2013: Growing Globalization of Podcasts

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013. This episode is focused on the growing globalization of podcasts and what that means for podcasting’s future.   As you can see, I stay focused on my passion and that is the medium of “Podcasting” for another week. Interview guest is Karin Hoegh, Podcast Consultant at Podconsult.dk from Copenhagen, Denmark. The below ranking chart gives a glimpse into the future of podcasts and maybe all on-demand media consumption over the next 5-10 years. Here is a Top 10 Ranked List of the Most Spoken Languages around the World:

1. Mandarin – 1 Billion + (Chinese)
2. English – 508 Million +  (New Zealand, U.S., Australia, England, Zimbabwe, Caribbean, Hong Kong, South Africa, Canada and more)
3. Hindustani – 500 Million + (India)
4. Spanish – 400 Million + (Spain, Mexico, Cuba and most South and Central American countries)
5. Russian – 300 Million (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, US to name a few)
6. Arabic – 250 Million + (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt)
7. Bengali – 215 Million – (Bangladesh mostly, but many other countries have these speakers)
8. Portuguese – 200 Million – (Brazil, Macau, Angola, Venezuela, and Mozambique)
9. Malay-Indonesian – 175 Million – (Malaysia and Indonesia)1
10. French – 135 Million – (France, Belgium, Canada, Rwanda, Cameroon, and Haiti)

Here is a download referrer ranked list by country breakout of the top countries consuming podcasts over the past few months.  This data is from the largest podcast hosting provider in the world – Libsyn.

1. United States
2. United Kingdom
3. Canada
4. China
5. Australia
6. Japan
7. Korea, Republic of
8. Germany
9. Spain
10. Mexico
11. France
12. Sweden
13. Russian Federation
14. Singapore
15. Brazil
16. Saudi Arabia
17. Italy
18. Netherlands
19. Thailand
20. India

China has broken into the top 5. The other languages represented in the above Top 20 country download referrer list, that are not included in the Top 10 Most Spoken Languages are Japanese, Korean, German, Swedish, Italian, Thai, and Dutch.  The current largest languages not represented in the Top 20 country list are Malay-Indonesian and Bengali. Links: http://www.vloggerfair.com http://thebuglepodcast.com Please feel free to give me feedback on this show to: rob at robgreenlee dotcom or twitter @robgreenlee .  Leave some of your thoughts here in the comments and I will respond to them in next week episode.