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Bumper is a data-driven podcast growth agency. We create audience development strategies that help enterprise podcasters become more successful.

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Jan 1: Stephen Hallgren, CTO at Bumper and former CTO at Simplecast, writes Staying Afloat in the Rising Sea of AI Content, discussing the rise of AI slop generation companies last year.
Nov 28, 2025: In the Podnews Weekly Review this week, Dan Misener from Bumper helps Sam Sethi discover why a download isn't a play - and we look at why Patreon has jumped into podcast hosting. It's sponsored by Buzzsprout.
Nov 14, 2025: How loyal is your podcast audience? The ideal is for repeat listeners, not just tire-kickers. Dan Misener at Bumper has learned that every podcast has an average lifetime value score, which goes up and down depending on the promotion your podcast gets (and whether it’s any good). The score has been added to the Bumper Dashboard.
Aug 18, 2025: How often should I publish new podcast episodes? Dan Misener of Bumper gives us all an approach that’s informed by data - including the data from Podnews’s own podcasts.
Jun 18, 2025: Using downloads for measurement is a business liability, argues podcast growth company Bumper in a blog post. Downloads are decreasing for many podcasts - yet, downloads are largely disconnected from actual podcast consumption: and technical changes, like Apple varying their automatic podcast downloads algorithm (which they did in mid-2023), represents a risk for any podcast publisher. They, as you might expect, recommend the Bumper Dashboard; but irrespective of that, the argument makes sense.

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