Download metrics are how podcasts gets advertisers. Apple Podcasts would automatically download episodes. Now, only regular listeners get automatic downloads. Some people lost 40% of their downloads from this policy change.

semafor.com/article/01/14/2024/the-incredible-shrinking-podcast-industry

I found this music adjacent but idk maybe tech or life

interesting

always in for podcast Ls

That is a very good change. The old way was misleading when it comes to the real numbers

watching podcasts > listening

one of my friend doesnt even listens to his fav podcast anymore, just uses AI to summarize the episode n another AI to read it in the podcasters' voices.

Your friend is lost and confused

npc behaviour

It’s honestly very smart and saves him a lot of time

maybe if you listen to like tim ferris or something

Lol

brain damage

This is great news. Podcast culture breeds the most toxic behavior

Can you get ahold of an example?

Companies do this all the time when it comes to trending media, Spotify giving Joe Rogan the deal that they gave him was an experiment. Now that the dust has settled and companies know how lucrative podcast actually are, you're never going to see those kind of deals ever again.

@s it’s time for a podcast section