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How to follow and listen to podcast on Spotify.

If you are a Spotify user, you may already know this, but if you are not a user yet, it may convince you to join the platform, because on Spotify you will not only be able to listen to music, but you can also listen to podcasts to which we can subscribe to be up to date with all episodes of the podcast that their owners may publish.

How to listen to podcast on spotify
Most people think of Spotify as a very popular exclusive music streaming service, but podcasts can also be found. In Spotify you can find the vast majority of the most popular podcasts, as well as many exclusive to the platform.

Podcasts are available in all versions of the Spotify application, whether from the official apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, MacOS, and even the Web version. In addition, your progress of listening to chapters of a Podcast will be synchronized in all the devices in which you have Spotify and have logged in with your user account.

As if that weren't enough, users of Spotify on mobile devices can download chapters of the desired podcast, to be able to listen to them on their Android mobile phone or iPhone without the need for an internet connection.

That said, below, we show you step by step how to find a podcast on Spotify as well as how to follow them so as not to miss any chapter of it:

Spotify podcasts on the for iPhone, iPad and Android.
The Spotify app looks the same on iPhone, iPad, and Android. So the steps to follow are the same in all these versions.

Open the Spotify app and tap on the Search option.

Here you will have to search for the title of the Podcast in which you are interested.

Among all the displayed search results, you should pay attention to the result that contains the Podcast tag.

When the podcast is displayed in full screen, you must click on the button: Follow.

From now on, new episodes of that Podcast will appear in the Podcast section of your library.

Spotify podcasts for desktop.
Spotify desktop experience works similarly on Windows, MacOS, Linux, or the Web version.

Open the program or visit the website of the Spotify player.

On Windows and Mac, you will need to click on the search bar at the top of the window. If you use the web player, you will first have to click on the Search section of the left side menu: Search.

Here you will have to search for the podcast by name.

Select the search result that has the Podcast tag.

Click the Follow button on the main podcast screen.

Now this podcast will be available from the library section of your account and you will be up to date with new episodes.

Play podcast episodes that you follow on Spotify.
All you have to do is open Spotify.

Go to your Library section.

And under it you will see the podcasts that you follow with the number

Hope this post helped you!

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