what do you mean by podcast

what is podcast?....

if you have come here ,then you probably want to know what does podcast mean or want to get a brief idea on it. 

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so a podcast is basically a series of show or discussion on a particular topic which is digitally available for the user to stream online or download in a device. A podcast cast can contain one or more than one host(person or person's speaking about a topic) .Podcast's can be free or a paid service and the thing is that podcast's are still under development to reach a large number of consumers.

  podcast's and its future


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podcast are now being adopted by more people in various regions of the world and still increasing its pace because people around the globe find it more informative and productive  about the topic they choose to know and according to researchers podcast has a very promising present as well as future.
 

according: Edison Research Infinite Dial 2020 released March 19th, 2020. Q1 2018 report from Nielsen came out March 20, 2018.

  • 75% of the US population is familiar with the term “podcasting” – up from 70% in 2019 (Infinite Dial 2020)
  • 50% of all US homes are podcast fans (Nielsen, Aug 2017)
  • 55% (155 million) of the US population has listened to a podcast – up from 51% in 2019 (Infinite Dial 20)
  • 37% (104 million) listened to a podcast in the last month – up from 32% in 2019 (Infinite Dial 20)
  • 24% (68 million) listen to podcasts weekly – up from 22% in 2019 (Infinite Dial 20)
  • 16 million people in the US are “avid podcast fans” (Nielsen Q1 2018)
  • 51% of podcast listeners are male – same as US population (Infinite Dial 20)
  • 45% of monthly podcast listeners have household income over $75K – vs 35% for the total population
  • 27% of US podcast listeners have a 4-year college degree – vs 19% for US pop
  • 63% of podcast listeners are white – vs 58% for US pop (Infinite Dial 20)
  • Age of monthly podcast listeners versus US population (Infinite Dial 20):
    • 12-34: 48% (vs 37%)
    • 35-54: 32% (vs 40%)
    • 55+: 20% (vs 23%)
 this results are very promising and we may see more impresive results in future.    

  

                     image credit: Nielsen Q1 2018 Podcast                                                                                                                                                                   use and helpfulness of podcast's-

  • podcast's makes information more easy and efficient. 
  • podcast's reduces cost to a greater extent.
  • podcast's reduces time for consumption of information.
  • podcasts are portable cause it can be stored digitally.
  • podcast's is an demand technology.
  • podcast's is the future form of media and info consumption.







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