Podcast plays in reverse order

[griever1988]

Plan

Free

Country

Germany

Device

PC

Operating System

Windows 10

My Question or Issue

There are already a lot of threads about this. But this bug is still not fixed yet. 

Podcasts always play in reverse order. (new to old)

But i want to hear them from old to new.

I can change the display order. I can also filter out the episodes i already heard. But this doesn't change anything. It still plays in reverse order, and also filtered episodes.

I already reinstalled Spotify twice. It didn't help. 

Please fix this.

[ZennyNazionale]

I'm affected by this too. I can either reverse the order of the playlist (which means scrolling through some 1000s of episodes just to get to the newest) or this ungodly mess we have now. like come on this is such a basic thing, the damn titles even have a date in their titles. how is it logical to have the episode of the 13th playing after i completed the one of the 14th of the same month? Come on... Due to this and the price hike I'm wondering if it may be time to unsubscribe after a decade.

[Yordan]

Hey folks,

Jumping in here with some clarifications regarding the playback of podcast episodes and their respective order.

When viewing a podcast page, the episodes are sorted by "Newest" by default, meaning the latest episodes will appear on top. You can reverse the order so that the list starts with the oldest ones instead by switching to "Oldest". The option is located underneath the podcast's title.

When playing episodes from a podcast page, the playback will always follow the oldest to newest order, regardless of which sort option you've selected. Let's say you're sorting by "Newest": if you play the second episode from the list, the next one would actually be the one above (i.e. the first one), instead of the one below. 

  

Here are some methods/tips on how to play individual episodes without adding the rest to the queue which you may find useful, feel free to check them out if you're interested:

Spoiler

Desktop

You can play a single episode (and have the playback stop when it ends) by clicking on the episode's title and playing it from there. Doing so should add only that particular episode to the queue, however, if you had leftover items manually queued from a previous listening session, you might need to clear it via the "Clear queue" button. Also, make sure Autoplay is toggled off in the app's settings.

Mobile

Unlike desktop, if you open an individual episode on mobile and play it from there, you'll get recommended content added to the queue. Here are a couple of alternatives to try if you want to play a single episode and have the playback pause afterwards:

• disable Autoplay;
• clear the rest of the queue manually;
• add the episode to a new playlist and play it from there.

We're always looking for opportunities to enhance the user experience for everyone though, so we’ll continue to innovate and test in order to find the right balance for our listeners. Your feedback on the matter is greatly appreciated, thanks for sharing it here.

Hope this clears things up. The Community is just a post away if there's anything else you need assistance with.