[PodcastMN] ideal podcast length

[Andrew Eklund]

I love Garrick's explanation but I would also chime in that if you were to
stream your show you could know through some metrics service or polling when
people bail on a program. The average "bail out" length would be a good
indicator of how awesome or not awesome you are.

My podcasts are usually three seconds in length.

On 4/28/08 3:40 PM, "Erica Mauter" <erica at ericamauter.com> wrote:

> Garrick's "as long as it's interesting" is a good rule of thumb, if
> maddeningly vague. ;-)
> 
> There are only a very few podcasts that are longer than 15 minutes
> that I'll listen to. Every one of those breaks up the show in some
> way. Some by radio format with several segments and bumpers. One
> starts with a moderated panel discussion and switches to Q&A at the
> 40-minute mark.
> 
> But I have short-ish attention span (which I blame the internet for),
> so that's just me. ;-) Those longer shows get saved for car rides and
> workouts.
> 
> On 4/28/08, Martin Grider <mgrider at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Long time lurker here... my friends and I are finally starting to get
>> our podcasts posted (we did our second one last night). Our first
>> podcast came in around 55 min, and the second was 1:08. My wife thinks
>> this is too long.
>> 
>> We are definitely quite "newbie", and so far have done little to no
>> editing. (This is a very conversational toned podcast.)
>> 
>> Anyone have any pointers to data about ideal podcast length? I'm
>> interested in everyone's opinions also, but some kind of "resource"
>> link would be ideal.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for sharing any collective wisdom!
>> -martin
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