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YouTube viewers watched over 700 million hours of podcasts per month on their TV screens in a single month in 2025. That number has only grown since. And yet, NPR, one of the biggest podcast publishers on the planet, averages just 179 views per YouTube episode. Something doesn't add up. The gap between those two ... Read more
The people behind great podcasts The Castos Creator Spotlight celebrates the people behind great podcasts. Every two weeks, we feature creators in our community who are doing remarkable work, sharing their stories, their craft, and the passion that drives their shows. Journalist and consultant Mike King has spent years covering the freight industry, and when ... Read more
Celebrating the people behind great podcasts
The people behind great podcasts Welcome to fourth edition of our Creator Spotlight series, where we highlight the people behind the podcasts and the thoughtful work they’re bringing into the world. Giving a Microphone to the People Behind the Statistics In an early episode of Sheboygan Stories: Unhoused and Unheard, a man named Jimmy described ... Read more
The people behind great podcasts Welcome to third edition of our Creator Spotlight series, where we highlight the people behind the podcasts and the thoughtful work they’re bringing into the world! Scott DeLuzio didn't start Drive On Podcast because he wanted to. He started it because he had to. Scott is a United States Army ... Read more
The people behind great podcasts Welcome to second edition of our Creator Spotlight series, where we highlight the people behind the podcasts and the thoughtful work they’re bringing into the world! The Life of Letters Podcasts is a show for stationery lovers, pen pals, letter writers and anyone who loves slow living and analogue creativity. ... Read more
The people behind great podcasts This is the first edition of our Creator Spotlight series, where we highlight the people behind the podcasts and the thoughtful work they’re bringing into the world. First up is Janel and Anna from the Strange Birds and their podcast Flying the Coop! Some podcasts are built to teach you ... Read more
Your microphone is the one piece of gear that can make or break your entire show. Seriously: people will put up with a lot, but muffled, echoey, or tinny audio? They’re gone in under a minute. No fancy editing trick in the world can save a bad recording. The good news? You don't need to ... Read more
How to Screen Record on iPhone: Complete Guide for Podcast Creators Most podcasters focus exclusively on audio, but your iPhone's screen recording feature can be a secret weapon for growing your audience with video content. Here's the thing: podcast creators often struggle to create engaging video content for social media promotion, tutorials, and behind-the-scenes looks, ... Read more
The podcast advertising market exceeded $4 billion in 2025, growing by nearly 33% year-over-year. And here's what most podcasters don't realize: you don't need millions of downloads to start earning from podcast ads. Traditional ad networks will tell you that you need 10,000 or even 20,000 downloads per episode before you can monetize. But the ... Read more
Distribution is the name of the game when it comes to any kind of content, and podcasting is no different. We all want easy, and ideally automated, ways to share our content everywhere our audience is already hanging out. To help with this, we've built beautiful, responsive players and Playlist Players to allow you to ... Read more
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