More listeners than ever to podcasts in US

• There are extra listeners than ever to podcasts within the US, in keeping with new knowledge. The Triton Digital 2024 US Podcast Report additionally means that YouTube continues to be essentially the most “most well-liked” platform for 33.1% of all podcast listeners, whereas Apple Podcasts has slumped to a brand new low: most well-liked by simply 12.2%. The info, which is a free obtain, additionally comprises extra element concerning the US Podcast Ranker.

• Video podcasts are “not equally smart and useful for all podcasts“. A bunch of German podcast entrepreneurs and publishers have labored collectively to produce a white paper explaining the benefits of audio-only podcasts. Benefits embody higher distribution, and monetisation, and audio podcasts have a 150% greater listen-through fee than video podcasts.

• There have been various layoffs at SiriusXM, impacting the podcast groups and Earwolf. Podnews understands that 100 roles have been impacted, representing 2% of the workforce, together with various adjustments to the corporate’s construction. The CEO Jennifer Witz known as it a “profoundly difficult day”. A type of included is Amelia Chappelow, who was Government Producer at Earwolf.

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• Had a visitor in your podcast? There’s nothing nicer than mailing them a handwritten observe of thanks; and it really works even higher if it’s written in a branded card with a sticker, too. We bought this, after an look on Courtney Elmer’s Insider Secrets to a Top 100 Podcast, produced by PodLaunch.

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How did the transatlantic folks duo Sons of City Corridor get began? In Madmen Cross The Water, we study of the outlandish adventures behind each track on the duo’s forthcoming album, with a podcast from, um, the 1900s. It’s like Dolly Parton’s America shared a tour bus with Welcome to Nightvale and Iron & Wine. The primary episode is out now.