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 listenership to podcasts seems,podcasts has fallen as well.

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

  • Ejh3k@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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.

        • rustyriffs@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

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

          I was more so asking about the patreon feeds you mentioned

          • beetus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year 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).