I do not want to co-opt the struggles of coal miners, but I think making stuff for the algorithm is the closest thing I’ve ...

Mostly hate, because the decisions about what we see and hear and read are no longer in our hot little hands. The power of ...

Podcast expert Ginni Saraswati-Cook explains why AI alone won't build your audience—and shares the three pillars of a ...

What rises to the top on social media isn’t what’s most true or most useful. It’s what best serves the system underneath. Of ...

In the late 2010s, so-called mumble rap took off. Critics lamented that the genre—and the styles it continues to ...

The streaming service now has more than 30 video podcasts lined up for 2026, including the influential radio show “The Breakfast Club.” By Jessica Testa The number of video podcasts set to flood ...

Podcasts have come a long way since launching over 20 years ago. What started as a way to make audio stories accessible on-demand has turned into an artform in its own right, offering longform ...

And I think a lot of what we’re going to be seeing in the next, let’s say, 12 to 24 months, are people realizing that whoever has the strongest, most holistic data set is going to be in the best ...

Spotify, as part of the annual Spotify Wrapped year-end marketing campaign, released the platform’s top 50 most popular podcasts of 2025 — with Joe Rogan reigning at No. 1 for the fifth straight year.

When it comes to some podcasts, listeners are all ears. Spotify, Apple, and YouTube have released their respective year-end data, revealing which podcasts listeners streamed the most in 2025. Rogan's ...

New Yorker writers reflect on the year’s highs and lows. In an era of post-podcast-boom funding cuts, two independent projects have bravely voyaged toward the cutting edge of audio, fostering both ...

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...