenging for listeners. The playlists feature addresses this problem by letting users build themed collections or sequence episodes in a preferred order.

This functionality brings podcast apps closer to the organizational features that music streaming services have offered for years, allowing for more personalized and intentional listening experiences.

Availability

The playlists feature is now rolling out to Pocket Casts users, though specific platform availability and rollout timeline details were not provided in the announcement.