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Tips for Solo Podcasting: How to Engage Your AudienceSolo podcasting can be a rewarding experience, offering complete creative control and the opportunity to share your unique perspective. However, engaging your audience without the dynamic of a co-host or guest can be challenging. Engagement is crucial for building a loyal listener base. When you effectively engage your audience, you foster a sense of community and encourage listeners to return for future episodes. A recent Wavve blog post outlines nine tips to help solo podcasters engage with their audience. Below, are a couple of real world examples that should serve as inspiration.
Using AI as a Co-host for Solo PodcastersA couple of months ago Sounds Profitable posted a thought-provoking article, Meet Your New Co-host, which delved into how AI can serve as an assistant to solo podcasters. Keep this digital path in mind when you're trying to boost engagement or streamline your process. Analysis: We're big fans of minimal design, when it works. It does here. Shades of red can be distracting, but here red is used very well and gives the main image hip appeal. The font choice and yellow color jump off of the red background. Copy is limited, which isn't a bad thing at all. 📰 How Apple's podcast transcriptions came to be. Learn more. 🏭 Google DeepMind shifts from research lab to AI factory. Read more. 📢^^ YOUR AD HERE! Knock, Knock. Who's there? Spotlight. Spotlight, who? This email goes to registered creators at wavve.co or those subscribed to The Wavve Blog. Wavve helps [WORK_ROLE GOES HERE] creators grow their influence online with social video and text. |
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Podcast Diversity Report Reveals Major Gaps A new USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative study shows that top U.S. podcasts still lack meaningful diversity—especially compared to leading TV, film, and music. Key findings: 64% of hosts on top 2024 U.S. podcasts are men. Video podcasts skew even more male, with the biggest imbalance in business & tech—92% male-hosted. Women-hosted shows still feature mostly male guests (54%). True crime is the only category with a female-majority of hosts (53%),...
Find Your Next Podcast Topic Choosing a strong topic is one of the most important steps in launching (or refreshing) a podcast. When you pick something you're genuinely curious about, it’s easier to stay consistent — and much easier to attract listeners who stick around. This guide offers 60+ niche topic ideas ranging from psychology, tech, DIY, reviews, outdoor adventures, storytelling, and true crime to finance, branding, food, fitness, and more. You’ll also find 15 podcast format options —...
In Case You (Were Podcasting and) Missed It Audio Still #1 for Podcast ListeningNew research shows audio remains dominant: only 8% watch podcasts exclusively on YouTube, and most YouTube viewers also listen elsewhere. Apple Podcasts Releases 2025 Top ChartsApple shared 2025’s most popular shows, new launches, most followed, most shared, and top channels across 70 countries. New Study: The Real Cost of Adding VideoA fresh report finds video production is 77% more expensive, requires 50% more...