How many times have you heard the phrase, “Everyone has a podcast”? It sure must feel like there are just too many podcasts nowadays. Right? Like everyone is a podcaster. Honestly, it’s not far from the truth! Let’s look at some stats. Listennotes reported a spike in new podcasts emerging. With over 1M people starting their own podcasts in 2020 from only 300K new podcasts in 2019. However, in 2021 the number of new podcasts dropped to 700K and it kept dropping to 200K in 2022. Maybe people during the pandemic were probably bored out of their wits and just started a podcast. After all, it’s easy to start your own show. Have a good mic, hit record, say whatever, and then publish to any free hosting platform. Right? But if the hype died down why, are we recently seeing a lot of podcast shorts on Social Media? Are podcasts taking over TikTok and YouTube? Are podcasts dying or are they a trend again?

Key Moments

00:00 Introduction

00:23 Is Podcasting Dead?

01:33 Our Attention Span Isn’t Short

03:37 Why Podcasts Are Popular Again?

04:25 Long-form vs. Short-form Content

05:39 A Podcast Is A Vehicle

06:20 Wrap Up

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Resources

https://www.axios.com/2023/02/09/podcasts-lose-edge-spotify 

https://riverside.fm/blog/podcast-statistics 

https://www.demandsage.com/podcast-statistics/#:~:text=There%20are%20464.7%20million%20podcast,70%20million%20episodes%20between%20them. 

New podcasts are dropping - https://podnews.net/article/down-or-not 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/shanesnow/2023/01/16/science-shows-humans-have-massive-capacity-for-sustained-attention-and-storytelling-unlocks-it/?sh=a49c5951a386 

https://time.com/3858309/attention-spans-goldfish/ 

https://youtu.be/qAQyfGrspw4 

https://youtu.be/HSsLGystxbU