ANALYSIS OF PODCAST SERVICES

 https://www.podbean.com/ Podbean

Podbean is the best podcast hosting service provider on the market. It includes beautiful design tools to host your website with customizable themes. You can also easily embed the Podbean podcast player directly into your WordPress posts and pages. Aside from that, they also have podcast promotion tools which automatically submit your episodes to all top podcast directories. This allows your audience to use their preferred tools to listen and download podcasts.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/ BuzzSprout

BuzzSprout is one of the easiest to use podcasting hosting provider for beginners.If you are just getting started, then you’ll find it to be incredibly easy to use. Just upload your media file and it automatically takes care of the rest. They will also automatically submit your episodes to all the top podcast directories which ensures that your podcast is available on all devices and apps. Their embeddable podcast player looks great and works well on all screen sizes.

https://m.soundcloud.com/ SoundCloud
SoundCloud is a popular music and podcast hosting platform. The good thing is that you can embed any podcast epidsode from SoundCloud by simply placing the URL anywhere in your WordPress posts and pages.
SoundCloud is free for up to 3 hours of uploads. Their free plan gives a good starting point for beginners. It is easy to use but not the most flexible or customizable podcast hosting plan.