Podcast Talent Coach

How To Draw Your Listeners Past The First 60 Seconds – Episode 185 When a listener hits play on your podcast, how can you get them to listen to the end? Or, at least past that critical first few minutes of engagement? HOW LONG DO THEY STAY? When a listener hits play on your podcast, how long do they stay? Studies show about 47% of those that consume podcasts listen to the end of the episode. Roughly 23% of listeners say they listen until they are bored. Studies also show the biggest drop off of those who do not listen to the end comes in the first five minutes of the show. This means a quarter of your listeners to any episode get out before you are five minutes into the show. Think about how you consume podcasts. Where are you and what are you doing when you listen? Put yourself in the shoes of your listeners. What are they doing? Have you asked them? When I listen to my favorite podcasts, I am typically driving. During the summer, I listen to a lot of podcasts while I am mowing the lawn. This allows me a lot