A podcast I don't subscribe to or have in my shows won't stop autoplaying

[#1]

Every time I finish a podcast episode, the Call Her Daddy podcast begins to autoplay. I do not subscribe or have it in my shows. I have listened to 2 episodes more than a month ago. Yet it still pops up constantly and continues to autoplay.

I listen to plenty of podcast that this shouldn't be the one popping up. I don't hate the show, and this seems minor, but it is incredibly annoying.

How can I stop this from happening? Is this due to Spotify being the exclusive content person for the show? Any tips are helpful.

[Yordan]

Hi there!

What device does this occur on? Does it occur on any other devices or on the Web Player? It's possible that you had some leftover episodes in the queue from a previous listening session, so try opening the queue and clearing it to see if that does the trick.

You can also try a clean reinstall of the app to give it a fresh start by following the steps in this article.

Hope this helps. Cheers!

[Ld64]

I find this a pain. The rest is history is my bugbear (I have a list of podcasts I like and this isnt on it) as every episode comes up when I drive along and a podcast I like goes off. 

[JoeyD67]

I am having the same problem, and it occurs on both the web player and on the iOS app. I previously followed a certain podcast and I unfollowed that podcast.

However, the podcast still shows up under Episodes for You. If I click on it, the "Follow" button is enabled, meaning I do not currently follow it.

Yet almost every time one of my podcasts ends, it starts a podcast from this person. Almost every time. I follow 20 other podcasts and it won't pick any of those... just this one.

[bakeraj]

This happens to me on every device I use Spotify on. I'm frustrated that I cannot "thumbs down" a podcast I don't care for and it keeps showing up in my feeds. Stop foisting unwanted content on us!

[KevinF1]

I am also experiencing this issue and find it absolutely infuriating - I am considering ending my Spotify subscription over this as a user of over 10 years.

Every day and after I finish every podcast episode, I am being force-fed episodes of "Smosh Reads Reddit Stories". I am not subscribed to this show, never have been, and it is not even in the same category of shows that I typically consume. I listen to podcasts while I drive or work, so I am not always in the position to stop what I am doing to find a new show - thus likely reinforcing to my algorithm that they should play this show more.

I'm aware that turning off autoplay would solve this issue, but I do like the autoplay feature for music and would love it for podcasts if autoplay would simply play the next episode of a subscribed podcast. I'd love it if there was a thumbs down or "don't autoplay this show" option.

[MarkDorsey]

This is happening to me as well and I’m sick of it. I want the show to stop playing and I can’t find a way to block them or remove it from my system. I can’t believe I pay for this.