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Is your podcast ready for sponsors?
Paste your feed. Get a Sponsor Readiness Score out of 100 and the exact fixes that make your show easier to sponsor. It reads only what a sponsor can already see.
We read only your public feed. No signup, and we never post anything.
What makes a podcast ready for sponsors?
Sponsor readiness is not about audience size. It is about how ready your show looks to a sponsor who opens your feed to vet you. A small, engaged show that publishes reliably, presents well, and is easy to reach is more sponsor-ready than a bigger show that looks abandoned. The grader scores four things a sponsor actually checks.
Consistency & reliability
Sponsors buy your future episodes, so they check that you publish, and publish on a predictable schedule. Recency, a steady cadence, and a real back catalog all signal a partner they can plan around.
Professional presentation
What a sponsor sees when they open your feed: a clear show description, cover art, descriptive episode titles, and show notes with enough room for a sponsor link and a call to action.
Discoverability & clarity
A clear category, a linked website, and a named host make you easy to place against a sponsor's brief and easy to vet before they reply.
Sponsor reachability
The cheapest thing to fix and the easiest to miss: can a sponsor actually contact you? An owner email in your feed, links already in your notes, and a website give a ready sponsor somewhere to knock.
This does not measure your audience. RSS feeds do not expose download numbers, so no honest tool can read your audience from a feed. For what your show is worth based on downloads and niche, use the sponsorship calculator. The two tools answer different halves of the same question.
Common questions
What is a sponsor readiness score?
It is a 0 to 100 measure of how ready your podcast looks to a sponsor evaluating it from your public RSS feed. It weighs consistency, presentation, discoverability, and how reachable you are. A higher score means fewer reasons for a sponsor to hesitate.
Does this measure my audience or downloads?
No. RSS feeds do not expose download numbers, so no honest tool can read your audience from a feed, and this one does not try. It measures how ready your show looks operationally. For what your show is worth based on downloads and niche, use the sponsorship calculator.
How do I make my podcast ready for sponsors?
Publish on a predictable schedule and stay recent, write a clear show description and descriptive episode titles, keep substantial show notes with links, set a category and link a website, and expose a contact email in your feed so a sponsor can reach you. The grader shows which of these you are missing and ranks them by impact.
How many downloads do I need before I can get sponsors?
Fewer than most hosts think. Small, engaged shows land direct and category-exclusive deals well under 10,000 downloads an episode. Sponsor readiness is about looking like a reliable, reachable, professional show, which you can be at any size.
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