How to Make Your Podcast Stand Out From the Crowd

The number that everybody of course thinks about first is how many downloads is my show getting, right? Like, what is that number of folks listening to the podcast? We can't deny that, but it's much less important than I think people assume we much rather focus on some other stats. What we want to look for are consumption rates. And so we can understand on an episode by episode basis, you know, did this guest hit or not? And did, was this topic interesting or not? Are we trending upwards or downwards? like our folks sticking with us longer over time or not? It also just helps to justify podcasting. Because I think if we can say, great,