How long should my episodes be?
Oct 10, 2022•7 min•Ep. 36
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Episode description
Join Ash and Kane in this episode to talk about podcast length, including whether the perfect length exists, why respecting your audience's time is essential and how you can determine what length to make your episodes.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- There’s no set length for a podcast, it varies depending on the type of content you are creating and your audience.
- Solo educational/informative content shouldn’t exceed 25 minutes, especially if it is complex.
- Interviews generally want to be between 30-60 minutes long. Most people won’t listen to an interview longer than an hour long and many will drop off before this point too.
- Look at your analytics; consumption data can give great clues into what length your content should be/what works for your show.
- You always want to leave your audience wanting more, however long you think an episode should be, make it shorter and respect their time.
BEST MOMENTS
“If you’re doing solo content, it should be very, very short”
“Attention span isn’t as good…blame TikTok!”
“I’m a big advocate for respecting your audience's time”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Podcast Production - The Cost of the Wrong Choice
How to Launch a Number 1 Podcast - Part 1
ABOUT THE HOSTS
Kane Baron, Ashley Morris & Thom Luter manage over 150 live podcasts Including Rob Moore, Kevin Clifton, Shaa Wasmand MBE & more.
Helping Entrepreneurs Launch, Scale & Monetise their podcast for over 6 years.
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