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When did paid podcasts become a thing? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Half the podcasts in my queue have suddenly become paid subscriptions. Meanwhile the overall industry is losing listeners. Seems like a lousy business model to not offer a free with ads feed. What a bizarre trend.

https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2023/2/9/23592684/decline-of-podcasts#:~:text=Monthly%20listenership%20to%20podcasts%20seems,podcasts%20has%20fallen%20as%20well.

https://www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2022/03/28/monthly-podcast-listening-is-down-for-the-first-time-in-almost-a-decade-according-to-study

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Once a free podcast goes behind an exclusive paywall, it's dead to me. That being said, there are several podcasts that I support that I exclusively listen to their patreon feeds because they are ad free.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Which ones, if you don't mind sharing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dungeons and Daddies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing that's the one that went behind the exclusive paywall?

I was more so asking about the patreon feeds you mentioned

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Sorry, I'm not the op who suggested originally.

Dungeons and Daddies is available on most podcast streaming services but they have a significant number of hilarious patreon exclusives (some of which are teased on the public platforms).