Founded for a long time in the USA together with Prince Harry, Meghan Markle she doesn’t sit idly by when it comes to her career. She recently launched her new podcast “Archetypes” with a famous female personality as a guest in every episode, such as Serena Williams as well as Mariah Carey, which we heard in the first two episodes.

And while Spotify presents the Duchess of Sussex podcast #1 on the charts in English speaking markets, if you look at Archetypes listeners in those countries, they don’t even make it into the top five, and in many cases reach 25.

This resulted in Spotify be accused of misusing charts and “rigging” numbers.

According to the Daily Mail, there are two main charts. On the one hand are “Best Podcasts” in which Spotify has various criteria as for which shows manage to make it in: among those criteria are promising podcasters, as well as a mix of subscribers and unique listeners. On the other hand, graphs “Episodes” act purely in terms of number of unique listeners per day.

So “Archetypes” may appear on US Top Podcasts when, for example, the show with Mariah Carey appears at the same time at number 12 on the Episodes chart, while, accordingly, the one with Serena Williams does not exceed 25th place.

in #1 in “Best Podcasts” Archetypes are also found in Britannia. Sta “Episodes” The first two episodes of Meghan Markle’s podcast are out. positions 8 and 12.

All of the above are created reactions from users which didn’t leave Spotify’s tactics intact. One user wrote, “Why is ‘Archetypes’ #1 on the US Spotify charts when it’s at the bottom of the page on the episode charts?” I don’t understand!”, and users even talked about “fake from Spotify”.

However, to move from users to industry experts, they suggest that Spotify may have decided to keep Meghan Markle’s podcast at the top of their charts due to £18 million fee received by the Duchess of Sussex for content creation.

Finally, and critics they were not lenient with the Archetypes. OUR James Marriott ton times put a meager star (out of 5), h Celia Walden her Daily Telegraph The 41-year-old woman claims that “a podcast is just another way to talk about yourself,” while the columnist Steerpike from Viewer commented on the episode with Serena Williams that “it’s hard to believe it took 28 people to make this episode, including 8 producers, plus Meghan.”

According to the Daily Mail.