Platform Giant Show NotesWe started our conversation with Rob talking about growing up in Long Island, New York.Rob gave a brief overview of how podcasting has changed in the last 10 yearsHe also shared how he got that sweet Vice-President of Podcaster realtions job at Libsyn...and how can we forget Rob's Harry's Razors Add 

 

Here'es some crazy Podcast stats for you

• Today in IOS  started as a podcast about iPhones. Each episode gets about 25,000 downloads
• Podcast 411 peaked at 5000 downloads/episode. Rob says that's the market cap for podcasts about podcasts.
• There are very few shows that get 100,000 + downloads
• If you get over 50,000 downloads your'e in the top 1%
• If you get over  5000   downloads you're in the top 8 %
• The average podcast gets 2000 downloads
• the median is 180 downloads/podcast. If you get 200 downloads for a show, you're doing better than 50% of everyone else out there.
• If you get over 500+ downloads you've got a successful show.
• The majority of your downloads should be coming from Apple or Apple core media.
• Stitcher and Overcast and Shifty Jelly Pocket cast demonstrate reliable sources for downloads too.

 

Rob also shared how to get guests for your show. and gave us some great podcasting tips to get started.

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