Voxnest says 9.4% of all podcast downloads are on the Apple Watch

Voxnest says 9.4% of all podcast downloads are on the Apple Watch

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  • In data shared with Podnews, Voxnest says that, on average, 9.4% of all podcast downloads on its platform are on an Apple Watch device. The 'humps’ in the graph above, where the percentage rises to over 13%, are related to weekends. Voxnest’s tools include Spreaker, catering to independent podcasters, Hive, a turnkey platform for enterprises, and Dynamo, a standalone monetisation solution. Apple Watches gained the option to play podcasts in mid September.

  • Omny Studio has launched a transcription tool for podcasters and audio publishers. The system allows publishers to “repurpose interviews and breaking news for written articles, and radio producers will be able to search through an on-air archive for specific topics or keywords”.

  • Ana Ormaechaea, co-founder of the Cuonda podcast platform in Spain, is interviewed (in Spanish) by Nobbot. “Currently, between podcast partners and own productions we have about half a million downloads per month.”

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