Hi everyone!

I've gotten so much great info from reading through all posts in this community. Very appreciative!

I am almost ready to upload, but I'm stuck trying to choose a hosting platform...

My podcast has a mental health topic related to my business. I do not expect to make money for the first year or so, but definitely looking to (even slightly) monetize in the future.

I intend to make weekly 15-20 minute podcast episodes, and I will record both audio and video (going to post video on my youtube channel).

Am currently deciding between Spotify and Podbean, but also open to other options if there's a compelling reason.

While this is an investment for my business, I do not want to pay monthly or yearly fees if it's not actually necessary...so leaning towards Spotify unless there's a reason not to.

Thoughts?

Thanks all!

I've been a podcaster for +5 years, and I'm gonna launch a new show soon. I was wondering what podcast hosting offers the best options for monetization. I need the possibility to enable Apple Podcast subscriptions, and if possible I would like to activate Spotify subscriptions too. I was analyzing multiple options: Lybsyn, Podbean, RSS.com, Captivate, Blubrry (I had a good experience with them a few years ago, it seems to have nice podcast 2.0 features, but it was and still is a bit pricey and with limited options for ads).

But it has mostly come down to Lybsyn and Podbean, since they both seem to have a decent ad program. It's not very clear, but it looks that I could activate Spotify subscriptions with Lybsyn, while that doesn't seem to be the case with Podbean. Which one is better for monetization or in general? I'm fine paying +20$ a month.