What is this

Listen Notes is a podcast search engine that actually works. You get this email because you subscribed to the monthly update newsletter from Listen Notes website or blog the other day.

I want to be transparent in the development process of Listen Notes. On the last day of every month (Pacific time), I'll write an email to let you know what I've done in that month. This is the first email.

I just left the company I co-founded on Sep 15, 2017. So I can work on Listen Notes full-time now. You can learn more about Listen Notes & me on this FAQ page.

Listen Notes 2.0

In the past several days, I rewrote the entire web UI and redesigned the logo. So the website looks less ugly now :)

Some numbers

• Database:

  • 356k podcasts; 18.5 million episodes.

• Website:

  • Page views: July 29k, Aug 55k, Sep 103k

  • Uniques: July 13k, Aug 27k, Sep 43k

Blog posts

I wrote two blog posts recently:

• What’s next for Listen Notes?

• Listen Notes 2.0: laying the foundation of future fast iteration