Episode 53
The Two Podcast Analytics Every Podcaster Should Be Checking
When it comes to podcast analytics, many podcasters just look at downloads and subscribers. And while these are useful, there are two other podcast analytics data points that every podcaster should be looking at instead.
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Speaker:When it comes to podcast analytics,
Speaker:there's a lot of data points that you can look at.
Speaker:These include downloads, followers, subscribers and more.
Speaker:But there's two sets of analytics
Speaker:that every podcaster should be looking at.
Speaker:And these are listeners and consumption percentage.
Speaker:Now the first part is tied into your downloads.
Speaker:But for me, listeners are the more important metric.
Speaker:The reason for this is simple.
Speaker:Because you can set podcast apps to auto download,
Speaker:that can often result in episodes being downloaded
Speaker:without actually being listened to.
Speaker:However, listener data shows you
Speaker:who's actually listened to your podcast.
Speaker:And that's what I look at when it comes to gauging
Speaker:growth and success of my podcast. After all, engaged listeners make your podcast
Speaker:more attractive to potential sponsors and advertisers. Following on from
Speaker:listeners, consumption percentage shows the stickiness of your podcast. Also
Speaker:referred to as listener drop-off, this shows you how much of your episode is
Speaker:being listened to and by what percentage. Again, this is key information that you
Speaker:can share with potential sponsors and ad partners. But it can also help you
Speaker:tighten up your podcast too. If you've got an episode that's 40 minutes long but you
Speaker:find the listeners are dropping off after 30 minutes, then experiment with a
Speaker:shorter episode. That way any calls to action you have in your episode or
Speaker:sponsor messages etc aren't being missed. So for me listeners and consumption
Speaker:percentage are two analytics that every podcaster should look at. Until the next
Speaker:time, happy podcasting!
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Speaker:Until next time, happy podcasting.
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