Apple's data is reliable, but it isn't the whole world
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as big as Apple podcast is, it's also not necessarily representative, the representative of the whole
Episode 104: A New Dump (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:48:08 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Talking with guest Mike van Heyde about seed data from Apple, Dave warns that Apple Podcasts data is centralized in one giant company and doesn't represent everyone. Every app has its own flavor of trending shows: Overcast skews to the Relay FM/Mac crowd, and 2.0 apps skew to their own users.
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Episode 104: A New Dump (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:48:22 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
within every app, you're gonna see, you're gonna see their particular flavor of trending shows.
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