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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

After this analysis, I’m looking for really differentiated verticals of audio. In the years following the release of Apple’s podcast app in 2012, smartphones pulled ahead of computers for podcast consumption and have grown to become the dominant way that consumers listen to podcasts. but may not directly sound like podcasting.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

After this analysis, I’m looking for really differentiated verticals of audio. In the years following the release of Apple’s podcast app in 2012, smartphones pulled ahead of computers for podcast consumption and have grown to become the dominant way that consumers listen to podcasts. but may not directly sound like podcasting.