Fewer new podcasts were launched in March than in February, or January. This according to the monthly reckoning at ListenNotes.
The chart below illustrates the monthly metrics:
Looking at new podcast episodes produced in Q1 2023, we see a production slowdown from previous years. In the chart below, the line for 2024 (far right) represents 6,670,450 episodes. Projecting that number through 2024 results in 26,680,000 episodes — running short of 29,098,000 episodes produced in 2023.