Australia: now, two million daily podcast listeners

• Exclusive: Two million Australians listen to podcasts daily, according to a new survey: PodPoll 24, which will be fully revealed tomorrow. The data, from Deadset Studios and Insightfully, contains a lot of useful data about the types of show people want to hear, and also reveals:

  • Two in five people (44%) sample new shows every month.
  • Apple Podcasts has slumped to third “preferred podcast app” in the country, after Spotify (58%) and YouTube (30%).

• Blubrry has launched Pod2Vid, a tool that converts podcasts into video - perfect for uploading to video platforms. The tool is available to all users on the Thrive bundle. It comes after the launch of Vid2Pod in March.

• Online therapy company BetterHelp spent $6.4mn in podcast advertising in August, says the latest data from Magellan AI. Chip manufacturer Intel, smart TV maker Roku, and healthcare range Ro were the top movers and shakers. There’s a webinar on Sep 26 at 11ET with more.

• Pitaya and TVNotas have announced a strategic alliance for the production and distribution of podcasts.

People News

• President of Jam Street Media, Matty Staudt, is to become EP (and “third mic”) on the Sarah and Vinnie show on Alice @97.3. He’s continuing his podcast work at Jam Street Media.

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Podcast News

Danny Brown recently used NotebookLM to ideate, create, publish, and have a co-hosted podcast, approved on Apple, Spotify, etc, in just over 4 hours, including having a complementary podcast website for the episodes to live on. The show is Be a Better Podcaster with Jamie and Jaayne - so… what does that mean for podcasters?

The All Ears English Podcast is now available on Lufthansa in-flight entertainment - so you can brush up on your English while you fly. The show has been published by an all-female, woman-owned, independent podcasting team since 2014.

He didn’t want to fight in Putin’s war — he just wanted to survive. But to make it back to his family and live in peace, he would have to run. The Deserter is new from The New York Times - the story of a soldier who served as a captain in the Russian army, fought in Ukraine and then ultimately fled the war and his country.

The Greatest Matter is a new, Victorian audio drama, from HeadStuff Podcasts - and launches today. Set in Victorian Dublin, a visiting Italian criminologist gets caught up in a mysterious murder in Phoenix Park. It’s written and edited by Conor Reid.

Before We Go has been announced. The podcast, which is launched on Oct 8, is the story of Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, an Academy Award Nominated Film Producer, Founder of End Well, and TED Health host - and her father, Steven Ungerleider, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2022.

What happens if “I don’t want to vote for either candidate?” Beyond Voting, hosted by Emily Williams, is a new limited-series podcast from The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College, and digs into the critical issues central to the 2024 election cycle.

Inside Dora’s Amazing Adventures is Dora’s Aventuras, a musical podcast with songs in English and Spanish from Nickelodeon. It launched yesterday with Dora, and her best monkey pal, Boots, as they follow the sounds of the rainforest toward adventure, with help from familiar friends along the way.