Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: belief
18 Dec 2023 Acquired Holiday Special 2023
“I think the corresponding stat is we grew something like 176% on Spotify or something like that, off an already decently sized base.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 18 Dec 2023
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Holiday Special 2023
Transcript context
…No, it is our largest single player, but I don't think it's over 50% yet. One stat that's interesting is from Spotify Wrapped for podcasters. They make a Wrapped to give to you in addition to the ones to distribute to your audience, 76 percent of the people who listen to Acquired on Spotify found us this year. That is crazy on platform growth. I think the corresponding stat is we grew something like 176% on Spotify or something like that, off an already decently sized base. In many ways, I'm predisposed to think podcasting is more interesting and important in the world than it is. But if you write off the idea that Spotify will ever make decent margins in music, they need to make another bet. This feels like a pretty good bet, this and Audiobooks.…
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