Using podcast trackers

Third-party podcast trackers uses the HTTP redirect functionality so that any request for an audio file goes to their servers first, before redirecting back to our servers. This allows them to track when a file is requested by an end-user, while redirecting back to our platform to serve the actual file.

Our platform supports these podcast tracking platforms:

• Podtrac
• OP3
• Chartable (Deprecated - October 2024)

Enabling trackers

To enable this functionality, use the "Edit Publisher" functionality and go to the "Trackers" section:

Under the "Tracking" section, these services can be enabled by:

• Entering a Chartable ID provided by them
• Enable Podtrac

Updated output

After saving this configuration, the tracker prefix(es) will automatically be inserted for all podcast URL's:

• In our web player.
• In RSS feed enclosure fields.
• In "download" links on our website.

For example, an enclosure in the RSS feed may look like something this without any tracker enabled:

https://dl.iono.fm/epi/prov_1/epi_123_medium.m4a

But after enabling Podtrac and inserting a Chartable ID, it will be updated to:

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.m4a/dl.iono.fm/epi/prov_1/epi_123_medium.m4a

OP3 tracker

We also support the OP3.dev tracker, a free and open-source podcast prefix analytics service committed to open data and listener privacy. It works similar to our existing Podtrac and Chartable support by adding a prefix to all audio URLs.

It is enabled under the Podcast 2.0 section of the publisher config.