Danny Brown

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230 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 5d ago

Danny Brown’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 9 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 4.

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This week's tip comes from listener Michelle Branham, host of the Living Her Purpose with God podcast, who asked a great question.

How can you tell if a sudden download spike is genuine or just bot traffic?

Seeing a big jump in your podcast downloads is always exciting.

But before you assume you've gone viral, it's worth taking a few minutes to understand what's actually behind these numbers.

Because sometimes a spike is genuine, and sometimes it can be caused by automated traffic, feed crawlers, or bots.

So where do you start?

The first thing I check is where these downloads came from.

Most people listen to podcasts in dedicated podcast apps on their phone.

So, if a sudden spike is mostly coming from something like Chrome on macOS or another desktop browser, that's worth looking into.

Not because these downloads are automatically bots, but because it's different from how most people normally listen to podcasts.

The next thing I look at is location.

For example, if you suddenly see a large number of downloads coming from somewhere like Ashburn, Virginia in the US, don't panic.

Ashburn is home to some of the world's biggest data centres, so automated traffic often appears to come from there.

Next, I look at what was downloaded.

Did one episode spike, or did your entire catalogue suddenly jump at the same time?

If it's one episode, maybe it was shared in a newsletter, mentioned on another podcast, or picked up on social media.

If dozens of episodes all receive a similar number of downloads over a short period, that's another clue that's worth digging a little deeper.

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