Technique
technique:artificial_subscription_and_download_activity
Also: fake promotion
Repeatedly subscribing to a podcast, clicking Get on episodes, and switching accounts to influence rankings.
Repeatedly subscribing to a podcast, clicking Get on episodes, and switching accounts to influence rankings.
“Then you have to click Get button.”
“Then stop the downloads, log out, and log in with a new Apple ID and do it again.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | USES | Rakibul | Derived | 27 |
| incoming | USES | Sho Hag | Explicit | 27 |
| incoming | USES | Promoter | Explicit | 27 |
Rakibul USES Artificial subscription and download activity
In the context of paid podcast promotion, Rakibul describes subscribing with Apple IDs; Jack presents this as the activity used to manipulate rankings.
Derived Confidence 88% · Rakibul EP 27 Details
“Sir, I subscribe the Apple ID on iTunes.”
“I started seeing some patterns.”
Sho Hag USES Artificial subscription and download activity
Sho Hag claims that his worldwide team promotes podcasts by subscribing, downloading, and listening.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Sho Hag EP 27 Details
“My worldwide [00:15:00] team, they subscribe, download, and listens.”
Promoter USES Artificial subscription and download activity
The promoter explains a repeated subscribe-and-download process using many accounts to increase a podcast's chart ranking.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 27 Details
“Then stop the downloads, log out, and log in with a new Apple ID and do it again.”
“Fifty, sixty. Yeah. Sometimes thirty, forty.”