Some Spotify video podcasts are coming to Netflix

Spotify is taking the video variations of a few of its podcasts to a different platform totally: Netflix. Beginning within the US in early 2026 (with extra markets and reveals to observe), Netflix will begin providing sports activities, tradition, way of life and true crime podcasts that Spotify Studios and The Ringer produce.

9 sports activities podcasts can be accessible on the bounce, together with The Invoice Simmons Podcast, The Zach Lowe Present, Fairway Rollin’ and The Ringer’s F1, fantasy soccer, NFL and NBA reveals. Different video podcasts which are coming to Netflix embrace The Rewatchables, The Recipe Membership, Dissect, Conspiracy Theories and Serial Killers.

Netflix sees these podcasts as complementary to its present choices (The Ringer F1 Present, as an illustration, will sit neatly alongside Drive to Survive). After all, for Spotify, it is a technique to get extra eyeballs and eardrums on its authentic programming.

With TV viewing turning into a bigger priority for YouTube over the previous few years, this looks as if a means for Netflix to chunk again within the battle for client consideration, given the prevalence of video podcasts on Google’s platform. Many individuals use streaming providers for background consolation sound, and turning to podcasts or talk-radio fashion codecs (one thing Disney+ additionally gives with The Wealthy Eisen Present on weekdays) could also be a means for them to try this after pulling the plug on cable and broadcast TV.