27 experts, 27 pod predictions
Podcast production, monetization, and marketing company The Podglomerate has released a prediction survey based on feedback from 27 industry experts. Each of the participants has appeared on the Podcast Perspectives news show produced by The Podglomerate.
The question offered to each participant was concise and broad: “Which podcast trends will shape the industry in 2027?” (Oddly, an unattributed first-person answer is displayed before showing the guest replies.)
We searched the entire presentation for the word “optimism,” which appears 14 times. “Optimistic” is spoken eight times. The word “pessimistic” does not appear.
Billions of spins
iHeartRadio has released its iHeartRewind feature, ranking songs and artists who reached the most total audience spins from iHM radio stations — a metric which iHeart abbreviates as TAS. The top audience spin accumulations number in the billions. Following are a few key stats:
Bruno Mars: Most listened-to artist, amassing 2.7 billion audience impressions — second consecutive year for him at the top. That means (can we believe it?) Taylor Swift occupies the #2 spot on this specialized list. She had 2.2B audience impressions.
Several other categories of achievement are figured, including songs and four genre categories — Pop, Country, Hip-Hop, Alternative, and Hip-Hop (which is amusingly mistyped as “Hip-Hip” in iHeart’s press release).
