Goodpods

Goodpods is a social podcast discovery platform and podcast player that helps listeners find new shows through friends, curated lists, community reviews, and AI-powered recommendations. Users can see what friends are listening to, direct-recommend episodes, bookmark content, join topic-based "Groups," and chat with other fans within a built-in player that supports downloads, sleep timers, and variable playback speeds. The app aggregates millions of podcasts across categories such as news, true crime, comedy, sports, and business.

For podcasters, Goodpods offers tools to claim shows, engage directly with listeners, respond to reviews, and track engagement metrics. The platform provides shareable badges, audio clips, and social feed exposure to help creators grow audiences organically through word-of-mouth rather than paid promotion or algorithmic feeds alone. Cross-promotion features allow podcasters to collaborate with one another.

The company was founded by siblings JJ Ramberg and Ken Ramberg, who previously built Goodshop, an online coupon platform. Goodpods is operated by Goodpods LLC (also associated with Good Search) and is available as a free app on iOS, with a companion website. It positions itself as a community-driven alternative to purely algorithmic podcast discovery, similar in concept to Goodreads for books.