UK Podcast Consumer study announced

• Edison Research will unveil The UK Podcast Consumer 2024 on Jun 25. It’s the first time the research has been undertaken in the UK; the US data contains useful information to attract advertisers into the medium.

• Two days after its release, Podtrac’s ranker of global publishers now includes Acast (at #2). “Acast was inadvertently left off the original May Global Ranker release as we worked with Podtrac to clarify their methodology,” said Acast CBO Greg Glenday.

• Qupa is a new “AI-powered” podcast app that listens to shows and finds links about the things you’re hearing about. There’s a demo on the website.

• Podcast listeners are much younger than magazine readers or TV viewers: and that’s an opportunity for the medium, says Steven Goldstein.

• Podcast Days 2024 in Madrid will be on Oct 17-18.

• Questioni d’orecchio is a newsletter in Italian from Andrea de Cesco about podcasting and more. È fantastico avere un’altra prospettiva.

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Podcast News

King Bach’s Court: A Royalty Podcast launches today, from Vine, TikTok, YouTube and Instagram stars Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor, Christina Bachelor, and Gary Glushon: a new, comedic podcast that’s a mix of solo musings and dynamic chats with special guests. The show is from Cloud10.

Twenty years ago, The Gadget Show started broadcasting on the UK’s Channel 5, and The Gadget Show Podcast reunites the original presenters Suzi Perry and Jason Bradbury, diving into the latest in tech and gadgets. The show also has the original Executive Producer Ewan Keil, and is made by North One - the makers of the original TV show.

The host of the successful Roadmap Cycling Podcast, Anthony Walsh, has launched a new show, The Anthony Walsh Podcast - a broader scoped show which offers insightful conversations, practical advice, and inspiring stories of transformation. The first guest is a career criminal turned endurance athlete.

The autobiographical podcast show Everything I Know About Me returned for a third season this week, hosted by Stormy Daniels, the former adult film actress and “person who’s been in the news quite a bit recently”. Daniels shares her deeply personal story over the course of five episodes, walking listeners through her life’s most defining moments. It’s from the Daily Mail.

In Confianza kicks off season five today. The show shares the many ways Latinos find belonging in the United States. Hosted by political analyst, speaker, and entrepreneur Liz Rebecca Alarcón, it starts with an episode on the private conversations Latinas are not having about reproductive health abortion access.