Automated Megaphone Episode Readouts
Every Monday, WebRun opens Megaphone, reads downloads by episode for your recent releases, compares each against your rolling average at the same age, posts a ranked readout to your Microsoft Teams show channel, and sends the host a short Telegram version with the best and weakest episode.
How do I compare how my recent podcast episodes are performing?
WebRun reads your Megaphone download numbers every Monday and ranks every episode from the last eight weeks by downloads at the same age since release. It posts the readout to Microsoft Teams against your rolling average and sends the host a short Telegram version naming the best and weakest episode.
- Episodes are ranked fairly at the same age since release
- The show channel gets the numbers without anyone exporting them
- The host sees the best and weakest episode in one message
Built for podcast producers · show hosts · audio networks · media teams
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
megaphone.fmin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Megaphone - read downloads by episode
megaphone.fm
WebRun opens Megaphone to read downloads by episode. - Sign in to Megaphone and open the analytics for your show
- Read downloads for every episode published in the last eight weeks
- Capture the episode title, publish date, and downloads to date
- Work out each episode's downloads at the same number of days since release
Done when Every recent episode has a downloads figure normalised by age.
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Microsoft Teams - post the ranked readout
microsoft.com
WebRun opens Microsoft Teams to post the ranked readout. - Post this week's episode readout to your show channel
- Rank episodes by downloads at the same age, not raw totals
- Show each episode against your rolling average, above or below
- Call out the week's total downloads and the change from the previous week
Done when The ranked readout is in Teams with each episode compared to your average.
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Telegram - send the host the short version
telegram.org
WebRun opens Telegram to send the host the short version. - Send the host a short Telegram summary
- Name the strongest and weakest episode of the period with their numbers
- Give the week's total in one line
- Leave publishing, unpublishing, and any change to the feed to a person
Done when The host has the one-glance version on Telegram.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Will it publish or change episodes?
No. WebRun reads Megaphone analytics only. It never publishes, unpublishes, edits an episode, or changes ad settings. Anything that touches your public feed stays with a person.
Why compare episodes at the same age?
Because a two-week-old episode has had more time to accumulate downloads than a two-day-old one. WebRun compares each episode at the same number of days since release, so new releases are judged fairly.
Where do the numbers go?
Into your own Microsoft Teams show channel and a Telegram message to the host. Both are internal, so download figures are never posted anywhere public.
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