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GESNodoon t1_iy0crkn wrote

The average podcast then has less than 50 episodes. I know of at least 3 that are in the 1000s of episodes so that is pretty bad for the others.

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ViolettaHunter t1_iy0rlaf wrote

Quantity doesn't equal quality though.

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GESNodoon t1_iy0v1wc wrote

No, they do not equal, but for a podcast to make money it generally has to be pretty good. KATG, Jordan/Jesse Go, some of the true crime podcasts have good production value, quality guests or stories and are just a few rungs above the random group of friends talking in the garage.

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SirDooble t1_iy3gauy wrote

Well, it depends on age of the podcast really, plus the rate that they release new episodes.

There are lots of good podcasts that only release monthly, but of course that means just 12 episodes a year.

I don't know for certain, but I would imagine a weekly release is the most common rate of release. So even for a very successful podcast, if they're only a year old, they'll only have 52 episodes at most.

I guess what I'm saying is that quantity doesn't necessarily correlate to quality. And unless you're very successful and profitable, you probably can't release a high rate (more often than weekly) of episodes and maintain technical quality. Most podcasts are edited and published by the hosts, whereas super successful ones can afford to pay professional editors to edit and release however many eps each week.

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