The answer to podcast monetization is not analytics: it it true centralization, and it seems unlikely that Apple has it in them.
https://stratechery.com/2017/podcasts-analytics-and-centralization/
* session on podcasting * created by Dave Winer in 2003 * by Ben Hammersley in 2004 * IAB Podcast Ad Metrics Guidelines * Episode 67 of This Week in Tech * FiveThirtyEight * Six Colors * last year * failed spectacularly * be celebrated by many * Exponent * James Allworth