Podcast ad rates are on the rise
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Libsyn Ads released its June 2024 ad rates - average CPMs were $21.90, up 1.2% from May, and down 0.3% from last year. Technology podcasts pay the most; fiction podcasts are “more accessible”, the company says.
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Music streaming service Wavlake has partnered with ZBD, a payment infrastructure company. The tools use Podcasting 2.0’s value-4-value model, which enables music podcasts where the musicians get paid directly by listeners.
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There is no change in the top 15 podcast host market share ranker, according to Livewire. Spotify, Spreaker and Buzzsprout remain the top three for June.
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Buzzsprout’s download data for June shows a significant jump for “web browsers” in June. Google Podcasts posted a 1% share of downloads.
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There was a new podcast episode posted every 0.8 seconds last month, according to the Podcast Index (visualised by the Podcast Business Journal). However, the number of active podcasts (updated in the last 30 days) dropped by 10,000 last month, to 332,511.
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Google Podcasts is no longer visible in the Google Play store for new listeners.
Travel delays mean a shorter than usual Podnews today. Back to full strength tomorrow.
Moves and hires
- John Wordock has left Cumulus Podcast Network, after a five year run. He was Executive Editor/SVP of the network.
Tips and tricks
- Headliner posts Audience Development & Podcast Growth 101: Grow Podcasts on TikTok - the platform with 1.5bn users who spend almost an hour on the app a day.
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Podcast data for Jul 2
#1 in Apple Podcasts
Drowning Creek (Wavland)
A Book with Legs (Smead Capital Management)
#1 in Spotify
The Joe Rogan Experience (Joe Rogan)
Rotten Mango (Stephanie Soo & Ramble)
Over the last week, 194,915 podcasts published at least one new episode (up 0.5%). source
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