The Podcast Ranking & Keyword Explorer is a lightweight, no-frills tool designed to help you understand how keywords perform in platform searches — without needing to verify or add a podcast to PPO.

This tool has been part of PODIUS.io since the early days and has been replaced by PPO and all the great tooling that comes along with it. Nonetheless, we decided to keep it for anyone who wants to quickly test out search visibility across Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

What Is it Made For?

Both Keyword Explorer & Podcast Ranking are useful if you want to:

• Quickly test how different keywords perform

• Check what results show up for specific keywords on Apple Podcasts and Spotify

• Benchmark your show against others without committing to a full PPO setup

There’s no need to verify a podcast — making it ideal for fast, ad-hoc exploration. Keep in mind that there is also no way to save your keywords and return back later. Please use PPO if you need to track keywords repeatedly for any podcast. Read this article to learn more about Podcast Platform Optimization.

Two Powerful Tools in One

You can choose between the Keyword Explorer and the Podcast Ranking. While being very similar at the core, there is a key difference so it's important to know when to use which to get the best results.

Keyword Explorer

• Simply type in any keyword to view search results.

• Or choose from our Trending Keywords list (based on live Google Trends data).

• Click any keyword to see up to 20 top search results on Apple Podcasts and Spotify

Podcast Ranking

• Works just like the Keyword Explorer, but with a twist

• You select a specific podcast to check how well it ranks for your chosen keyword.

• Instead of showing top results, it shows the position your selected podcast holds in each platform’s search results.

• Click on any keyword to view all other podcasts that rank for that keyword—perfect for competitive analysis.

The Podcast Ranking & Keyword Explorer is perfect when you want to throw a bunch of keywords at the wall and see what sticks — fast. No setup, no friction. Just pure search visibility data across platforms. For anything more advanced, please use Podcast Platform Optimization for better flexibility and more insights.