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

Andrew Chen

In 2007, the first iPhone was introduced, but it wouldn’t be until 2012 that Apple created the Podcasts app. From our research, users seldom feel passionately — either positively or negatively — about the podcast app they’re using. The industry has not standardized around what defines a download or listen.

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

Andrew Chen

In 2007, the first iPhone was introduced, but it wouldn’t be until 2012 that Apple created the Podcasts app. From our research, users seldom feel passionately — either positively or negatively — about the podcast app they’re using. The industry has not standardized around what defines a download or listen.