Google Podcasts Shutting Down in 2024 as YouTube Music Takes Over Podcasting

Google Podcasts is being discontinued in 2024 as Google shifts focus to offering podcasts within YouTube Music.
YouTube Music launched podcast support in the US in April 2022 and plans to expand globally by end of 2023.
Google Podcasts was first launched in 2018 on Android and later expanded to iOS, web, Windows, and macOS.
YouTube cites data showing more podcast listeners use YouTube (23%) compared to Google Podcasts (4%).
YouTube will offer tools to help Google Podcasts users migrate subscriptions and content to YouTube Music before discontinuation.

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