Yellowball is a podcast hosting service designed for creators who want to maintain full ownership and control over their content, audience, and data. Unlike many platforms that host podcast feeds on their own domains, Yellowball enables users to host their RSS feed on their own domain, ensuring that their audience remains with them regardless of changes to the hosting service. The platform emphasizes privacy and autonomy, allowing sign-up with only a username and no email requirement. For those seeking further anonymity, payments can be made with cryptocurrencies such as Monero or Bitcoin, and credit card payments require only essential information.
Yellowball does not collect unnecessary data or include invasive tracking scripts like Google Analytics. While it avoids extensive tracking, it still provides creators with download numbers and listener data, supporting an understanding of audience reach without compromising privacy. The service also offers unlimited downloads, ensuring that growing audiences do not incur additional costs. Branding is optional and can be easily disabled at no extra charge, so creators are not required to display Yellowball’s branding on their content if they choose not to.
The platform is built for simplicity and reliability, intentionally offering minimal features to avoid complexity and distractions. Migrating from another podcast hosting platform is supported through a straightforward process: users can import their show by entering and validating ownership of their existing RSS feed. Yellowball is not open source, and its licensing is currently closed, though its approach may evolve over time.
Yellowball is aimed at podcasters who value privacy, simplicity, and direct ownership of their work and data. It is delivered as an online service, with support available via ticketing for account holders or email for general inquiries. The platform’s philosophy centers on enabling creators to focus on their content without being subject to platform-imposed milestones, awards, or branding requirements.
Yellowball sits in PulseGate's Podcasts & audio shows category. Podcast creators often lack control over their feed, audience data, and platform branding. Yellowball is a consumer product aimed at independent podcasters. Pricing is paid, from $10. Yellowball is available on the web.
Yellowball first shipped in 2024. Among its 6 catalogued features are RSS feed ownership, privacy-focused, and no email required.
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