Bought traffic never listens
Quote
These are people that never intend to listen to your podcast. They don't give a crap about your podcast. They are just there to get their next loot crate in their mobile game or whatever this is.
Episode 252: Joy Robber (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:56:12 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
A hosting company saw spiky downloads on one show and found it was using a traffic-generation company that 'boosts Apple rankings' by paying mobile-game players (with loot crates) to follow the show. It's a temporary, non-organic bump from people who never intend to listen.