{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_hmbswwt7r26vtgfq6geq","title":"Apple Podcasts algorithm drops country-specific curation. Users now get an algorithmic view, described by some as an echo-chamber.","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/apple-podcasts-algorithm-drops-country-specific-curation-users-now-get-hmbswwt7r2","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_hmbswwt7r26vtgfq6geq","seq":1338417,"kind":"article","title":"Apple Podcasts algorithm drops country-specific curation. Users now get an algorithmic view, described by some as an echo-chamber.","url":"https://podnews.net/update/apple-podcasts-algorithmic-view","summary":"Apple Podcasts has always had an impressive set of region-specific editorial content, ensuring that locally-made shows, among other relevant podcasts, have been promoted to audiences. Until now. Podnews has learnt from multiple sources - amid increasing industry frustration - that Apple Podcasts is no longer showing a country-based editorially-curated view to users in the \"Home\" and \"New\" sections in the Apple Podcasts app. Instead, Apple is showing an algorithmic view for…","published":"2026-10-02T11:00:00Z","seen":"2026-10-02T12:18:10Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-podnews-net-274fce","name":"podnews.net","domain":"podnews.net","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q108604514","name":"Podnews","type":"website","designations":["news website","podcast directory"]}},"via":"kite-podnews-net-274fce","topics":["podcasting"],"entities":[{"id":"Q70058728","name":"Apple Podcasts","type":"org"}],"story":"st_hmbswwt7r26vtgfq6geq","category":"science-technology","category_p":0.800000011920929,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.15000000596046448,"political":0.25999999046325684}]}