topic Re: How do I get podcasts to play in the same order as the sorting? in Android

How do I get podcasts to play in the same order as the sorting?

Robyn11 — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 21:21:59 GMT

My podcast is sorted Newest to Oldest and I would like them to also *play* in that order too. However, when the newest one finishes, instead of moving down the list it jumps to a recommended podcast.

Re: How do I get podcasts to play in the same order as the sorting?

Susan_GP — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 15:49:58 GMT

Hi there @Robyn11,

Thanks for reaching out to the Community and welcome!

The sort and filter option in Podcasts only changes the order you see the episodes. If you have Newest selected, the newest episode you see will be the first one on the list. And if you have Oldest selected, the oldest episode will be the first one on the list. However, this doesn't change the way the episodes are played. Podcasts are always played from oldest to newest. The queue will always be in order. That means if you listen to the newest episode, there are no more episodes to play from that podcast and you will get a recommendation if Autoplay is on.

If you want to listen to an older episode from that same podcast once the newest is over, you can add it to your Queue. You can also create playlists with the episodes you want to listen to and that way, you can listen to the episodes from newest to oldest.

Hope this helps. If you have any questions or need anything else, the Community is here for you.

Re: How do I get podcasts to play in the same order as the sorting?

Robyn11 — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 16:41:22 GMT

Thank you so much for your helpful reply xx

Re: How do I get podcasts to play in the same order as the sorting?

Clau14 — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:11:08 GMT

Bij mij speelt Spotify na elke podcastaflevering de trailer opnieuw af. Ik moet altijd handmatig naar de volgende. Heel vervelend in de auto of op de fiets. Wat kan ik hieraan doen?

Re: How do I get podcasts to play in the same order as the sorting?

OscarDC — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:32:21 GMT

Hey @Clau14,

Thank you for joining the conversation. Hope you don't mind me replying in English, as that's the official language of the Community!

Thats an odd behavior. To start investigating this, and to make sure we're covering all the basics, would you mind confirming if you have already performed a clean reinstall of the app on your device? If not, we'd recommend following the steps mentioned in this article.

If the issue persists, would you mind checking on a different device (using your own account) to see if it makes any difference? If you don't have another one available, you can borrow one from a friend or family member to test it out.

Lastly, could you confirm if this is happening with all podcasts you've tried or is just a specific one? In case of being specific, could you share the link/URI of the podcast to take a better look?

We'll be on the lookout.

Re: How do I get podcasts to play in the same order as the sorting?

mireczatko — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:12:35 GMT

so it looks like great idea to improve spotify in the way podcasts will be played as you see it in your preferred order. Described behavior is counterintuitive

UX Issue: Podcast episodes are played in the wrong order if you sort them by "Newest"

Tomfried — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:36:33 GMT

I usually watch podcasts in antichronological order, meaning I start with the newest episode and work my way into the past one episode at a time. That is why I always enable the "Unplayed" filter and sort podcast episodes by "Newest" when choosing what episode I want to listen to next in the Spotify android app.

However I noticed that when I do this and then click on an episode and let it play through to the very end, Spotify will automatically play the next newest unplayed episode (or a random podcast recommendation if that already was the newest unplayed episode) instead of the next oldest one. This is unintuitive for two reasons:

Firstly, It traverses the list of episodes - sorted from newest to oldest - backwards.

Secondly, it does not allow me to listen to podcasts in antichronological order without clicking on each episode individually. Unlike users who listen to all podcasts in chronological order, I cannot just let one episode end and have the next one start automatically.

podcast only playing old to new

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 04:00:59 GMT

all of a sudden its playing up the list instead of going down. even changing the filters it just goes to the next newest one.

Re: How do I get podcasts to play in the same order as the sorting?

6frs87v-hk_pj — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 15:56:04 GMT

Mine is sorted from new to old, but if I play yesterday's podcast, it will them play 2 days ago right after, instead of the most recent. drives me crazy! how do I fix this???

Reading orders choices

crueldan — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:36:21 GMT

First, I want you to know that I really appreciate Spotify. I am writing to you either to teach me how to do it because maybe I am the one who does not know, or to make a suggestion. I follow several podcasts and recently I discovered that the application lists all the new episodes of the podcasts that we follow in our library of followed podcasts, it is absolutely great, it saves me from having to wander from one podcast to another to find the new episodes. On the other hand, where I encounter a problem is when reading the new episodes, I want to listen to them in the order in which they were released, it is obvious. The newest always being first at the top this is perfect this is how it should be, so when I am behind on my podcast episodes I go down to the oldest unread podcast and I expect the player to continue up, to the most recent episodes but this is not what happens, the player continues down to the older episodes and that I have already listened to. The choice of reading order is missing… Can you help me?

Re: Reading orders choices

6frs87v-hk_pj — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 23:11:33 GMT

I cannot figure it out either!

Re: How do I get podcasts to play in the same order as the sorting?

datgrl — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:01:53 GMT

I'm a bit confused by this answer. You're saying that Spotify removed the setting in the app to play podcast episodes in order. Now you have to individually create a 'play list' or a queue for everything you plan to listen to. Is that the way it is now?

Re: Podcast queue changed or cleared

N1ICNIC — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:47:10 GMT

I have the same problem as point 1 in the original post, it's when it connects to my car Bluetooth (headphones etc are fine, it's just the car). So annoying especially as I can't change it because I'm driving

Re: How do I get podcasts to play in the same order as the sorting?

Slothonymous — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:53:54 GMT

This is not true. All of my playlist will play the previous episode not the next episode. And it is a constant issue across devices for many people. How can this be fixed.

Re: Podcast not playing in desired order. Please help

Ethan-Lee — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:47:35 GMT

I'm also having this problem and have been having it for about the past two years. The episodes might play in the right order for a while, then will suddenly leap forwards for no clear reason.

Make podcasts chronological

RockyRacoon1977 — Thu, 29 May 2025 14:13:30 GMT

If I find a new podcast, I prefer to start at the beginning and catch up to the current ones. For some reason, Spotify orders them backwards. So the next podcast to play is the one I just listened to. So I have to jump on the app, scroll through hundreds of episodes to find the next one. It gets pretty frustrating. Additional info: I listen on an Apple device using the Spotify app.

Podcast Playing Out of Order

browndj3 — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:37:36 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

United States of America

Device

Any

Operating System

Any

My Question or Issue

For context, I'm going back to the beginning of one of my favorite podcasts. I managed to get it to play in oldest to newest order, so that's not a problem. The issue is, once I finish an episode, it will go to a different one that may or may not be the next one in order. By that I mean, say I finish episode 5. Sometimes, it'll take me to episode 6, but more recently, it'll take me to episode 7 or take me back to episode 4. It's especially annoying when I'm driving where it's difficult to correct it. For the issue of it going from 5 to 4, usually selecting 6 will make Spotify realize that it needs to go in ascending order. However the times where it jumps from 5 to 7, even selecting 6 doesn't necessarily mean it will properly go to 7 after.

Has anyone else experienced this? The 5 to 4 issue has been one I've dealt with for a couple years but I've just tolerated it. The 5 to 7 issue is newer; probably within the last few months. I'm not sure what to do here.

Re: Recommended music bug

richardrohman1810 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:22:45 GMT

I am trying to listen to German Lessons in 3 minutes. When one episode is finished, it does not move to the next episode, it jumps to a totally random episode. Very tedious.

Re: Recommended music bug

Yordan — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:34:20 GMT

Hey, @richardrohman1810,

Sound like you're using the mobile app and starting the episode from the "Episode view". Try playing it from the "Podcast view" instead - that should make the rest of the episodes play in order.

Episode view Podcast view

Cheers 🤘