Is Podcasting in a Slump?

According to the most recent stats by the Podcast Index, there are 315,000 active podcasts (based on publishing at least one episode in the last 30 days), with 446,000 in the last 90 days.

Given there are 4.2 million podcasts listed in the index, are the seemingly low numbers (around 10% of all podcasts actively publishing) a cause for concern, or an opportunity for podcasters in the long term?

Join your host Danny Brown, and guest co-hosts Bryan Entzminger and Al Grego, as they dive into the data and offer their take.

Our guest co-hosts this week:

Al Grego

Producer & Host of 'Yes, We Are Open', 'Just Good Business', and 'The Produce Stand podcasts.

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Bryan Entzminger

Bryan Entzminger is a podcaster and editor. He loves helping other podcasters and editors through the unofficial Hindenburg users group on Facebook and cohosts the Podcast Editors Mastermind and the Podcast Gauntlet. You can find him at TopTierAudio.com

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Links to interesting things from this episode

• Podcast Editor Academy
• Steve Stewart
• Sorry About The Murder
• Pod the North | Kattie Laur
• Toronto Mike
• Podcastindex.org Podcast Stats
• How many active podcasts are there?

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