How do I browse English podcasts when my country is the Netherlands?

[Djaro]

I live in the Netherlands. However, I prefer listening to English music and podcasts. When I try to find podcasts the explore page shows mostly Dutch podcasts. Is there a way to browse the English podcast?

[Djaro]

Hey there folks, 

Thanks for sharing your feedback in the thread. 

It's currently not possible to browse podcasts by language on Spotify. However, we recommend having a look at this Live Idea suggesting the implementation of an option allowing users to filter podcasts by language. 

You can support this idea by adding your +VOTE and clicking on Subscribe in the three-dots menu at the top right corner next to the title. That'll make sure you stay up-to-date with any relevant updates about this. It’s also worth knowing that the higher the number of votes an idea gets, the more likely it is for the idea to be implemented. 

We always take new ideas and feedback into consideration to improve the app. Here you can read more on how ideas work.

Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any questions. 

[emeraldhieu]

It's so annoying not to be able to see high-quality English podcasts but instead a bunch of local content.

[ginettofritto1]

that's a huge problem. and that's the n1 reason i use pocketcasts instead of spotify for podcasts.

[ineedlanguagefilter]

2024 and still no updates on this... You have a good AI algorithm: use it to split the podcast by languages and add filter for it! It's ridiculous not to have the podcasts in your favourite language.

Thank you

[Cphouts]

I have the same problem and I'm sure a LOT of other people do. I also live in the Netherlands, but don't speak Dutch fluently l... I would expect it to make the most sense for Spotify to suggest podcasts to you by taking into account the UI language that you've set. Considering how many people are multi lingual or living in countries where the dominant language is not their native language I'm super surprised this isn't a supported experience

[AlyAF07]

Plan: Free

Country: Italy

Device: Windows Laptop

Operating System: Windows 10

My Question or Issue: I am living in Italy and love using Daily Drive, however despite my language settings it will only play the podcasts in Italian! I can't use it because I am not fluent in Italian (yet)! How can I change it so I can hear podcasts in the language I want not just the local language??

[ironfisher]

Very dissapointing. It is even annoying to the extrem that although I live in Germany and I dont speak german lenguage when searching for podcast using english keywords I get all results in German.

Probably the reasons is that all those German podcasts still use the english word for the topic they are discussing on the description or on the labels. Making me to scroll down for 2 min straight to finally see some relevant results in English language.

 I do not understand how that feature is not available.

[Byebye___]

End of the year 2024 and still no solution… very disappointing but thankfully there some other options popping up on the market. So good bye Spotify, you are about to lose your momentum.

[andyrauc]

Almost mid 2025 and still no option around this. Looks like it is time to move onto some other method of listening to podcasts. They lose another premium customer