This is a YouTube video titled "The importance of podcast charts" containing a monologue or talk from December 15, 2023, discussing podcast rankings, the significance of top shows like Dave Ramsey's podcast with billions of downloads, and insights for new podcasters about growth and monetization. The content features a single speaker and focuses on podcast industry dynamics.
When you log into, you know, podcasts, it says like top shows, those are the top shows of all categories, meaning those are the top shows of all time. And those shows carry a lot, a lot, a lot of downloads. Okay, Dave Ramsey just crossed 4 billion downloads to his podcast. Okay, 4 billion. So he's with like the 0.01% of any people who have ever done that. But that would be considered a top show of all time. So for those of us who are starting our podcast, growing our podcast, we got a ways to go before we reach Dave level status. And at that point you're usually part of a network, you're podcasting full time. The podcast is the business, right? For many of us that's not the case and that's a good thing because you don't need to be in the top charts of all shows in order to capitalize on listeners who are searching for show.
