Podcasts officially now outnumber radio stations worldwide (38,000+ podcasts, versus about 36,000 radio stations), matching predictions made last year by a blogger:
In November of last year on his blog Podcasting News Ireland, Brian Greene forecast that, with new podcasts growing by more than 800 per week, they would outnumber radio stations by St Patrick's Day 2006. He said that although podcasts are strictly speaking shows rather than stations, they are independently distributed and subscribed so the comparison holds true to an extent.Podcasts cover a range of areas; the most popular is science, followed by religion, audio blogs, technology and talk radio. Other common categories include news, arts, movies and TV, sport, health, travel and food.
Doesn't sound like the most scientifically rigorous study (and how many of those podcasts are active?), but the trend is certainly clear.
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