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Dave Winer invents the RSS feed.
RSS feeds were a major part of early podcasts. They allowed people to subscribe to a creator's feed, and their browser or RSS client would automatically check for new content on a scheduled basis. -
Journalist Ben Hammersley suggests "podcasting" as the name for the new audio platform taking off with creators.
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Apple adds podcasting to iTunes 4.9
With it, they added a podcast directory feature, which allowed users to more easily find and subscribe to podcasts they were interested in. -
The Serial Podcast launches
The true-crime story followed the murder conviction of Maryland man, Adnan Syed. The episodes have been downloaded over 80 million times - making it one of the most popular podcasts of all time. -
President Obama goes on the WTF Podcast with Marc Maron
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LibSyn states they host approximately 28,000 podcasts.
Though this number does not include podcasts hosted on other networks or platforms. As such, the total number of podcasts across all platforms is likely higher. -
40% of Americans polled stated they have listened to a podcast
This data comes from Edison Research's 2017 report on media consumption, entitled The 2017 Infinite Dial.
