Predictions for 2025

Highlights and lowlights of 2024; and our predictions for last year

Special: predictions and reflections from our PWR Supporters

Lemonada Media, secureRSS, Podthon and a new Podcasting 2.0 podcast

Acast's Wonder Media Network acquisition; the Podcast Hall of Fame, and Podgagement

Daniel Ek's view of podcast ads; plus all the latest podcasting news

Changes to streaming payments, Nick Dunkerley on Hindenburg, Jon Thoday from Avalon

Amazon Music's Audible move; Neil Mody from Headliner, and Alberto Betella from RSS.com

Spotify's Now Playing; plus, Spirit Studios' Matt Campion on content creation

Mike Parkinson and Jamie Anderson - podcasts with AI voices

Jamie East on the Daily Mail's Podcast Success; plus the Independent Podcast Awards winners

Jack Sylvester on Diary of a CEO; and Flight Studio's podcast innovations

Oscar Merry on Fountain's Latest Update; plus Spotify's Audiobook Expansion

YouTube’s Sandy Wilheim; The Ambies and South Africa

Spotify's Maya Prohovnik; plus Ross Adams from Acast

Spotify closes Chartable; and Mark Asquith on Captivate's new Spark AI

Carl Fridsjö from Podspace; and adventures in AI

Steve Pratt's Insights on Attention Marketing, plus Buzzsprout's new websites

PodFund for Podcast 2.0; AI in Podcasting; and the Castro app

Wondery's New Heights Acquisition; and Mignon Fogarty's 18th year in podcasting

Apple's web app - from Podcast Movement

Bumper's dashboard; Apple's 30%; PodEngine.ai

Wondercraft's ad studio; NFC Podcast Beacons; Podcast Discovery's virtual 3D studio

Lower Street's Pacific Content Acquisition; and the future of Descript

An adblocking podcast app; and AI-powered podcasting with Superproducer AI

How does copyright work for podcasting? Plus, a new Overcast rewrite and Adobe tools

Neal Veglio guests; Spotify Comments; Pary Bell from TPX

Spotify's innovations, multi-language, and Kim Fox - the Podcast Professor

Buzzsprout's new Android app; Zombie Google Podcasts and PodToo

Libsyn integrates with YouTube; plus Riverside's AI Tools and podcast events

Podcasting in Africa; plus, Spotify's video uploading

Spotify to recertify; new Descript version; and rumours!

Pacific Content closes; interviews with Pocket Casts and Platform Media

Live at The Podcast Show in London: PodX, Spotify and LIT

Spotify’s consumption data; Canadaland; Wavlake

The IAB's new numbers, and our first week using fanmail

Buzzsprout's fanmail; Captivate's YouTube integration; and Spotify vs Apple

Acast is 10: interview with Ross Adams; plus, podcast guesting, and Spotify's IAB exit

FlightPath, the M&M Global Awards, and Max Cutler’s PAVE Studios

Stephen Bartlett’s Flight Studio, SHEQONOMI and Media Disco

Sam's working for the Podcast Standard Project. Plus, YouTube at Evolutions

From Podcast Movement Evolutions: the Podnews Report Card and the Indian podcast market

Todd Cochrane; Mike Kadin; and BBC podcasts

Evan Prodromou on ActivityPub; Gretchen Smith on Ad Results Media

Pushkin's future with Gretta Cohn, Buzzsprout's iOS app with Alban Brooke, and Apple's transcripts

Podcast Search Optimisation, new IAB guidelines, and a special Aussie gift

The Art of Audio Advertising; and Sam visits Brisbane

The Locked On Network's strategy, new Podscribe data, and Acast in profit

Triton Digital's 2023 Podcast Report; Podfest; and Spotify's new strategy

Wondercraft AI's Oskar Serrander; Apple's transcripts, and more

Podcasting 2.0 criticism; Alby outage; and the EU's Digital Markets Act

Is advertising ageist? An interview with Adelicious; and what people want from podcast advertising

Interview with Kevin Smith of Snipd; and seemingly a bad news special?

James and Sam revisit podcasting in 2023; and give our predictions for 2024

2023's highlights, and 2024's predictions from our friends

PodcastAI; Fountain; Podcast Guru; and Apple's effect on downloads

TWiT Layoffs, Ainsley Costello and Just Loud, and a bombshell

Copyright claims, Spotify's job losses, Pod People and Podgagement

The podcast app that will skip the ads for you; plus Spotify's Wrapped, YouTube and Descript

Brendan Mulligan and Lisa Jacobs

Live Streaming at Podcon MX with Alberto Betella; and Ainsley Costello

Exploring Buzzsprout with Tom Rossi and Podhome with Barry Luijbregts

Unveiling RSS Blue for Music Podcasters and the double-winner at the Independent Podcast Awards

Inside Caloroga Shark Media; and Spotify is back in black

Gene Liverman joins us, with Steve Goldstein and Jay Nachlis revealing more about YouTube and podcasting

Todd Cochrane's 19th year of podcasting

Spotify's audiobooks, Canada's regulation, and Sam at the British Podcast Awards

Exclusive Edison Podcast Metrics UK data; and the dangers of headphones

Ross Adams from Acast; Pete Birsinger from Podscribe; and the last word in podcasting news

Naomi Mellor on the International Women's Podcast Awards, and PodcastOne on the NASDAQ

Ainsley Costello and Sam Mean on music in podcasting; Greg Glenday, Acast's new Chief Business Officer

YouTube's RSS Support, and Transcribe.FM with Nathan Gathright

Live from Podcast Movement with the New Media Show

SquadCast acquired by Descript and IPFS podcasting

With Kyrin Down - Russia's fight with Apple Podcasts, and good news/bad news

Exploring the 'Podfather' Adam Curry's Boostagram Ball: and the British Podcast Awards Controversy

Spotify's financials, and Rebecca Sananès on her career and working with Harry and Meghan

Telling Media's Christiana Brenton and Georgie Holt; plus C-18 in Canada and Audioboom's results

Celebrating 20 Years of Podcasting with Rob Greenlee and Christopher Lydon

Libsyn's John W Gibbons, and Android's fragmentation

Stitcher's Closure, and Naomi Mellor on the International Women's Podcast Awards

Spotify Supremium, Acast Plus Access, and Listener Habits

with Skye Pillsbury - Spotify's Ad Analytics is launched, and Apple to kill value4value?

Spotify Layoffs, AI-Powered Discovery, NYT Audio, and PodX/Listen Merger

Gaslighting the Industry: Big Names Support, AI Transformations, and RSS Feed Frustrations

Live at The Podcast Show: YouTube RSS plans and the Edison Podcast Ranker

New Releases and MD Interviews: Oscar Merry (Fountain 0.7), Martin Mouritzen (Podfriend 2.0) and Mark Asquith (Captivate Creator Suite).

Broadcast to Podcast; plus, a look ahead at The Podcast Show

Good news! Plus, Chris Quamme Rhoden from Acast, and Nick Hilton on host reads

Spotify reach 500m MAU's. Podcasts appear in YouTube Music, Ofcom says the number of Brits listening to podcasts has flatlined.

Spotify strikes a deal with Jellysmack for video. RØDE Podcaster Duo & Streamer X launch at NAB. The Podcast Academy board announced.

Podnews buys Podcast Business Journal. Kids Listen releases survey on kids podcasts. New 'Podroll' tag is rolled out on Podnews. Podcast Guru is LIT.

Acast's SVP Marketing, Comms and Brand, Lizzy Pollott talks Interchangeable Ad Slots, Keyword and Conversational Ad Targeting and The Obamas join Acast. Plus it's Happy Adopt-a-Listener Month!

Ahoj Jamesi! Podcast Standards Project launches, iOS 16.4 launches and Podnews Live in Barcelona/Mexico launches.

Podcasts are go (on YouTube) (kind of); and interview with Captivate's Mark Asquith

The iHeartPodcast Awards; Podcast Mania; Norma-Jean Belenky on Podcast Movement; Apple is #1

Spotify drops Anchor but streams on with new TikTok UI for podcast discoverability. RSS.com provides Automatic Transcripts for free

Will YouTube podcasting earn your time & attention? Podnews Live in Vegas, Manchester and London.

YouTube get into podcasting; Apple removes AppleCoreMedia, Podimo launches in the UK, and The Podcast Index shows cross-app comments working

Vox Media & Spotify raise significant new funding. Acast reports strong 2022 growth and seeks profitability by 2024. Podimo enters the UK market. Interviews with Hindenburg and RSS Blue

Google removes/adds podcasts; Tom Rossi on Buzzsprout subscriptions; Sean Glynn on Novel; Jordan Harbinger

Spotify's financials; Leo Laporte, chief TWiT; Todd Cochrane; and an MA in Podcasting

Dawn of a new age at Spotify. Become a supporter of this podcast thanks to Buzzsprout NEW subscriptions. Are new podcasts really 80% down?

Forget downloads, "Listen Time" maybe a better way to measure podcast success.

Apple launches Delegated Delivery, and a look back at Google Podcasts in 2022

Show Me The Value? Web Monetisation or SATS? Sell your RSS feed or start a video? What's best in 2023?

12 Podcast experts give their 2022 highlights and 2023 predictions. Benjamin Bellamy talks OP3, ActivityPub, Cross Comments. Dave Jones talks about NEW PodPing 2.0

Data everywhere but whose number 1?

Why are Apple putting metadata topics inside podcast pages? Bumper's Dan Misener tells us what he thinks. Are Satoshis the best way to reward podcasters? Trevor Bell argues there are better ways.

Spotify launches audiobooks globally. Anchor is still alive but Libsyn Studio is dead.

Is now the right time for ActivityPub? Is now the right time for Video Podcasting? If not now then when?

Financial results for Acast, Audacy and iHeart; Vizzy enriches podcasts; and Sam goes to the pub

It's goodbye to Podland and hello to Podnews Weekly Review. It's goodbye to email and hello to Podcast:txt. It's goodbye to Twitter verified and hello to Amazon Music & Podcasts ad free.

Stop the downloads - measure the listens. The Sports Podcast Awards, and Q3 results: Spotify and ABC Australia are up but the BBC is not

To edit or not to edit that is the question? Castopod v1.0 launches, Squadcast awarded US Patent, Is podcasting coming to TikTok? YouTube advertising for podcasters?

Spotify layoffs, it's just business? Todd Cochrane 1,628 not out! Podcast.ai brings back Steve Jobs? Phase 6 of Podcast Index announced!

Skye Pillsbury from newsletter 'The Squeeze' talks about 'What Does "Big Money Podcasting" Look Like?' both now and in the future, as layoffs continue and shows are cut.

iHeartMedia purchased podcast plays to game their download numbers and the IAB says it's ok!? John Spurlock talks OP3.dev and how it could help filter this bad practice.

Spotify launch audiobooks, it costs extra. Acast layoff 15% seeking profitability. Transistor.fm supports the Open Podcast Prefix Project. Ivy.fm supports multiple Podcast Index Namespace tags. RSS Blue supports Alby and Fountain digital wallets.

Podland Extra Interviews: with Dino Sofos, Eric Nuzum and Mike Kadin

Happy 20th birthday RSS, Alby launches profile pages. Spotify rolls out new Podcast UI and 'reasonably soon' will add Audiobooks.

"Keep Calm and Carry On". BBC R&D launch 'Adaptive Podcasting' and Alby launch a new SAT's dashboard.

You're everywhere or you're no where baby!? Podcasts are coming to YouTube and Twitter should you be on them? Spotify now have ads, transcriptions and maybe comments soon?

Live from Dallas: open podcasting, what to do with Spotify, and where the medium is going

Podverse mobile supports Alby. Libsyn expands to Europe and Canada. Spotify filters music from podcasts. Podnews launches podcastnamespace.org. Oprah protects her trademark and ASA fines Steven Bartlett.

Podcast neighbourhoods, paying to be a guest, and podcast:verify. Evo Terra sits in for Sam Sethi.

Who should pay to play? Should guests pay hosts or should listeners pay hosts? #value4value #transparency #trust. Is Thread.land the best place to leave your comments?

Good Morning Podcasters! Alby Wallet API delivers Value 4 Value. Hosts RSS.com and Castos deliver integrated wallets. Podchaser API delivers transcripts. Podcast Index delivers descriptions and Spotify delivers Q2 financial results.

Acast buys Podchaser: we talk to both CEOs (and ask about spam); plus, Alby, the simple cryptowallet for podcasters

Hint: It's Really Simple to extend Standards

Podverse supports LIT and Video. Fountain rewards users for listening to podcasts. Alby, a browser extension for cryptocurrency, adds its own podcaster wallet.

Tom Webster tells us that "creators" are mainly white men under 45 but where are the women? Bloomberg say Spotify's podcast strategy is failing!? Squadcast launch all new v5 and Voiceworks partners with Crowd Network on the Sports Network.

Acast and GoodPods are building 'Community' by enabling comments. Fountain and UnCut are building 'Community' by rewarding your time & attention? And Spotify are building 'Community' by sharing your music listening with friends but not your podcasts?

Interview with Ken Miller from Fathom; Spotify buys an AI voice service, Google Podcasts slips up in Pride Month, Sam looks different to what Adam Curry thinks

Buzzsprout's Alban Brooke tells us all about their new mid-roll ads platform. Spotify describe RSS as “outdated technology." while claiming they will reach one billion listeners by 2030 and generate US$100 billion in revenue.

Dave Jones the Pod Sage talks Value4Value, Sats, Lightning Network, WebLN, Alby and using Hive's Podping to build a new Decentralised Cross App Notifications messaging bus.

From the Podcast Show 2022 - Jason Carter on the show; Alberto Betella on dodgy podcasters; Jessica Cordova-Kramer on audio reality

Scoop Queen Ashley Carman joins us. Apple announces Podcasts Delegated Delivery. No Anchor or Megaphone. Are you team Spotify or team Apple? RØDECaster Pro II leaked. Curiocaster and Podverse support <podcast:liveItem> tag.

It Sounds Interesting now that Tom Webster has announced he is joining Sounds Profitable.

Down Anchor, Goodbye Facebook, Au Revoir Michael Mignano & Tom Webster. Hello Squadcast!

Will video help make the next podcasting star? Anchor, Substack and YouTube think so. We talk to Tom Billington about the London Podcast Show and Neil Mody about Headliner, Disco and Eddy.

Hello to Spotify's new curation and moderation policies. Goodbye to Spotify's Greenroom creator fund and Facebook's podcasts.

Internationalise in order to profitise or use swap promos but never ever plagiarise.

Acast you're still spamming your competition? BBC you're still losing your talent? YouTube you're still making us wait? Apple you're still not providing us transcripts? Why O Why!?

Like London buses, you wait ages for one new podcast app and three come along at the same time. We talk with Chris Messina about NEW YouTube, Spotify and Twitter podcast apps coming soon.

Podland on tour in LA with Alban Brooke at Podcast Movement talking about the Podnews Report Card, The Ambies, the Infinite Dial 2022 and YouTube's no show.

Acast spam, spam multiple platform updates, spam, Gumball, spam, Websub, spam but no chapters, no transcriptions just lightning comments.

"Will Video Kill The Podcast Star?" - We interview James O. Boggs and Andy Bowers from Spooler Media the "dynamic, real-time audio" publishing system. Amazon released Amp, a “live radio app”. YouTube offers podcasters up to $50k to switch.

Is Youtube the best place for podcasting now? Is Twitter the next place for podcasting?Is interactive podcasting the future of podcasting?

This week's report card: ACast very bad, GoodPods bad, ActivityPub very good and Super Listener Wayne Cheong dies, very sad.

Crowd Network launches in Manchester, James launches 'Podnews Report Cards', Facebook launches audio rooms, Podping launches live notifications and Sam launches The Crafty Tug?

Pay Attention, Cash is King, Bitcoin is the native currency of the Internet and it's raining Sat's on Fountain.

Captivate CEO Mark Asquith talks about the global acquisition and their future. Castos CEO Craig Hewitt talks about supporting Value4Value and why it's a better model than advertising for podcasters

Scott Waxman tells us why books and podcasts fit together? Hala Taha tells us why promoting your podcast with an audiogram maybe a waste of time? Amazon buys exclusive rights to ‘My Favorite Murder’ podcast. Libsyn5 is live to all users.

Brad Mielke tells us what he learnt from 1,000 daily podcasts? Effy Kang tells us about podcasting in China. Celebs tell us about their favourite podcasts on Apple. Helipad tells us how many SAT's we've earned in real-time and Podping tells us first!

Spotify launch call-to-actions cards, ratings but still no Hifi? What's a GUID and a ULID? Cash app now supports Lightning payments. Facebook mutes podcasts, not as big as they think. India the biggest podcast market by 2023? Sam talks about Podcasting3?

Jonas Woost, Director Of Strategy at Pacific Content, predicts the near future of podcasting in 2022

Fake it until you make it, unless you buy it. Spotify's Megaphone buys Whooshkaa but still no date for exclusive podcasts, HiFi sound or transcriptions? SiriusXM we can't read you? Comments are live on Podverse and Buzzsprout supports the Person Tag.

Spotify may owe millions from missing licenses and may have gained millions from missing podcasts?

Winslow Bright talks about licensing music for your podcast. Hint: there is no fair usage. It's the start of the podcast awards season. Facebook podcasting is growing but it's clearly not ready for primetime and Spotify is testing sponsorship?

Happy 1st birthday to us! What will Spotify do with its big M&A war chest, Castamatic 8 supports Value4Value and Lisa Laporte CEO of TWiT tells us how to run a successful podcast network.

Podcast listening is growing globally, Spotify advertising and subscriptions are expanding internationally but why is no one checking the content is factual, not breaking copyright and has a license to use it?

Podcasting 2.0 is all about an open 'Interoperable' ecosystem of apps using RSS that create shared value, not closed ecosystems from old SAGA apps - (Spotify, Apple, Google and Amazon).

Why's everyone going proprietary? Is it time to change the name podcast? Is James really one in a billion? And what's the secret sauce for creating a hit podcast?

Spotify tells us they're sort of No1. Benjamin Bellamy tells us about the new Recommendation, Medium and Gateway RSS 2.0 namespace tags to make your podcast more discoverable. Bailey Drake tells us how to record live audio apps and transcribe them.

Bryan Barletta sits in for Sam - Apple's downloads and Spotify's ad sales. Interview with Adam Bowie about podcast trends

Dr Brian of London talks Web 3, Podping, Hive and Dairy Cows? James now speaks fluent Spanish thanks to Veritone MARVEL․ai and Genevieve Hassan's podcast takes off with 5M Virgin Atlantic passengers.

Chris Messina talks about Spotify Ads, the history of open formats on the social web and how ActivityPub could impact the future of Podcasting?

Open RSS rated good by Acast. Closed Apple Podcast app rated bad by its users. #Discuss

Research, research everywhere but who is right? Nielsen says podcasting is still growing. eMarketer says Spotify has overtaken Apple Podcasts and Arete Research says Spotify's management needs to change!

In our opinion, we need better listener tools - Clips, Comments and Content moderation. Oscar Merry talks about Fountain App, Alex Jacobi talks about the Open Podcast Analytics Format and will Podcasting Kill the Radio Star?

Passing the RSS buck! Is unmoderated podcasting spreading misinformation? Do podcasting apps need better content moderation reporting tools? Twitter to support Value4Value boosts.

Has Google given up on podcasting? Are subscriptions better than ads? Amazon, Spotify and Twitter double down on live social audio. Does podcasting need policing for lies and defamation?

Apple: The Internet Explorer of podcast apps? Evo Terra on why podcast apps suck. How's Spotify doing and multiple new ways to discover podcasts.

What happens to podcast downloads if IP addresses go away? Interview: Bryan Barletta, plus automating YouTube for podcasting.

Mark Cuban lies his ass off. We interview Martin Mouritzen, PodFriend about Cross-App commenting and Boostagrams.

Sam's back! Spotify's revenue, Apple's bugfix, and a new value4value app

Podcasting in South East Asia; Sharon Taylor co-hosts; Spotify paid podcasting and more

Dynamic ads and podcast networks - Rachel Corbett co-hosts; Mignon Fogarty is our guest

Podcast SEO: stuff the title and forget the description, it's only a B medium anyway!?

Apple iOS 14.6, is it a bug or a feature exposing the dirty download secret? Ross Adams CEO, ACast explains 5 reasons why we need RSS, Is Audacity dangerous now it's Russian owned. Podcasts finally agree on episode notes. Interview with Jim Ballas, CTO,

Why Amazon podcasts start to splash the cash and bought Art19 and Smartless? We interview Arielle Nissenblatt from the Podcast Taxonomy board and we interview Don MacKinnon (Hark) and Hannah Blake (Entale) both help with podcast discovery

Facebook Podcasting. It's alive but why can't you actually play them yet? We interview David Markowitz, Netflix amd Niklas Hildebrand, Audry.

Apple channels finally arrive. Facebook podcasts launch next week and who is in the Spotify Green Room? Our special guest is Mark Asquith CEO Captivate. And do we need a GUID for every podcast?

Apple Subscriptions and Channels are finally coming! With special guest Neil Mody the CEO Headliner.

Space Casts v Apple Casts: Monetising podcasts through feeds and channels

Podcast piracy or defamation, should podcast hosts monitor the content or could a new podcast license be the simple fix to the problem?

I'm at a loss, will anyone notice the difference? Lossless audio comes to Apple, Spotify and Amazon for free.

Whether it's firmographic enrichment or psychographically targeting, everyone is saying podcasting is getting bigger, while Apple is learning to crawl podland faster but it's not podping speed just yet?

Will Superfans pay extra to come into a Spotify Green Room or Twitter Space? Should Apple buy Clubhouse? Interviews with Will Page, Author of Tarzan Economics and Charles Van Winkle, Senior Software Engineer, Descript.

Like London buses, you wait years for a subscription service to turn up and two come along at the same time. James and Sam analyse Spotify's new subscription service and compare it with Apple's alternative subscription service.

Podcasts, Podcasts everywhere but not a mention of RSS anywhere! We discuss Apple's podcast subscriptions, Facebook's podcasting app and Google recommendations

It's all about the numbers! Google 100m, Amazon 1.5bn, Podcast Index 2.7m plus interviews with Juliana Meyer CEO Supapass and Elsie Escobar Libsyn.

James and Sam are joined by Alban Brooke from Buzzsprout, and talk stats and sats

Organiser of The British Podcast Awards Matt Deegan joins as co-host. Spotify launch 'Sound Up' and buy Locker Room. Voting for the Ambies is now open. You can now download the Podclock.

It's now 2 million podcasts, Interviews: Chair - Podcast Academy, CEO - Riverside FM, Head of Digital Audio - iHeart Podcast Network

Is Apple no longer free? Is podcast streaming a myth? PodBean Live or Clubhouse? Why was Message Heard in the NY Times? The NEW Recommendation Tag and Where's James? .

To subscribe or not to subscribe that is the question. Interviews with Sean Glynn from Novel, Rob Loewenthal from Whooshkaa, Jess Kupferman from She Podcasts and Agnes Kozera from Podcorn

The Ambies nominees announced, Will Spotify overtake Apple?, Interview with Kal Amin Sounder, Women's History Month

Spotify StreamOn Analysis, Interview with Spotify's Mike Mignano and Podcast Movement the winners and losers.

iHeartMedia buy Triton Digital, Songs For Podcasters, Interview with Tom Rossi from Buzzsprout

Clubhouse, SoundClub or Fireside? Music Fair Usage, New Spotify Play Book and Maps.FM

Anchor's redesign; podcast consumption in Denmark; Sounds Profitable's clever ad-tech, New People and Location Tags

How fast is podcasting growing? Plus: Africa Podfest, Podcast Radio, and news of a new, 24-hour global podcast conference

Apple's new subscriptions? Spotify's failing strategy? Does Clubhouse need moderating? Interviews with Podpage, MatchCasts, Podchaser and A Million Ads

Clubcasting, TwitterSpaces, Dynamic Content Insertion and Interviews with, Buzzsprout, Adelicious.FM and BBC World Service.

Apple and Spotify privacy issues. Interview with Rob Greenlee about changes at The Podcast Academy.

Podcast Predictions for 2021 with Steve Pratt, Partner at Pacific Content.

The pros and cons of closed Spotify v open distributed podcasting. Interview with The Podfather Adam Curry & Dave Jones from podcastindex.org about Podcast 2.0

Podcast Misinformation, Podcast Taxonomy, Interview with Kate Bradley Chernis, CEO Lately.AI about atomizing your podcast into hundreds of mini-movie trailers.

New podcast:location tag, interview with Sam Liang, CEO of Otter.AI, about live notes.

Does Amazon want to buy Wondery? Interview with Mark Asquith, CEO Captivate, about private feeds.

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