AntennaPod is developed and maintained by individual volunteers and is not represented by any legal entity. The community is not interested in your data, so the app and website are designed to be GDPR compliant. Read on to learn more.

The app

Data AntennaPod may collect, store, and process

The app only records data strictly necessary for the app to function. This includes the list of podcasts you follow, the app settings and authentication data provided for specific podcasts or services (such as synchronization services). The app does not include any advertising libraries or third-party tracking or analytics code, such as Google Analytics.

All data provided and created when using the AntennaPod app is stored locally on your device. AntennaPod does not send or upload your data anywhere, except where strictly necessary for the functioning of the app or when you actively share debugging information with us. The next section explains when your data may reach third parties. If you’re interested, you may also read about AntennaPod’s app permissions in the documentation.

When sharing debugging information (either via email using the ‘Crash Report’ function or via Android’s crash reporting functionality), the following data is processed:

  • device type
  • Android version
  • AntennaPod version

The only instance in which personal data from third parties is handled is when using a synchronization service if enabled via the settings. In that case, the app may receive subscriptions and playback events provided by the service.

Data other parties may collect, store, and process

Podcast hosters

  • When provided in the podcast settings, a host will receive authentication data you provided.
  • Web servers that provide podcast feeds may collect additional data, such as your IP address, access time and what is being accessed. This includes the episodes you are downloading or streaming. Please refer to their respective privacy policies for details. You can view a podcast’s URL by opening the podcast and pressing the info icon. AntennaPod allows servers to set cookies but clears them each time the app is restarted. Web servers only get access to cookies that were set by the same server. If multiple podcasts are hosted on the same server, that server can potentially detect which of its hosted podcasts you’ve subscribed to. This can happen when publishers use services like FeedBurner, Podtrac, or similar to distribute their feeds.
  • Servers can detect that you are using AntennaPod and which version (via the HTTP User-Agent).

Discovery and search services

  • When opening the Discover screen in the app, it sends a call to Apple to collect podcast suggestions. They may store the request (e.g. your IP address and the selected region, which by default is the device’s country). These suggestions can be disabled via the top-menu of the Discover screen. In the F-Droid release you have actively consent before getting Apple’s recommendations.
  • When using the search feature in AntennaPod, the services PodcastIndex.org (privacy policy), Apple Podcasts (privacy policy) and fyyd (privacy policy) may store your query, including the search terms.
  • Discovery and search queries also include IP address, time, and app name “AntennaPod”. After subscribing, the feed is served from the podcast hoster, meaning the discovery/search service is no longer involved.

Synchronization and back-up services

  • When enabled via the settings, AntennaPod synchronizes your data. This may include login credentials, subscribed podcasts, listened episodes, play/pause/favorite actions with timestamps, and your IP address. For more information, see your synchronization provider’s privacy policy.
  • If back-ups are enabled on your phone (Settings » Backup & Reset » Back up my data), Android will periodically save a copy of your phone’s data in Google’s servers. This backup contains private information, including your WiFi passwords, messages and call history. It may also include data from AntennaPod and from other apps you use. The developers of AntennaPod do not have access to this data. For more information, see Google’s privacy policy.

Device and operating system vendors

If you enabled sharing of usage and diagnostics with Google and use Android’s reporting functionality when AntennaPod crashes or becomes unresponsive, related data is sent to Google. For more information, see Google’s privacy policy.

Online services

Data from services hosted by the team

  • The forum: AntennaPod’s forum uses the Discourse software, hosted by the core team. Please see the forum’s privacy policy for more details.

Data from services hosted by other parties

The donation system

AntennaPod uses Open Collective, operated by Open Collective Inc. (USA) and Open Collective Europe ASBL (Belgium). When you make a donation, data flows to:

The website

AntennaPod’s website is hosted via GitHub Pages.

  • When you visit our website, you are interacting with GitHub, Inc. or GitHub B.V. - see their privacy policy for the data they collect and process.
  • The website does not set any cookies and does not use third-party tracking, analytics or other services. The ‘Translate’ page in the ‘Contribute’ section contains an embedded graph which retrieved from the servers of Weblate s.r.o. (privacy policy).

Google play

When you actively leave a review in the Google Play store, the AntennaPod team gets access to your public profile information and may extract and store the following in any online service used by the team (e.g. GitHub or the forum):

  • review text
  • AntennaPod version
  • device type
  • device language
  • Android version

Weblate

When you contribute to AntennaPod’s translations:

  • you are interacting with the hosted service of Weblate s.r.o. - see their privacy policy for the data they collect and process.
  • the AntennaPod team gets access to:
    • The ‘Username’, ‘Full name’ and ‘Account e-mail’ as set in your profile
    • When you joined the project and detailed statistics about your contributions, as well as the languages you contribute to and the date and timestamps of your contributions.

Git

When you contribute to AntennaPod’s codebase via git, you are interacting with GitHub, Inc. or GitHub B.V. - see their privacy policy for the data they collect and process.

Updates to this Privacy Policy

The developers may update this policy in the future. It is advisable to check it periodically for changes. Changes become effective upon publication in this document.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 2025-08-17. If you have questions, open an issue on GitHub or our forum.