In 2021, 729,000 new podcasts were launched on the international market. The corresponding figure for 2022 was 219,000, writes Deadline. In the peak year of 2020, 1.1 million startup podcasts debuted.
Analysts believe the decline may be due to fewer people listening when pandemic restrictions are largely lifted.
Altogether, there are around three million podcasts in the world, most of which are produced in the USA and Brazil.
The figures come from the analysis company Chartr.