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Future of Podcasting 2015
Clammr | Social Audio Discovery

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• Social discovery platform for podcasts and other audio
available as iOS app and on web – users call us “Audio
Instagram” and “Audio Twitter”
• Continuous stream of personalized short audio clips (max 18
seconds) that can launch full-length audio or link out to external
sources
• Listeners and audio creators can create their own Clammrs and
simultaneously share them to Twitter/Facebook, SMS/email
them, or embed as widgets on other digital properties
• Podcasters using Clammr to extend their social reach
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About Clammr

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• Podcasting has an opportunity drive a broader trend toward on-demand
audio that will reshape the $65+B global audio market
• Innovators need to solve for two major challenges in order for
podcasting to cross into mass adoption:
• Podcasting needs to become more discoverable and social in order
to drive audience growth
• Podcasters must see a pathway to monetization
• Podcast solutions must account for a smartphone OS ecosystem that
features fragmented tools on Android and vertical integration of
playback experience on Apple
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Research Conclusions

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• Several indicators suggest podcasting is poised to cross into mass adoption: 32% increase in
the volume of Google searches for the term “podcast”; 37% increase in downloads; and a 38%
increase in the number of podcasts produced
• Cautionary indicators suggest underlying growth coming from existing listeners more than an
expansion of the user base: monthly user penetration stands at 17% and growth slowed down
from 25% in 2013-14 to 12% in 2014-15; awareness below 50% and grew by 2% in 2014-15
• Emerging shift to on-demand audio, putting large $65B global audio market up for grabs.
Underlying enablers of on-demand reaching ubiquity: smartphone penetration (55%); 4G
wireless data with 5+ Mbps speeds (98% availability); cars with infotainment systems (Toyota,
Ford, others shipping as standard equipment)
• Podcasters satisfied with tools covering the basic blocking and tackling of podcasting: sound
editing and processing (92% satisfied); hosting and distribution (82% satisfied); web presence
(69% satisfied); analytics and tracking to a lesser degree (56%)
• Significant podcaster concerns with: generating new listeners and app presence (76%
dissatisfied); monetization (73% dissatisfied); and social media presence (51% dissatisfied)
• Social media (81% of podcasters) and word of mouth (74% of podcasters) are the most
popular channels for audience growth
• Podcasts have become a mobile phenomenon (66% of listening), occurring largely on Apple
iOS (82% of mobile listening) with the native Apple Podcasts app (78% of iOS listening)
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Research Highlights

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Where Is Podcasting Headed?
1 Slower than the 148% growth in smartphone penetration during the same time period from 2010-2014
2 Growth from May 2014 to May 2015. This uptick started in May 2014 and preceded the October 2014 launch of Serial. While Serial
likely drove the bump from October-January 2014, it does not alone explain the rising interest in podcasts
Source: Google Trends (reflects relative search volume); Clammr Social Audio Discovery
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Google U.S. Search Interest in Podcasts, 2005-15
50% decline from
January 2006 peak 34% increase to May
2010-20141
Rapid
one-year
growth
in 2005
32% rapid
one-year
growth2
?

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The Positive Case for Podcasting:
Crossing the Chasm to Mass Adoption?
Note: Number of Podcasts and Number of Downloads reflect 2013-14 growth on Libsyn hosting platform (most recent
available data). Podcast Searches 2014-15 growth
Source: Libsyn; Google; Clammr | Social Audio Discovery
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38% podcast shows produced
37% podcast plays
32% Google searches for podcasts
(relative volume)

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The Cautious Case Against Podcasting:
Hyped-Up Niche That’s Jumping the Shark?
Note: Listener growth rate reflects drop from 25% 2013-14 growth to 13% 2014-15 growth. Podcast awareness reflects 2014-15
growth.
Source: Edison Research; Clammr | Social Audio Discovery
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53% slowdown in monthly
listener growth
2% growth in podcast awareness

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1 Broadcast includes AM/FM Radio (52%), Sirius XM (8%), and TV music channels (5%). Owned includes CDs and downloaded
digital audio files. On-demand includes Internet radio/music (12%), podcasts (2%), and other (<2%)
2 Includes ~$45B radio (~75% advertising) and ~$20B recorded media
Source: Edison Research; PWC; Clammr | Social Audio Discovery
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65
20
15
Broadcast
Owned
On-demand
Share of Time by Audio Source, 2014 (Percent)1
On-Demand Emerging in Audio

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Source: Statista; Novarum; Clammr | Social Audio Discovery
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55% of U.S.
population
has
smartphone
98% LTE
network
availability
with 4G
speeds of 5+
Mbps
Infotainment
systems
standard on
Ford, Toyota,
and other
makes
Technology Enablers for On-Demand Audio Reaching
Ubiquity

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Two Challenges Podcasters Face:
Audience Growth and Monetization
1 Question: “We would like to understand your current level of satisfaction with several elements of creating a podcast.
Please rate each on a scale of 1-6.” n=59
2 Combines responses to individual questions about audience growth and app presence
Source: Clammr | Social Audio Discovery
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-76
-73
-66
-56
-51
56
69
83
92Podcast creation tools
Hosting and distribution
Web presence
Analytics and tracking
Social media presence
Audience growth
App presence
Revenue generation
Podcaster Satisfaction with Elements of Podcast Creation (Percent)1
Audience growth & apps2
Audience
growth
requires that
podcasts
become more
discoverable
and more
social

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10
Drivers of Podcast Listener Growth (Percent)1
3
3
5
5
8
12
25
27
75
81
Misc
Podcast players
Email
Events
Guests
Paid advertising
Search results
Other podcasts
Word of mouth
Social media
1 Question: “What drives new listeners to your podcast? Check any items below that are responsible for more than 10% of
new listeners” n=59
Source: Clammr | Social Audio Discovery
Podcasters Rely on Social Channels for Growth –
Despite their Overall Dissatisfaction

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Podcasts Have Become a Mobile Phenomenon
How Users Listen to Podcasts (Percent)
1 Based on sample of RawVoice clients covering March 2014 – March 2015. Draws on global listenership of RawVoice clients
who are predominantly English-speaking – approximately 80% of listenership is US-based
Source: RawVoice; Clammr | Social Audio Discovery
34
66
Desktop / Laptop
Mobile / Tablet

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Android Punches Below Its Weight in Podcasting
53
16
41
82
6 2
Smartphone Market Share Podcast Listening
Other
Smartphone Platform Share of Users and Podcast Listening (Percent)1
Fragmentation and
lack of backend tools
(e.g., podcast
directory) limits
podcasting growth on
Android
1 Installed base of US smartphone subscribers covering three-month period to January 2015
2 Based on sample of RawVoice clients covering March 2014 – March 2015. Draws on global listenership of RawVoice clients who
are predominantly English-speaking – approximately 80% of listenership is US-based
Source: RawVoice; Comscore; Clammr | Social Audio Discovery

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Apple’s Native Podcasts App Unifies Experience –
May Inhibit Solutions Focusing on Playback Experience
How Users Listen to Podcasts on iOS (Percent)1
1 Based on sample of RawVoice clients covering March 2014 – March 2015. Draws on global listenership of RawVoice clients
who are predominantly English-speaking – approximately 80% of listenership is US-based
Source: RawVoice; Clammr | Social Audio Discovery
78
22
Other
Apple Podcasts App
App Store pushes users
to native Podcasts app

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More About Clammr:
How Podcasters Use Clammr to Extend Social Reach
• Turn highlights of shows into social media content that gets
distributed simultaneously to existing social outlets
• Enable show fans to share their favorite moments and generate
additional social reach
• Provide media outlets (e.g., blogs, fan sites) with additional
format that they can use (embeddable widgets), which links
back to show
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Contact
Parviz Parvizi | parviz@clammr.com | +1 617 595 8116

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Appendix

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Podcast Awareness and Penetration
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% of Population Aware
of Podcasts
% of Population
Listening to at Least One
Podcast
% of Population
Listening to a Podcast
in Past Month
2006 22 11
2007 37 13
2008 37 18 9
2009 43 22 11
2010 45 23 12
2011 45 25 12
2012 46 29 14
2013 46 27 12
2014 48 30 15
2015 49 33 17
1 US population 12 or older
Source: Edison Research; Pew

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Podcast Episodes and Downloads
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Podcasts hosted on
Libsyn (thousands)
Podcast download
requests on Libsyn
(billions)
2012 12 1.6
2013 16 1.9
2014 22 2.6
1 US population 12 or older
Source: Edison Research; Pew

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Over 60% of Podcast Listening Across All Platforms
Occurs on Apple-Owned Applications
How Users Listen to Podcasts Across Desktop and Mobile1
1 Based on sample of RawVoice clients covering March 2014 – March 2015. Draws on global listenership of RawVoice clients
who are predominantly English-speaking – approximately 80% of listenership is US-based
Source: RawVoice; Clammr | Social Audio Discovery
43
18
23
15
Other
Mobile
Apple Podcasts
App
Apple iTunes
Other
Desktop
Apple-owned
application

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Podcasters Are Optimistic About the Future
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39
58
Modest Growth
(less than 10%)Significant
Growth
(more than 10%)
Flat
Podcaster Expectations About Audience Growth (Percent)1
1 Question: “What do you expect will happen with your podcast's audience over the next 12 months?” n=59
Source: Clammr | Social Audio Discovery