How to transfer Google Podcasts to YouTube Music and other platforms

Google will retire Google Podcasts in April 2024. Thankfully, it's possible (and relatively easy) to transfer your subscription to other major podcast platforms. Here's how to transfer your podcasts from Google Podcasts to YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Pocket Casts.

1. How to transfer your Google Podcasts subscription to YouTube Music

YouTube Music is one of the best alternatives to Google Podcasts because it's easy to import your podcast subscriptions. Move all your favorite shows to YouTube Music with just a few taps in the app.

To export your podcast subscriptions to YouTube Music, follow these steps:

1. Open Google Podcasts on your mobile device and tap Export subscription It's in the banner at the top.
2. under Export to YouTube Music,Tap export. This will automatically open the YouTube Music app. If you don't have YouTube Music installed yet, you'll be prompted to do so first.

   

   

3. Tap forwarded as [Your email associated with YouTube Music] Click to start the migration process. If you add a third-party hosted podcast to your YouTube Music library, you'll receive a notification that it may not comply with YouTube's Community Guidelines.Tap Continue Continue and wait a few seconds for the transfer to complete.
4. Tap library View and play newly added podcast shows.

This easy export feature may be one of the benefits of choosing YouTube Music. However, this tool is not available to everyone.

If you don't see an export option in the Google Podcasts app, use the Google Takeouts method described below.

2. How to migrate Google Podcasts subscriptions using OPML import

Some podcast apps support direct import and export of OPML files, so you can download and transfer your subscription data to another app. Good examples of these apps include:

This process begins by downloading the OPML file from Google Podcasts and importing it into your new app.

How to get a Google Podcast export file

There are two ways to export your Google Podcasts data. It's easiest to do this within the Podcasts app, but some users don't have an export option. In that case, you should use Google Takeout.

To export your subscriptions from within Google Podcasts:

1. Launch Google Podcasts on your device
2. Tap Export subscription It's at the top of the screen.
3. below it Export for another app,Tap download.
4. You will receive a notification when the OPML file has finished downloading

   

   

If you can't find the Export Subscriptions banner, you can also use Google Takeout to download and transfer your Google Podcasts account data, including podcast subscriptions.

To access your podcast OPML file, follow these steps:

1. Visit takeout.google.com and sign in to your Google Account.
2. under Select data to includeYou may want to tap . deselect all Before checking the box next to Google Podcasts.Then tap next step.
3. inside Forwarding destination Dropdown menu (below) destination) Select your preferred option: Send download link via email, Add to Drive, Add to Dropbox, Add to OneDrive, or add to box. In this case, we chose add to drive.
4. Make sure the frequencies are set as follows: Export it once and The file type is .zip.
5. Scroll down and tap Creating an export.
6. Enter your email password to verify your identity and begin the export.

   

   

7. When you're ready to export, tap open in drive.The file name is takeout.zip.
8. Tap the three vertical dots on the top right, download.
9. Once downloaded, navigate to the file location on your device and extract the contents of the ZIP file. The location of the extracted OPML file is: Take-out > Google Podcasts > Regular purchase > subscription.opml.

How to import a Google Podcasts OPML file

Once you have your subscription export file, you can import it into your desired podcast app. We're using Pocket Cast for illustration purposes, but the steps apply equally well to other podcast apps that support OPML import.

1. Open your new preferred podcast app.
2. Find. Importing OPML Features (usually found in settings or sidebar menu).
3. Navigate to and select the OPML file you exported from Google Podcasts.
4. The new podcast app will parse your OPML file and import all your subscriptions from Google Podcasts.

3. How to transfer your Google Podcasts subscription to Spotify

There is no official way to export podcast subscriptions from Google Podcasts to Spotify. Spotify also doesn't have native functionality for importing OPML files.

However, you can use a third-party tool called Pod Importer to transfer your subscriptions from Google Podcasts to Spotify.

Once you've downloaded your Google Podcasts subscription data using the built-in app export tool or Google Takeout, go to Pod Importer to transfer everything to Spotify.

1. Go to the Pod Importer website and tap . Sign in with Spotify Connect to your Spotify account.
2. Tap agree Grant permissions to Pod Importer.
3. Tap select file Navigate to the OPML file you downloaded from Google Podcasts or Google Takeout and click[submit.
4. Pod Importer parses your OPML file and displays all the Google Podcast shows it contains.You can go to and check the box next to subscribe For each podcast you want to transfer to your Spotify library.Or just tap select all Migrate your entire Google Podcasts library in one batch.
5. Finally tap Import shows to Spotify Migrate selected podcasts to your Spotify library.

4. You can also manually add Google Podcasts to Apple Podcasts and other podcast platforms

If your target podcast platform doesn't have OPML import capabilities, such as Apple Podcasts, you may need to search and resubscribe each podcast one by one. This can be time-consuming and tedious, especially if you have a large number of podcasts.

However, most podcasts syndicate their content via RSS feed URLs. So if you can get a direct RSS feed link for a show, you can subscribe by simply pasting this URL without having to search.

RSS URLs are fast, but not easily accessible by all podcast producers.

To import a podcast RSS feed into Apple Podcasts:

1. Open the Apple Podcasts app.
2. Tap library In the bottom menu bar, tap Follow the show by URL.
3. Paste and tap the RSS feed link. to follow subscribe.

This isn't the easiest method, but it may be necessary if your podcast platform doesn't support other methods.

We recommend transferring your Google Podcasts subscriptions as soon as possible. OPML files containing subscriptions are convenient for supported podcast apps and can be imported in bulk. If your new podcast app doesn't have that option, be prepared to add it manually.