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The folks at Blubrry took a look at political podasts in this week’s edition of Podcast Stats Soundbites.
And it’s as you might expect, a presidential election year generates an increase in the number of Political podcasts. News & Politics podcasts did see a (relative) 25% jump (from 4.35% to 5.4%) in the number of new podcasts in the 9 months following the 2016 presidential election. But that only took them to 5.4% of total new podcasts created.
So what do the folks at Blubrry conclude? “For all the attention the news media gives presidential elections, and for all the chatter on social networks, it appears that people would rather share their perspectives and stories in podcasts about religion, culture & travel, comedy, and business.”