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What Podcast Listeners Say About How They Discover Shows (& Why They Stop Listening) | Podcast Listener Psychology

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People will lie to you about your ideas, not out of malice but to be nice.
This episode explores the gap between podcast marketing best practices and how listeners actually discover and engage with shows, using data from surveys and personal anecdotes. It discusses psychological factors like 'The Mom Test,' highlights contradictory findings on platforms like YouTube, and offers insights on audience retention and growth strategies.

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Survey answers only matter when they line up with how listeners actually search and choose shows.

Podcast discovery is framed as a survey problem, with the discussion circling the gap between what people say and what they do. It moves from Google and app search to social clips and the practical matter of whether a show shows up for the keywords listeners actually type, which…

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If you want to understand how listeners actually discover your show, press play.

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