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Podcast feedback survey template

Hear what listeners think of each episode, and who they want on next

Four questions for a link in your show notes: the episode rating, how much of it was heard, the length and format listeners prefer and who to cover next. Use it as it is or change any question, and Usertick reads every written answer for you.

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What this podcast feedback survey tells you

A podcast feedback survey asks listeners about an episode while they still remember it. This template takes about a minute: a five-star rating, how much of the episode they heard, two quick choices on length and format, and an open question on the guests or topics to book next.

It is written for a link in the show notes, where listeners already look for the guest's links and the sources. Read the link out at the end of the episode, show its QR code on a slide at a live taping, or use the same template as a popup on the episode's page on your website.

Every suggestion is read as it arrives and filed under a category from your list, such as topics and coverage or content quality, with a type and a sentiment. Results shows the star average, the share who heard all of it and a split bar for each format pair, each compared with the period before.

As a linkOn your websiteIn an emailAs a conversation
Questions
4
Time to answer
About a minute
Written for
A link in the show notes, after a listener finishes an episode
Plans
Every plan, the free plan included

See it on every channel

The same template on your website, behind a link, in an email and as a conversation.

The 4 questions, one by one

What each question asks, why it is there, what it shows you and what to change.

Question 1 of 4 · Stars

How would you rate this episode?

Why ask it
Download counts say how many people pressed play. A rating from the people who heard the episode says whether it was worth their time.
What you learn
The star average, a bar per rating and the share who rated 4 or higher, compared with the period before, so a weak episode shows against the run of the show.
Make it yours
Duplicate the survey for each episode, or keep one survey for the season and add a first question that names the episode, so episodes can be compared in Results.
Question 2 of 4 · Multiple choice

How much of the episode did you listen to?

Why ask it
Listeners who stopped halfway still have an opinion, and how far they got explains a low rating better than the rating alone.
What you learn
A donut with the share and count for each answer. Select Less than half to see how those listeners rated the episode and which format they want more of.
Make it yours
Set it beside the drop-off chart from your podcast host: the point where listeners say they stopped is where to look for a slow segment.
Question 3 of 4 · This or that

Which would you rather hear more of?

Why ask it
Two forced choices settle the debates every show has about length and format, with the listeners' votes in place of a guess.
What you learn
A split bar for each pair, so you see whether your audience leans toward shorter or longer episodes and toward guest interviews or solo episodes.
Make it yours
Swap in the choices your team is weighing, such as one weekly episode against two shorter ones, and keep it to two pairs.
Question 4 of 4 · Text · Optional

Who or what should we cover next?

Why ask it
Listeners know which guests they would follow to your show. One open question gives you a booking list in their own words.
What you learn
Usertick reads each answer as it arrives, marks requests as ideas and gives each a theme and a sentiment. Results lists every answer, filterable by theme, with up to 8 themes and their trends.
Make it yours
Keep it optional, and mention on air when a guest came from a listener's suggestion.

What the answers show

Results turns each question into numbers you can follow week by week.

How would you rate this episode?

The average rating and the share who gave 4 or 5 stars, against the period before.

How much of the episode did you listen to?

The share of each answer with its count. Select an answer to narrow the whole page to those people and read what else they said.

Every written answer, read for you

Each answer arrives with its category, theme, type and urgency, so the urgent ones reach your team first.

Use this template in four steps

From the template to the first answers.

  1. 1

    Open the template

    Sign up free and pick Podcast feedback in the template gallery. It opens in a matching style, ready to change.

  2. 2

    Make the questions yours

    Reword any question, change the options, and add logic or more questions.

  3. 3

    Choose where it runs

    Show it on your website, send it by email, share its link and QR code, or switch it to a conversation.

  4. 4

    Publish and read the answers

    Answers arrive in Results and the inbox as people send them, each written one read and filed by Usertick.

Tips for this survey

Small choices that keep people answering and the answers useful.

  1. 01

    Say the link out loud

    Read the link at the end of each episode with one line on what it is for and how long it takes, and put the same link at the top of the show notes.

  2. 02

    Tag each place you share it

    Add ?utm_source= to each link, such as show-notes or newsletter, so each answer keeps where it came from in Google Sheets, webhooks and the API.

  3. 03

    Compare like with like

    Set interview episodes against other interviews and solo episodes against solo ones, since the format changes how a rating reads.

  4. 04

    Answer the requests on air

    When you book a guest or cover a topic listeners asked for, say so in the episode, so listeners hear the survey shape the show.

CSAT surveysReader surveysLink and QR code surveysVideo and podcasts questions

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Questions from the library

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  1. How much of it did you watch or listen to?Slider · Video and podcasts
  2. How many minutes is the ideal episode?Ruler · Video and podcasts
  3. Where did you listen or watch?Multiple choice · Video and podcasts
  4. Was this article useful?Yes / No · Articles and reading
  5. How would you rate this article?Stars · Articles and reading
  6. What brought you here?Multiple choice · Articles and reading

Frequently asked questions

In the show notes of each episode, read out at the end of the episode, and on the episode's page on your website. Any app that shows the show notes with links can open the survey page.

Yes. Duplicate the survey for each episode and put each link in its own show notes, or keep one survey and add a first question that names the episode. Results and the inbox don't split answers by link tag, so one of these two keeps episodes apart.

Three to five. This template asks four and takes about a minute, so listeners can answer before the next episode starts.

Choose the low ratings in Results to see how much of the episode those listeners heard and which format they prefer. A low rating from people who stopped early points to the opening, and one from people who heard it all points to the topic or the guest.

Yes. The link opens the survey page in the phone's browser, so listeners can answer straight from the show notes.

Yes. Every template comes with every plan, the free plan included, and the free plan covers 150 responses a month across your surveys.

Yes. The template becomes your own survey, so reword any question, add or remove questions, and change the options and the logic. The gallery stays as it is.

Yes, from Starter. The template is written in US English. Add languages by hand or with AI translation, and each person sees the survey in their browser's language.

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