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RAJAR MIDAS Report – Summer 2024
[UPDATE – 2 October: After I asked a question about the Need States chart, RAJAR published a revised version of the Podcast chart, and this is now included below.] RAJAR has just published a summary of its Summer 2024 MIDAS report. The research was carried out amongst 2,048 previous RAJAR respondents across two weeks in…
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Edison Podcast Metrics UK – Top 25 Q1 2024
The latest Edison Research Podcast Metrics for the UK have just been published with a top 25 based on reach during Q1 2024. This follows previous releases for Q4 2024, Q3 2024 and Q2 2024. Here’s the full chart: The top four titles are unchanged compared to last quarter. But here’s the list again with…
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The Podcast Show 2024
The 2024 edition of The Podcast Show in London has just wrapped up, and I thought it was worth jotting down some thoughts, some things I learned, and some themes that seemed prevalent this year. I should add the proviso that there were lots of sessions taking place at any given time – perhaps 8-10…
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RAJAR Q1 2024
This post is brought to you in association with RALF from DP Software and Services. I’ve used RALF for the many years, and it’s my favourite RAJAR analysis tool. So I am delighted that I continue to be able to bring you this RAJAR analysis in association with RALF. For more details on the product, contact Deryck Pritchard via…
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Aurora Borealis – Video
During the excitement on Friday (and early Saturday), I shot a few minutes of video footage which I’ve embedded above. This video has been sped up about 4x speed to show the lighting effects better off.
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Aurora Borealis
Today there was a massive geomagnetic storm that hit the earth, causing a solar storm across much of the northern hemisphere. In turn, this meant that the aurora borealis, was suddenly much more likely to become visible even as far south as London. I live on the northern edge of London, so headed off with…
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TCS London Marathon 2024
On Sunday, I completed the 2024 TCS London Marathon, in a time of 3:47:59. It was both exhilarating and exhausting. As long-time readers of this blog may know, I started running – or more accurately re-started – during lockdown. In particular, I began with Couch to 5K, the app developed by the BBC and the…
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Ofcom Podcast Survey 2024
Once again, Ofcom has published its survey data for both its Podcast and Audio surveys. This year, Ofcom has published a report based on both sets of data, and it’s well worth a read through. But, as with previous releases, I’m going to dig into the 2024 podcast data in particular. 2023 Ofcom Podcast Survey…
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Death of the Local Bike Shop
Last week I walked by the branch of Evans Cycles, just around the corner from where I work. It had a sign in the window indicating that it would be closing down in May 2024. The LBS – or Local Bike Shop – is in trouble. Indeed, the entire bike industry is going through something…
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Two Recent “Seriously” Podcast Episodes
The Seriously podcast feed from BBC Radio 4 is always worth subscribing to, and I particularly enjoyed a couple of recent episodes. Dehumidified starts with a seemingly small-scale scam selling fairly useless dehumidifiers to the unwary. Producer Polly Weston does a quick Google to help inform her about which dehumidifier she should get to help…
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Radio on the TV
Today comes news that Bauer is winding down the availability of its radio services on Freeview. This follows their previous departure from satellite and cable. So services like Absolute Radio, Kiss, Magic and Greatest Hits Radio will no longer be available on TV platforms – at least without using some kind of smart TV app…
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Edison Podcast Metrics UK – Top 25 Q4 2023
Edison Research is back with some new updated podcast listening metrics for Q4 2023. This is the third release in the series following Q2 2023 and Q3 2023 releases. Here’s the latest data: But to make comparisons a bit easier, here’s a table logging shows over the three releases to date: Things to note: Edison…
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Apple’s Sports App
This week Apple launched a new app entirely devoted to sport. Apple Sports is initially available in the US, Canada and UK, and has a relatively small list of features. You basically pick which leagues you’re interested in, and which teams within those leagues you follow, and it’ll happily provide you with things like line-ups,…
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