iTunes

includes ITunes API, ITunes Store, ITunes Business

12 statements across 6 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Mar 1, 2016 by Ben Williamson · said 1,837 times in 1141 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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2022 14 mentions in 14 episodes 1 per episode
2021 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2020 59 mentions in 22 episodes 3 per episode
2019 173 mentions in 170 episodes 1 per episode
2018 326 mentions in 317 episodes 1 per episode
2017 298 mentions in 212 episodes 1 per episode
2016 963 mentions in 403 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about iTunes, oldest first

Mar 1, 2016
Assertion Partly supported
Williamson: Apple's original iTunes application was built by two developers
“You know, if you look at like the original iTunes application, that was two guys.”
Ben Williamson Mar 1, 2016 ▶ 4:48 How YoShirt App Went from $0-$1m Fast with Ben Williamson of YoShirt Episode 23
Jun 2, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Walch: iTunes Top 15 Show Once Had Under 1,000 Downloads
“I, I've looked at the top 200 overall, and one week I was looking, and number 12 had two and a half million downloads for the episode that was released most recent, and number 15 had 979.”
Rob Walsh Jun 2, 2016 ▶ 4:50 Why Most Podcasters Lie with Rob Walch of Libsyn, EP 249: Rob Walsh
Jun 2, 2016 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Libsyn's Rob Walch: iTunes New & Noteworthy only adds 100 downloads
“In the business section, you're lucky if it gives you a bump of a hundred.”
Rob Walsh Jun 2, 2016 ▶ 3:13 Why Most Podcasters Lie with Rob Walch of Libsyn, EP 249: Rob Walsh
Jun 2, 2016 bearish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Walch: Apple will never release granular playback drop-off data
“And I don't see Apple ever releasing out the information that we would need to get on that playback and where it leaves.”
Rob Walsh Jun 2, 2016 ▶ 18:58 Why Most Podcasters Lie with Rob Walch of Libsyn, EP 249: Rob Walsh
Jun 2, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Walch: iTunes Top Episodes chart reflects weighted weekly downloads after 24-hour delay
“So when an episode is released in iTunes, it won't show up in the top episode list until about 24 hours after it's been released. So if you look at that list, it's again, it's going to be how many new downloads that show is getting in the last week with again,…”
Rob Walsh Jun 2, 2016 ▶ 5:46 Why Most Podcasters Lie with Rob Walch of Libsyn, EP 249: Rob Walsh
Jun 2, 2016 negative
Opinion
Walch: Forcing podcast listeners onto proprietary apps for ads will fail
“Really, really, you're going to change how people want to consume it so that they can get more ads. Wow, what a stupid idea that is. So you think people out there are going to go, yes, I want to hear Geico ads. Please let me change how I listen. No, that's not…”
Rob Walsh Jun 2, 2016 ▶ 21:19 Why Most Podcasters Lie with Rob Walch of Libsyn, EP 249: Rob Walsh
Jun 2, 2016 neutral
Assertion Supported
Walch: Apple ecosystem accounts for 70% of podcast consumption
“Apple, iTunes, and the podcast app are 70%.”
Rob Walsh Jun 2, 2016 ▶ 18:33 Why Most Podcasters Lie with Rob Walch of Libsyn, EP 249: Rob Walsh
Jun 2, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Walch: iTunes Top 200 Chart Ignores Ratings and Reviews
“The top 200 list in iTunes is based on the total number of new subscribers in the last seven days with a weighted average for the last 24, 48, and 72 hours. It does not factor in ratings and reviews in the top 200 list.”
Rob Walsh Jun 2, 2016 ▶ 4:20 Why Most Podcasters Lie with Rob Walch of Libsyn, EP 249: Rob Walsh
Jun 19, 2016
Assertion Supported
App Store descriptions have zero impact on iTunes search rankings
“ITunes, iTunes description means nothing.”
Nathan Chan Jun 19, 2016 ▶ 16:46 How to Capture 150 New Emails Leads From Instagram Daily, EP 302: Nathan Chan
Jun 20, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Apple Connection Got The Slow Hustle Featured on iTunes Homepage
“Oh, well, I got a friend that talked to a friend that has happens to work at Apple and they're like, oh, this show's cool. We're, you know, you guys are small, but we're going to put you on there. They put us on the homepage.”
Peter Awad Jun 20, 2016 ▶ 11:14 4 Kids Under 8, Traveling Country, Runs 3 Businesses, How?! EP 306: Peter Awad
Sep 6, 2017 negative
Disclosure
Jarvis: Hosting Best Camera IP on Developers' Servers Was a Mistake
“Where I can blame myself is that I was very casual about where the IP lived, despite that it was mine. I had it living on their servers and their passwords. Yes. And their iTunes account to launch the app.”
Chase Jarvis Sep 6, 2017 ▶ 9:09 774: CreativeLive's Chase Jarvis: If Linkedin Offered You $200m Do You Take It?
Feb 5, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sanyal: Green Street made a few thousand monthly on iTunes in high school
“In high school we were making probably a couple thousand dollars a month.”
Ani Sanyal Feb 5, 2018 ▶ 2:25 926 How Teen Launched $250k Record Label, Then Kidney Failure, Now $1.5m Agency
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