Now Podcast Episodes Are Getting Shorter

By Pod Mirror Lined Circle Data from ' Rephonic' that analysed 2.5m+ podcasts , revealed that the average length of podcasts was 36 minutes 24 Sept 2022

episodes

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frequency

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nine years

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frequency

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length

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episodes

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length

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length

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