I can't stress how critical it is to build better podcast discovery mechanisms for the medium to continue to grow and thrive. Right now, most podcast discovery is self-reinforcing already successful podcasts. This is neither good for podcasters, or listeners. For new podcasts, its extremely hard to grow/learn, and for listeners it limits the ability to show them how broad and diverse the podcasting world is (which is one of its core strengths, there is something for EVERYONE!)
After my call with Mubs, I'm super excited to see where Pod Hunt goes in the future.
Rather than discovering podcasts, Pod Hunt makes episodes the focal point of discovery. You won't find a the same tired list of top podcasts you see everywhere else.
Instead a daily updated list of new episodes is submitted and voted on by the Pod Hunt community members.
Would love to know what you all think...
I like that I can scroll down and see top episodes for each day.
But seriously wanted a quick clean experience and keep the focus on the podcasts.
Excited to see what the future holds.
Either -) More personalization so you can focus in on the topics that really interest you.
or -) Providing more information on the podcast (hosts and episode specific information) so listeners can better judge if they will enjoy a podcast.
Will probably do both eventually, but with limited time trying to decide which is more important and to tackle first.
Thank you for making this new discovery channel.
