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Podcast Downloads

Observation

Based on the data, it's clear that the actual podcast downloads consistently fall well short of the target downloads across all observed dates. on January 4th, 2021, there were 3,338 new podcast downloads against a target of 61,583, resulting in a shortfall of 58,245 downloads, which is about 5.42% of the target achieved.
A few key observations:
1. The Target Podcast Downloads is set at an extremely high level of 1,000,000 for every single week.
2. The actual Podcast Downloads numbers are significantly lower, ranging from around 55,000 at the lowest to around 470,000 at the highest during this period.
3. Not a single week comes close to achieving the 1,000,000 download target. The highest downloads of 71,864 on 27/12/2021 is only around 7% of the target.
4. There appears to be very slow growth, if any, in podcast downloads week-over-week and month-over-month during this period.
This shows that podcast downloads are severely underperforming compared to the targets set. With such a large gap between actual and target numbers, the targets may have been set unrealistically high. Strategies would need to be evaluated to boost downloads significantly if 1,000,000 per week is truly the desired goal.

Recommendations

Here are some potential recommendations to help increase podcast downloads and work towards meeting the ambitious 1,000,000 per week target:
1. Explore opportunities for the podcast host or company representatives to appear as guests on other popular podcasts in related industries. This can expose the podcast to new audiences and drive subscribers. Likewise, having guests with large followings on your own podcast can inject new listeners.
2. While organic growth is ideal, implementing paid advertising campaigns across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Google, etc. targeting interests related to the podcast topic could rapidly boost awareness and new listener acquisition. Paid ads require testing to optimize spend.
3. Identify and collaborate with influencers in the relevant market segment who have large, engaged followings. Having them promote the podcast to their audiences can increase reach substantially.
4. Repurpose podcast audio into short videos, text excerpts, quotes, etc. and distribute across social media and content platforms like YouTube, TikTok, etc. This allows potential new listeners to sample the content.
5. Ensure podcast show notes, titles, descriptions are all optimized for search engine visibility related to the topics covered. This allows new listeners to discover episodes when researching those topics.
6. Run giveaways or contests requiring users to subscribe/follow the podcast in order to enter. This can incentivize new subscribers looking for the prize.
7. If part of a larger media network, cross-promote the podcast across other media entities in the network to expose it to diverse audiences.
The key will be implementing several of these strategies aggressively and consistently to attempt to reach the audacious 1,000,000 download per week goal. Constant testing and optimization will also be required.
Podcast Downloads
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Podcast Downloads Against Targets
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Podcast Downloads Table
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