Anonymous one-star reviews ruining my ratings

I've worked SO hard to serve my community through my education podcast over the past three and a half years. I've poured so much into it every single week, and we are at nearly 400,000 downloads and with a loyal following. However, I keep noticing an increase of one-star reviews - with absolutely no written reviews whatsoever. What used to be an easily 4.9 rating has since fallen to 4.8, and with the increase in these anonymous one-star reviews, I am afraid it's going to continue. I looked at other education podcasts in my field and am seeing a similar trend. Although the written ratings are usually 4 and 5 star (mine are all 5 star as well), it seems very odd that we would have this increasing number of one-star reviews hurting our ratings. There is no way to track where these reviews are coming from and no way for me to learn how I can improve my rating if there is a genuine problem with something I am doing on my show, which makes it really hard to continue to strive for excellence - or to keep my motivation up to continue to podcast when it feels a little like sabotage. Please help.

Posted on Jun 27, 2023 06:54 AM

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Jun 27, 2023 09:18 PM in response to Podcasting_ED

HI Podcasting_ED

welcome to the Apple (user-to-user) Community.


Re: "Anonymous one-star reviews ruining my ratings":

"There is no way to track where these reviews are coming from

and no way for me to learn how I can improve my rating."


Wondering if Apple support's article for Podcast developers is of any help:

Eg: says:

"Let your audience know they can easily leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts by

scrolling down your show page,

selecting a star rating,

and tapping “Write a review.”

Reviews are made available shortly after they are posted, and listeners can leave one review per show."


Complete article: https://podcasters.apple.com/support/852-ratings-and-reviews


Seems to me: Nothing is ever really perfect in this old world of ours ... and what a great rating you already get ... the stock market goes up and down ... there are good times and bad times ... there will always be differences of opinion, disagreement as well as acclamation, about anything and everything. Fear may be our worst enemy.


All the best :-)



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