Podcasting in the UK as popular as the US

• Data: The Infinite Dial 2021 for the UK was released. 41% of the UK population (16+) listens to podcasts every month - around 23m people. The data is directly comparable to the US (41%), Canada (38%) and Australia (36%). The data was paid-for by Bauer Media and Spotify. Adam Bowie looks at the data.

• Data: Around 425,000 new episodes were published on Anchor in November, but the company lost 0.7% market share. In the top ten, the top 8 remains unchanged; Captivate is new at #9, beating Megaphone which remains at #10. (Podnews’s Editor is an advisor for Captivate).

• Data: Megaphone published a look at podcast consumption data for Spotify and Megaphone in 2021. Podcast listening (on Megaphone) more than doubled in Italy; podcast listening in-car (on Spotify) increased 28 times (probably driven, ha, by decreased car usage in 2020's lockdowns).

• Data: The most popular shows on PodcastAddict have been announced. It’s based on the number of episodes listened-to (at least 70% of the way through). We all want another chart where iHeartRadio is #1 for podcasts! The published list is for English language shows; we can also tell you that Les Grosses Têtes is the #1 French-language podcast; Sternengeschichten is the #1 German-language show; Genstart - DR’s nyhedspodcast is the #1 in Danish; and Maarten van Rossem - De Podcast in Dutch.

  
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• The winners of the Australian Podcast Awards, powered by Acast, were announced. The Acast Podcast of the Year went to Private Affairs, while the Listeners’ Choice Award went to Life Uncut with Britt and Laura, for the second year in a row.

• Comedian Whitney Cummings has signed a multi-year partnership with Kast Media.

• The IAB Podcast Upfront will be virtual in 2022.

  
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• Whooshkaa has launched a Play Portal, making the experience of a private podcast easier.

• In his newsletter, Tim Eby wonders aloud whether NPR and member stations have a good enough plan for working together in the podcast space.

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Moves and hires - with Pod People

• Sarah van Mosel stepped down in October as CRO from Stitcher. HotPod Insider reports that she’ll still be consulting with the company. Drew Welborn left in mid November and has rejoined talent agency WME.

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Tips and tricks

• Here’s how to add your podcast to Facebook - in pictures!

Podcast News - with Blue Wire

In Blue Wire's limited series WR1 presented by WynnBet, legendary NFL wide receiver Cris Carter interviews legends of the WR position as well as the next generation of superstars to understand what makes this position so unique, as so many personalities and stories come from outside of the hash marks. Guests include Julian Edelman, Adam Thielen, Mike Evans, Calvin Johnson, and many more.

Centuries of Sound - a project making a mix of recorded sound from every year - has reached 1939. The four hour episode only gets into World War II in the last hour; before that, music and recorded clips from the year, including Solomon Linda & The Evening Birds singing Mbube in the only recording studio in sub-saharan Africa. You’ll recognise it. - read more

In Podland this week, James speaks to Winslow Bright, a music supervisor with Premier Music Group on the complex world of licensing commercial music for podcasts. It’s a fascinating look at why it’s probably not quite as simple as some people will tell you.

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